Digital Design Media
A Guide for the 21st Century
Published on 1. December 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
439 pages
978-0-442-26069-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a comprehensive, systematic introduction to digital design media. It establishes a general theoretical framework, offers detailed practical discussions of computer manipulation of text, sound, images, 3-D models, animations, and video, and considers strategies for implementing computer methods in design practice. This book should be of interest to architects, landscape architects, urban and interior designers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
250 b/w illus, 40 4/c illus
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
1111 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-442-26069-9 (9780442260699)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Preface. Computation. The second industrial revolution. Practical computation. Numbers and numerical models. One-dimensional media. Words and texts. Sounds. Two-dimensional media. Images. Drafted lines. Polygons, plans and maps. Three-dimensional media. Lines in space. Surfaces and renderings. Assemblies of solids. Multidimensional media. Motion models. Animation. Hypermedia. Practice. Integrated design environments. Design database management. Investing in design tools. What was computer-aided design?