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Romanesque and Gothic Architecture

The aim of writing this paper is to outline specific outstanding features of these two giants in the history of architecture in view of borrowing some of those elements and incorporating them in the contemporary [...]
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  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2170

When Miracle Still Can Occur: Photoshop as It Is

Analyzing several specific properties of Photoshop, as well as the skills that it allows one to master and the projects that can be implemented with the help of Photoshop, one will be able to obtain [...]
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1698

Faux Fur and Real Fur: Fashion Industry and Market

The school of thought which proposes the immorality of wearing fur as a fashion apparel will also be discussed in the context of a combination of faux fur and real fur by the fashion industry.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2556

Hollyhock House/The Creative Community

Now the building is recognized a National Historic Landmark and considered to be one of the top houses in Los Angeles. I suppose that the transformation is possible due to the cultural and historical advance [...]
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1104

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Application

An overview of rubber-modified ERs with respect to their mechanical properties and the amount of hardener led to a collection of data as shown in tables 3.1, 3.
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1440

Cascading Style Sheet Design

CSS design gives the designer a chance to switch the background image with another image during the design process. This is the hybrid design of both low-content and medium-content CSS designs.
  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 895

The Evolution Future Architecture

The implication is that by the end of the year 2030, it will not be necessary to use fossil fuels in the construction and operation of buildings in the world.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1412

Ways to Improve Architectural Practice

An expected inquiry, concerning sharing as a means of survival for architectural practice, underscores the extent to which sharing should take place.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 507

Indian Furniture and Finishes

The quality of skill that Indian designers use in making their furniture is very appealing, and people compete for their products in the whole world.
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

The Skyscraper Phenomenon in Modern World

In this regard, designing buildings based on the principle of population growth as defined by the concept of the metropolis is critical.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1384

The Most Challenging Aspects of Graphics Design

This results in students that are brilliant when it comes to the execution of a design but lacking when it comes to the design phase of the message that the design is intended to deliver.
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1748

Green Building in the Boston Area

On the whole, this project illustrates how innovative technologies and creative decisions of the architects can improve the sustainability of buildings.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Omega Watches Marketing Strategy

The choice of high-tech elements and a strong emphasis on them clearly shows that in the representation of its product, Omega has chosen the current future contrast.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 656

Landscape Urbanism: A Medium to Modern Cities

This reading had laid down some of the most important issues concerning landscape urbanism as a medium to modern cities. Lastly, it is essential to consider new projects that can transform landscape urbanism for the [...]
  • Subjects: Landscape Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 613

History of Severn Tunnel in UK

Since the tunnel construction was commenced, workers were worried about the safety of the process due to the danger of flooding.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2785

Amsterdam’s Futuristic Floating City

The floating city of Ijburg is designed to float in various instances such as in the event of a rise in the water level due to storm surges or extreme precipitation.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1276

Victorian Art’s Evaluation

Critiquing the approach that Pevsner suggested to evaluate the art of the new epoch, the author touches upon the political context of Pevsner's ideas, thus revealing the correlation with Morris.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 470

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

BIM is a project that is focused to organize and develops digital account of efficient and physical features of a facility.
  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1684

Art history Montreal city: Palais des Congres de Montreal

As opposed to other like buildings in North America, the Palais welcomes you with a warm and friendly atmosphere, which represents the city,'s Latin flavor as well as the nature of the inhabitants of the [...]
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1935

Tables Vs. Cascading Style Sheets

Although CSS is always said to have a better visual appeal than tables, tables offer a simpler alternative, and using tables for a layout does not imply that a designer cannot use style sheets to [...]
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1133

Architector Giotto di Bondone

Giotto used the significant shade and light, significant line, the significant gesture, and the significant look up or down, to convey an absolute sense of motion in his work such as Paduan frescoes of the [...]
  • Subjects: Architects
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

Research Analysis of the Sydney Opera House

Regarding the fact that the design and construction of the Opera House are presented as the world's known masterpiece, it is necessary to study historical, social, and design perspectives to define why the Opera House [...]
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

Design Documentation Process

The leader should be dedicated and have the capacity to encourage all the other members to contribute to the process. The next step involves picking a technology to be used in the documentation process.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1129

