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Este libro es una revisión histórica sobre los orígenes del diseño moderno en Chile, situado a fines de la década del veinte del siglo pasado. Se observa y releva el rol que cumplió el Estado como impulsor de reformas modernizadoras que fueron la base del desarrollo del diseño a nivel nacional. El autor destaca lineamientos clave para el diseño, como la estandarización para el mejor uso de los recursos, promovidos por la Dirección de Abastecimiento...
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Whether they're self-taught bashers or technical wizards, drummers are the thrashing, crashing heart of our favorite punk bands. In Forbidden Beat, some of today's most respected writers and musicians explore the history of punk percussion with personal essays, interviews and lists featuring their favorite players and biggest influences. From 60s garage rock and proto-punk to 70s New York and London, 80s hardcore and D-beat to 90s pop punk and beyond,...
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A rich, inclusive, contemporary, and global look at design diversity, past and present, through essays, interviews, and images curated by design educator and advocate Kaleena Sales.
As the design industry reexamines its emphasis on Eurocentric ideologies and wrestles with its conventional practices, Centered advocates for highlighting and giving a voice to the people, places, methods, ideas, and beliefs that have been eclipsed or excluded by dominant...
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El presente libro ofrece la edición de dos pequeñas obras de Adorno: en la primera, Composición para el cine, comparte autoría con H. Eisler y en ella ambos exponen sus experiencias y reflexiones en el ámbito de la música de cine, tras varios años de compartir juntos experiencias en Hollywood en contacto directo con la industria cinematográfica. En la segunda, El fiel correpetidor, Adorno, tras su exposición de las implicaciones conceptuales...
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Ned Rorem explores the state of contemporary classical music in a magnificent collection of personally selected essays and critiques of masterworks, lesser works, and their legendary creators Pulitzer Prize–winner Ned Rorem's musical compositions are considered some of the finest produced in the past century. Rorem's remarkable twin talents are brilliantly intertwined in Settling the Score, a masterful collection of essays on music, composers,...
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* 2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" —TODAY (Elizabeth Acevedo)
* A "Best Book of 2017" —Rolling Stone (2018), NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review, Michigan Daily
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7) What It Means to Be a Designer Today: Reflections, Questions, and Ideas from AIGA's Eye on Design
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AIGA's Eye on Design presents a provocative collection of essays and interviews that cover a wide-reaching examination of the profession of design today and its impacts on society and culture.
Eye on Design is an editorial platform from AIGA that has, for the last decade, covered the ins and outs of the design industry. From documenting bold new work from global designers to chronicling the field's most critical issues, their reported stories, op-eds,...
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Baseline Shift captures the untold stories of women across time who used graphic design to earn a living while changing the world.
Baseline Shift centers diverse women across backgrounds whose work has shaped, shifted, and formed graphic design as we know it today. From an interdisciplinary book designer and calligrapher during Harlem's Renaissance, to the invisible drafters of Monotype's drawing office, the women represented here include auteurs,...
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Discover music that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy—causing fascination and intrigue in some and rejection and scorn in others. This is what happens when people take tradition and rip it up.
“MusicQuake” tells the stories of 50 pivotal albums and performances that shook the world of modern music—chronicling the fascinating tales of their creation, reception and legacy. Tracing enigmatic composers, risqué...
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From the lost art of show-card writing and the tumultuous days of guerrilla magazine publishing to the latest in electronic leaflet design and hot magazine covers, acclaimed graphic designer and author Steven Heller provides dozens of stunning examples of how graphic design has transformed from a subset of pop culture to a cultural driving force on its own.
11) The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar
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In 2009, musician Franz Nicolay left his job in the Hold Steady, aka "the world's greatest bar band." Over the next five years, he crossed the world with a guitar in one hand, a banjo in the other, and an accordion on his back, playing the anarcho-leftist squats and DIY spaces of the punk rock diaspora. He meets Polish artists nostalgic for their revolutionary days, Mongolian neo-Nazis in full SS regalia, and a gay expat in Ulaanbaatar who needs an...
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An Essential Collection of Essays and Musings on Graphic Design from One of the Field's Leading Educators
In this wide-ranging compilation, art director, writer, and lecturer Steven Heller shares his passion for graphic design with readers, who he invites to consider that design can be discerned in all things natural and manmade. Developed as content for a class devoted to reading, this collection is not overtly about conventional design, but about...
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Vivimos en un mundo virtual en el que cada vez le damos más realidad a lo que existe en el ciberespacio, cada vez volcamos más atención y energía mental, e incluso afectiva, a lo que transcurre on line. Como en toda época de la historia, esta era exuda ambigüedad: desarrollos maravillosos para la humanidad se combinan con nuevas armas para la construcción de un sistema de dominación cada vez más eficiente. En el mundo virtual los algoritmos...
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Este libro gira en torno a los temas sobre los que la aclamada serie Black Mirror reflexiona de manera crítica: el lugar preponderante de los talent shows en la sociedad actual, la experimentación con la mente humana, la televisación del castigo como entretenimiento, el espectáculo como centro de la política, la invasión de la privacidad, la vigilancia informática, las redes sociales como espacio para la expresión del odio y la impunidad del...
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In a world where hip-hop's beats and rhymes echo through the streets, there's a persistent stereotype that still lingers like an unwelcome guest at the party - "White Men Can't Rap." But what if we told you that this stereotype, like so many others, is ripe for debunking?Enter our book, a rollicking journey through the underbelly of hip-hop, where we shine a spotlight on the artists who defy expectations, smash stereotypes, and bring their unique...
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Une mise au point autour d'un concept : le design.
Par ignorance le terme design est employé à tort et à travers. Cet aveuglement menace une profession très précise, celle que Jacques Noël a exercée pendant 40 ans : designer. Afin de remédier à cette situation, il nous fait part de son vécu professionnel. Des fondamentaux du design industriel, aux différents acteurs en présence, en passant par les exigences des clients, nous découvrons...
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Mad Men Carousel is an episode-by-episode guide to all seven seasons of AMC's Mad Men. This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz's celebrated Mad Men recaps for the first time, including never-before-published essays on the show's first three seasons. Seitz's writing digs deep into the show's themes, performances, and filmmaking, examining complex and sometimes confounding aspects of the series. The complete series-all seven seasons...
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Pourquoi danse-t-on, pourquoi chante-t-on ?
Aussi loin que remonte l'histoire de l'homme, un point commun réunit toutes les civilisations : l'art du chant et de la danse, une manière pour lui d'extérioriser ses sentiments. Quelle place occupent le chant et la danse dans l'histoire de l'Homme ? Pourquoi ces deux disciplines sont-elles si intimement liées ?
Tantt signe de communication, tantt marque de soumission ou d'affection, l'évolution du...
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Une ode à la musique pleine d'humour et de sensibilité
"La chanson, c'est le PPPC, le Plus Petit Produit Culturel!
En trois minutes, en quelques couplets, quelques refrains, vous avez une histoire, un roman, un film entier!
Que l'on pense à La Mère à Titi de Renaud: tout est là, le décor, la vie quotidienne, la banlieue, les rapports entre les personnages!
Que Jacques Brel chante son Plat pays, vous voyez défiler devant vous mieux...
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