The volumes are dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Costin C. Kiritescu National Institutefor Economic Research and its research network of the return under the aegis of the Romanian Academy. The NIER s network of incorporated research institutes and centers under it... Lees meer.

Dutch Architecture and Design in the making How do architecture and design take on meaning in a world that has become uniform as a result of globalisation standardisation and commercialisation. By embracing unmodern notions such as craftsmanship tradition and contex... Lees meer.

In a world obsessed with the virtual tangible things are once again making history. Tangible Things invites readers to look closely at the things around them ordinary things like the food on their plate and extraordinary things like the transit of planets across the s... Lees meer.

Interactive technology is increasingly integrated with physical objects that do not have a traditional keyboard and mouse style of interaction and many do not even have a display. These objects require new approaches to interaction design referred to as post-WIMP Win... Lees meer.

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The stories that I share in this book have always been a dark secret buried so deeply that even most of my friends and family had no idea what I have endured in life. Now having told my story I feel that a huge burden has been lifted. My secrets are now in the open an... Lees meer.

Viele Gestalter aus den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen haben die zweite Dimension verlassen und sich intensiv mit Raum Material und physischen Produkten besch ftigt. Tangible stellt die Arbeiten von jungen Designern vor die mit Formen und Gr en spielen und mit den Stil... Lees meer.

Constitutes the proceedings of the conference on Haptics. Generating and Perceiving Tangible Sensations held in Amsterdam Netherlands in July 2010. Welcome to the proceedingsofEuroHaptics 2010. EuroHapticsis the majorinter- tional conference and the primary Europe... Lees meer.

More than a decade ago Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton introduced the Balanced Scorecard a revolutionary performance measurement system that allowed organizations to quantify intangible assets such as people information and customer relationships. Then in The... Lees meer.

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Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history anthropology science and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing when examin... Lees meer.

Takes readers to the next level of precision in strategy implementation. This title offers a visual cause-and-effect explanation of what s working and what doesn t in a way that everyone in the company can understand. It helps get the organization involved in strategy.... Lees meer.

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This book is based on research that was initiated by the post-apartheid government of South Africa and the scholars of African Renaissance with the aim to unearth revive and reaffirm the indigenous cultural heritage of the entire demography of the country s indigenou... Lees meer.

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