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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold
Publication date October 1, 1992
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780442013073
ISBN-10 0442013078
Dimensions 0.50 by 9.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight 1.25 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $34.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In a broad sense Design Science is the fail to perceive the system of organiza­ grammar of a language of images rather tion determining the form of such than of words. Modern communication structures. techniques enable us to transmit and reconstitute images without the need of Perception is a complex process. Our knowing a specific verbal sequential senses record ; they are analogous to language such as the Morse code, or audio or video devices. We cannot, Hungarian. International traffic signs however, claim that such devices per­ use international image symbols which ceive. Perception involves more than are not specific to any particular verbal meets the eye: it involves processing language. An image language differs and organization of recorded data. from a verbal one in that the latter uses When we name an object, we actually a linear string of symbols, whereas the name a concept: such words as octahe­ former is multidimensional. dron, collage, tessellation, dome, each desig­ nate a wide variety of objects sharing Architecturial renderings commonly certain characteristics. When we devise show projections onto three mutually ways of transforming an octahedron, or perpendicular planes, or consist of cross determine whether a given shape will sections at different altitudes capable of tessellate the plane, we make use of being stacked and representing different these characteristics, which constitute floor plans. Such renderings make it the grammar of structure.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780817632533
 
from Birkhauser (January 1, 1989)
9780817632533 | details & prices | List price $99.00
Paperback
Book cover for 9780393731026
 
2 sub edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (October 1, 2003)
9780393731026 | details & prices | 9.25 × 9.75 × 0.50 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $39.95
About: To the basic grammar of color and form presented in the first edition of Dimensional Color, Lois Swirnoff adds a chapter on color structure and expands one on color and light.
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Reprint edition from Van Nostrand Reinhold (October 1, 1992)
9780442013073 | details & prices | 9.50 × 9.75 × 0.50 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $34.95
About: In a broad sense Design Science is the fail to perceive the system of organiza­ grammar of a language of images rather tion determining the form of such than of words.

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