The Bauhaus and Dieter Ram’s works

The school was established as a result of the anxieties that existed in the 19th century about the soullessness in the manufacturing of products.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1400

Impact of New Technology on European Culture

It involves the use of iron and steel and the innovation of new machines that increased production. He also developed the use of letters and other signs in his work16.
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1743

The floor plan of a proposed spa

The purpose of this assessment is to examine and critically review the floor plan that has been presented for assessment by an architect for the purposes of facilitating guest satisfaction and profitability when the spa [...]
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1667

Internet Communication and Graphic Design

To get a definition of graphic design and an understanding of the pieces of work that is produced by graphic designers To understand the extent to which the internet can help graphic designers in training [...]
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  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 19
  • Words: 5109

Harry Seidler’s Life and Architect Career

Reflectively, the Vienna born Harry Seidler is regarded as one of the finest architectures in Australia with long and successful career in residential, commercial, and public building design.
  • Subjects: Architects
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 825

Qatar World Cup Buildings and Facilities in 2022

The present project is aimed at analysing and evaluating the resources and opportunities of the country Qatar with regard to the expected world cup that is sure to be held there in 2022 in accordance [...]
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 848

Readability in Publications

Vocabulary level refers to the technicality of the words used in the document, whereby, longer and jargoned words belong to the category of words regarded to be most difficult compared to simple ones.
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 916

Victorian and Modern Corsets

Convenience The Victorian corsets were heavy and posed a lot of discomfort due to the weight of the reinforcement materials used to strengthen them.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1696

General Plan: Land Use in the City of Sunnyvale

Land use in the City has defined the community character, economic activities, and the future need for land and services. This goal aims to protect, sustain, and improve the quality of life in the City [...]
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

Corporate Branding Success

It was comprised of the brand name of the company in a printable font. In 2008, the company changed the logo where caps were combined with small caps to write the brand name of the [...]
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

Alexander McQueen: A Bibliography

7 In the course of his career, McQueen won a number of prestigious awards for his skill as a fashion designer.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 757

Vogue magazine cover image

In the cover image James holds Jezel in a way that is similar to that of Kong when he captured a white beauty.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

Design Activism to Contemporary Designers

As a result, scholars have coined the term "design activism" to enhance the role of designers to the society. The rise of many designers as a profession has been in a crossroads to decide on [...]
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1444

Historic and Contextual Studies

In the paper, two historic styles are discussed to define the role of medieval history and gothic style in understanding modern interpretation of the garment.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 522

Colour in Art and Design

Image texture, colour intensity, proximity of different hues, and the shape of the parts that contain certain colours govern the way the image is perceived by the observer.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

Planet Zero Flash Multimedia Project

This idea enables users to understand information the project presents when the animation leads them to the end of the page.
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1648

Authenticity in Contemporary Design

One example of contemporary design that incorporates the aspect of actual handcraft is films production."Films incorporate the aspect of nostalgic impulses, and as such it increases the film's authenticity and production".
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1463

Human Response to Physical Structures

Indeed Jonas Salk, an American Scientist credited with inventing the polio vaccine is quoted in the Scientificamerica magazine as having said that he had to drastically change his environment from his dimly lit basement lab [...]
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1369

Architectural Forms based on the Arch

An example of the arch in Roman includes the Arch of Constantine: The Senate in honor of the Emperor Constantine constructed the arch, a liberator and who brought peace across the city.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1625

Creative Décor’s Design Contest in Brasilia

Other areas that will be addressed in the report include the importance of the event to the organisation, the benefits of the event, the marketing and publicity support that are needed for the project, the [...]
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1668

Postmodernism in the Works of Ettore Sottsass

The era of Postmodernism in art and culture is associated with the middle years of the 20th century when the top point of its development in design is the 1980s.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1952

Architecture in Australia Modernism

The spirit of the modern times denotes the intellectual and the culture that is in practice within the 20th century, which is linked to the Australian views, sense, collective consciousness and taste.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1609

Great Constructions of the World

It is looks similar to the first stadium the only difference being that it has only one column from the top of which the main pipe runs down in a spiral like shape to the [...]
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1382

