Author: John Heskett
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: life, everyday, design, logos, toothpicks
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-05-08
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0192804448
ISBN-13: 9780192804440

Design touches virtually every aspect of our lives, imbuing the most humdrum of objects with meaning. In Toothpicks and Logos, John Heskett illuminates a subject as vast and complex as human life itself, ranging from the earliest found implements in our history--the stick, the shell, the cupped hand--to modern advertising logos, software interfaces, and even the lowly toothpick. Here is a truly groundbreaking book, one that will transform the way we think about design, revealing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal, to the car we drive to wor

Author: John Acor
Publisher: The University of Alberta Pre
Keywords: alberta, insects, series, grass, neon, flying, damselflies, toothpicks
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2004-09-21
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0888644191
ISBN-13: 9780888644190

With iridescent blues and greens, damselflies are some of the most beautiful flying insects as well as the most primitive. As members of the insect order Odonata they are related to dragonflies but are classified in a separate suborder. These aquatic insects are a delight to the eye and a fascinating creature of study. In Damselflies of Alberta, naturalist John Acorn describes the twenty-two species native to the province. Exhaustively researched, yet written in an accessible style, the author’s enthusiasm for these flying neon toothpicks is compelling. More than a field guide, this is a