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		<title>And Fork</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Industrial design used to stand for practical and boring. Not anymore.

This is no more evident than in the new book from Phaidon Press, And Fork. Chock full of examples of new industrial design as it stands today, this collection is a follow-up to 2002&#8217;s Spoon.
And Fork represents the work of 100 of the world&#8217;s most innovative product designers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Modern House</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Synergy in client/designer relationships doesn&#8217;t always happen. When it does, the results are amazing. 
Such is the theme of Will Jones&#8217; new book, The New Modern House. Featuring images and descriptions from 40 of the world&#8217;s best architect/client pairings, the publication showcases what happens when great ideas meet great talent.
The case studies center around five themes: conditions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prefab Prototypes: Site-Specific Design for Offsite Construction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Long thought of as cookie cutter, temporary and undifferentiated building blocks, prefab has shed its stigma. Now known as a way to reconcile high quality architecture with regulatory pressure, economic considerations and environmental consciousness, prefab housing is quickly becoming the choice way to build quickly.  
The authors present case studies based on the driving forces behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ecoDesign: The Sourcebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Everyday green-minded consumers can rejoice with the release of ecoDesign.

ecoDesign is the only book to present the vast array of recycled, recyclable, renewable and energy-efficient products developed worldwide for regular Joes. Featuring everything from furniture to fashion and cars to cosmetics, ecoDesign is your definitive guide for everything and anything green.

The book, designed as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big &amp; Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Featuring the work of the world&#8217;s leading architects in words, drawings and images, Big &#38; Green is a pioneering and definitive exploration of the transformative power of sustainable design. With a focus on big buildings &#8211; where the challenges are the greatest &#8211; this resource is a perfect medium to find out what&#8217;s already been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ultimate Kitchen Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Modern kitchen design is no longer based simply on practicality. As society realizes kitchens are often the centerpiece of the home, much effort is being put toward making these spaces inviting, as well as highly functional. 
Encarna Castillo&#8217;s book showcases the best new designs popular today. From the innovative use of materials by brands like Boffi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Kitchen: History, Culture, Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Domestic life starts in the kitchen. From the first pot of coffee in the morning to three square meals to a late-night snack, lives are lived here. 
Rita Mielke&#8217;s book, The Kitchen: History, Culture, Design, is a survey of the history of this very special room. Describing the many shapes kitchens have taken over the decades, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Theater Design: Planning and Decorating Media-Savvy Interiors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Home Theater Design is much more than just a How-To book. It is a comprehensive guide to planning all types of entertainment areas in the home. From planning a home theater or music room, this book goes through the planning and positioning of elements to make the most of acoustics and space. One quarter of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Landscape Architecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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The importance of urban landscape architecture has been steadily increasing in the past decade as cities are revitalizing their urban cores. The need for appealing public spaces for residents and visitors is essential for the vitality of a city. Many cities are realizing this and investing heavily in this type of urban development. Urban Landscape Architecture showcases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ultimate Lighting Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Ultimate Lighting Design is the latest collaboration between award-winning architectural lighting designer, Herve Descottes, founder of New York design firm L&#8217;Observatoire, and other world-renowned architects, artists and designers. The book features plentiful images of Descotte&#8217;s stunning landscape and urban environment projects, in which he uses the best technology available to reveal scope, space and form of [...]]]></description>
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