Design Culture: Product and Consumer

If the manufacturer is able to redesign the products in order to change some specifications as required by the consumers, then the customers are likely to be loyal to the consumption of the brand.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1927

Rem Koolhaas and Jan Gehl Theories in City Planning

In his interview with ASLA-The Dirt, Jan insists cities have to be planned for the people and that buildings have to be designed for the people to be able to live healthy lives.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

Chehel Sotoun in Fahan, Iran

This brings us to the result of art and design, which is the aestheticism, and the appeal it gives to the audience.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1395

The National Museum of Australia

The purpose and the site context of the building The National Museum of Australia remains one of the most memorable and magnificent structure in Australia.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2808

High Court of Australia

To help in understanding the architectural intent of the building, the discussion will examine the design and concept behind the Australian High Court building.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2706

The Alhambra’s Structure: Buildings and Gardens

Such examples as the Tower of Justice and the Court of the Lyons are important because they illustrate two aspects of the Alhambra, a fortress and a courtly place at the same time.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1604

Fashion Controversies about Hip Hop Garments

The paper will look into controversy that arose over hip hop garment design with the aim of identifying the source of the controversy, key players in the controversy as well as political, social and economic [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2454

Video Series “Objectified”

What must be understood is that based on the views of author and columnist Rob Walker people inherently desire good design in the products they buy and utilize and as such it is this very [...]
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 850

The Design Prototype of Kiosk

Testing the design prototype kiosk is the final stage for us as the next one is the optimizing the kiosk design with the purpose to build it.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

Does a strong axial plan always create ritual space?

So, what is the secret of the building plan of the Propylaea at the Acropolis? Because of the large height of the building the Doric columns diameters were too large to carry the weight of [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 534

The Concept of Design Icons

And both elements have evolved to be the base on which design wholeness is created becoming the source of the beauty as is seen in the production of design icons.
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3176

Queen Victoria Building

The symbols on the left side of the first panel symbolize architecture and the Sidney City Council whereas Ipoh Gardens Berhad, the company that renovated the building is represented on the third panel by letters [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2017

Toronto: The City and Chinatown

It is an ancient discovery and it is the ability to build a city in order to contain all that man has created and at the same time allow the possibility of millions of people [...]
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3047

High Tech Materials and Designs

Some of these materials are nano-structured materials, smart materials as well as spin off materials mainly used in the aerospace industry and renewable materials that are expected to provide an alternative to materials of fossil [...]
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1592

The City beneath the City

The remains of the statues, the ancient graves, pottery and other important artefacts which have been excavated during the archaeological diggings in the Athens subway became valuable contribution to the archaeological heritage of Greece and [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2510

How can a visual language be composed

When developing a design, the choice of colour to use will be determined by the intended purpose of the designs. The most important element to consider in visual language is the mind set and the [...]
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 536

Science Center NEMO: New Look

Thus, when McKinsey & Company decided to occupy the top floor of the famous Piano's Nemo Museum of Science, they addressed professionals who managed to turn the museum space into a working place.[2] The company [...]
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1618

Taj Mahal and Qa’aba

The utilization of white marble for the construction of all the components minarets, the tomb itself, and the podium supports the idea of an organizational unity.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2173

Rhetoric Devices in Art and Design

Kennedy summarily, states that the ethos of a speaker exudes the speaker's character credibility, logos comprise of the persuasive evidence presented to the audience and then pathos carries with it the emotional appeal that arouses [...]
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1893

Fashion Styles in 19-20th Centuries

The advent of the wide hoop crinoline was significant development for the fashion of women of the era who found a relief in the new invention.
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  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1194

Designer Zuzana Licko

It is important to note that Licko and her husband employed software when the rest of the designers tried to stick to more traditional ways of production.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Internet Art and the Introduction of Interactivity

For example, when examining the types of internet art created during the onset of the popularity of the internet such as the work of Claude Closky, Tim Rollins and Kristin Lucas it can be seen [...]
  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 616

The History of Architecture

The paper starts by examining the history of concrete since the time of the Egyptians to the present. The final section of the paper deals with modern uses of concrete in architecture and design, and [...]
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  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2707

Stepped Pyramids in Egypt

In spite of the fact that the design of the true pyramids is studied and described by researchers more actively, it is important to concentrate on the design characteristics of the first stepped pyramids in [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1556

Paul Rand and His Role in Modern Graphic Design Theory

He joined the Pratt Institute in the late 1920's and graduated in the year 1932. This article focuses on the Rand's works and highlights his contributions to the field of graphic design.
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  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1054

The Design and Limits of Company Website

Purpose of the study The design and limits of accompany website depend mainly on the cost of maintenance and design, relevance, and sustainability.
  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 891

Gesture in Drawing and Form

For a beginner, it could be a piece of work that is done and then forgotten, placed on a shelf and not attempted to re-create again, unless a sincere interest arises in this type of [...]
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 565

Shoe Obsession Exhibition

From this point, the models presented by the designers at the Shoe Obsession exhibition can be discussed as the attempts to shift the shoe fashion at the new higher level and to present shoes as [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

iRobot Vacuum Cleaner Design

In addition, iRobot contains a wall feeler, which is located on the right area of the fender and makes iRobot travel adjacent to walls and around gadgets without touching them. Irobot fits into consumer engineering [...]
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1382

Fashion Designers: Coco Chanel’s Artistic Process

This quote is relevant to this essay because it indicates that the experience of clients and their needs guide the work of a fashion artists. This is one of the details that can be identified.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 829

The Niels and Mellie Esperson Buildings

The second topic that should be examined is gender, especially the stereotypes about gender and the role of women in society. In this case, one can speak about the importance of Mellie Esperson who initiated [...]
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1159

How the needs of people can influence the design of outdoors

The view of the garden and its shade improves the health outcomes by reducing stress thus helping in the management of stress and shows the commitment by the institutions to take care of the well-being [...]
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

Five Stages of Designing a Warehouse

The process includes determining the required number of stores, the technology to be applied in the prospective departments, and the manner in which the orders would be arranged.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 540

Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park

The fountain is surrounded by a beautiful park and it forms the heart of the architectural composition. The height of the monument is 64 feet which equals to the 64 floors of the Tower.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 876

The Socialite club logo and brochure design

Each element was created individually using the text, colour, and shaping tools from the Indesign palette. After assembling the text and shapes into the desired logo design shown below the elements are then grouped together.
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 162

Wood Technology: Blenheim Bridge Construction

The image below shows the site of the bridge: Nicholas Powers, the man who is credited for the design of the longest wooden bridge in the world went to Schoharie in New York to carry [...]
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  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2976

Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta

While Bottega Veneta grew and expanded to other countries courtesy of its discreet design and quality craftsmanship, The Balenciaga boutique moved to Paris to find new market after it was forced to close its operations [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 640

Living in a Samoan Fale (house)

The type of materials that was once used in construction of structures that people used to live in among the Maori people was the things that they would find readily available in the swamps as [...]
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 849

Solow Building and the Red Object 9

This will be done by elaborating a brief history of the building and identifying some of the functions of the offices within the building and the activities taking place in the same.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1004

Refection Paper about a City

Reflection about planning of Los Angeles shows that it is a complex city that is extremely hard to define in terms of its center, borders and extensiveness.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 607

Design, size and facilities

Washington Convention Center is the largest construction in the District of Columbia. The building had to reflect the ideals of the residents.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 540

Supporting the Interior Plants Density Regulations

The regulations require the designer to comply with the standards set by referring to guidelines for Indoor Environmental Quality in the new International Green Construction Code. The project elective clarifies the proposed changes and improves [...]
  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Design History: Industrial and Digital Revolution

This was a phase of the broader industrial revolution.period is believed to correspond to the end of the 19th century up to world war 1.the raise of technological revolution was marked by the use of [...]
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1164

Social Construct of Codes

The idea at that time was opposed because the public felt that it contradicted social norms that defined how a private home should be constructed for the good of the public.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 645

The Palace of Fine Arts

At the side of the rotunda, there are eight large insets which have paintings for Robert Reid: four of them portray the beginning of art, the progress, and the human recognition of the art.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860