Ettore Sottsass: The Architecture and Design of Sottsass Associates

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More Then Memphis - A Lifetime of Achievement!.......2000-02-20

This is the second outstanding book published by Universe for which I have submitted an amazon.com review, the first having been "STARCK" by Morgan. Like that book, "The Work of Ettore Sottsass & Associates" is a concise, well balanced, beautifully designed, and entertaining volume. Beginning with a brief overview on the long and varied career of maestro Ettore Sottsass, this book offers welcome documentation of the graphic, product, and architectural designs of Sottsass Associati. The sumptuous full color photos throughout the book illustrate the full range of the firm's works and influence, covering everything from packaging for Alessi, to furniture for Venini, to the Malpensa 2000 Airport in Milan. The book's layout design by Sottsass Associati becomes an extension of the subject itself. Andrea Branzi's thoughtful introductory essay gives an insider's glimpse at the inspiration and history of the firm's founder.

Much to the book's credit, it makes it clear that the works presented here are the combined efforts of many talented contributors - not just the work of the firm's namesake. Sottsass has exercised considerable influence in the world of modern design but one of his greatest accomplishments my be his helping to prepare the generation of master designers who will take center stage after him.

"The Work of Ettore Sottsass & Associates" is a great addition to any library of modern design and/or architecture and, at the modest cover price (and even less from amazon.com), an irresistible bargain.

Karl Taps

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Use the Internet to teach visual arts and refine students' critical thinking skills! This book is based on the Discipline-Based Art Education program, a proven art instruction program that teaches everything from the creative process and art history to criticism and aesthetics. An abundance of primary source Web sites and background information is offered. The main focus of the book is western art history and painting, but examples of sculpture, drawings, prints, and architecture are included, along with a chapter on diversity. Part I provides background material. A brief history of art education is presented, followed by a review of the components of design elements and principles. The book describes using the Internet as a primary source by identifying and evaluating websites. Part II follows the program through the main historical periods, from prehistoric and ancient Middle Eastern art, through the Renaissance, through the 20th century. A bibliography and index are included.

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A first-rate and "user friendly" instructional guide.......2003-08-08

Compiled and written by Pamela J. Eyerdam (and part of the Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides in School Librarianship Series), Using Internet Primary Sources To Teach Critical Thinking Skills In Visual Arts is a extensive catalogue of excellent web sites which are especially useful for refining a student's critical thinking skills. Based on the Discipline-Based Art Education program (an all-encompassing educational program that covers the creative process, art history, criticism, and aesthetics), Using Internet Primary Sources To Teach Critical Thinking Skills In Visual Arts is a first-rate and "user friendly" instructional guide which is enhanced with guidelines for evaluating and making the best use of suggested sources, and especially recommended as a supplemental resource for traditional classroom educational curriculums and home school curriculum development in the visual arts.

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts

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Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts

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Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts (Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship)

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Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts (Greenwood Professional Guides in School Librarianship)
Pamela J. Eyerdam
Manufacturer: Libraries Unlimited
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Binding: Paperback

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The essential design companion-now in an up-to-date new edition

For architects, drawing is more than a convenient way to communicate ideas; it is an integral part of the creative process that has a profound impact on thinking and problem-solving. In Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers, Third Edition, Paul Laseau demonstrates that more versatile and facile sketching leads to more flexible, creative approaches to design challenges. To encourage this flexibility and stimulate graphic thinking, he introduces numerous graphic techniques that can be applied in a variety of situations. He also helps readers acquire a solid grasp of basic freehand drawing, representational drawing construction, graphic note-taking, and diagramming.

Important features of this new edition include:
* Easy-to-understand discussions supported by freehand illustrations
* A new format with superior representation of techniques and concepts
* Dozens of new and updated illustrations
* Extensive coverage of new technologies related to the graphic thinking process

For architects and students who want to maximize their creativity, Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers is a valuable tool in the pursuit of architectural solutions to contemporary design problems.

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A helpful hint in the right direction.......2000-05-27

As an Architecture Student, I really enjoyed this book. It was very helpful with sketching techniques and just general concepts related to architecture. It was a required text for a class, but it has been a helpful reasource since. I recommend this book to any person wishing to develop a good sketching technique. This book refrences very important works by Aalto and Wright. It also addresses important and helpful hints about abstraction of ideals and their graphic weight.

Very helpful book.......2000-03-30

As an interior design student I have found this book to be very informative and helpful. The step by step analysis of the design process is terrific and I've practically worn out the copy at the library, so it's time to buy it for myself.

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Ahogado en deudas: Pemex.(Petróleos Mexicanos): An article from: Siempre!
David Shields
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000826OV4
Release Date: 2006-10-24

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Thomson Gale on February 29, 2004. The length of the article is 554 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ahogado en deudas: Pemex.(Petróleos Mexicanos)
Author: David Shields
Publication: Siempre! (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 29, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 50 Issue: 2646 Page: 51(1)

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Altadis, de nuevo en la encrucijada.(finanzas corporativas; oportunidades de inversion)(TT: Altadis, once again at a crux.)(TA: corporate finances; investment ... Breve): An article from: Epoca

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Altadis, de nuevo en la encrucijada.(finanzas corporativas; oportunidades de inversion)(TT: Altadis, once again at a crux.)(TA: corporate finances; investment ... Breve): An article from: Epoca
Fernando Rodriguez
Manufacturer: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008F2SOI
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on March 15, 2002. The length of the article is 624 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Altadis, de nuevo en la encrucijada.(finanzas corporativas; oportunidades de inversion)(TT: Altadis, once again at a crux.)(TA: corporate finances; investment opportunities)(Artículo Breve)
Author: Fernando Rodriguez
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 15, 2002
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Page: 89

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Casos Practicos de Finanzas Corporativas

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Casos Practicos de Finanzas Corporativas
Francisco Lopez Lubian
Manufacturer: Paraninfo
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El "Pemexgate" no dejó huella ...(préstamo de Petróleos Mexicanos al Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros)(fondos empresariales empleados en campaña presidencial ... Labastida Ochoa): An article from: Proceso

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El "Pemexgate" no dejó huella ...(préstamo de Petróleos Mexicanos al Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros)(fondos empresariales empleados en campaña presidencial ... Labastida Ochoa): An article from: Proceso
Ricardo Ravelo
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00082120M
Release Date: 2006-05-24

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This digital document is an article from Proceso, published by Thomson Gale on January 18, 2004. The length of the article is 1955 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: El "Pemexgate" no dejó huella ...(préstamo de Petróleos Mexicanos al Sindicato de Trabajadores Petroleros)(fondos empresariales empleados en campaña presidencial de Francisco Labastida Ochoa)
Author: Ricardo Ravelo
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 18, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 1420 Page: 13(4)

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Finanzas Corporativas
Jeffrey F. Jaffe , and Stephen A. Ross
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Interamericana
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Finanzas Corporativas
Guillermo L. Dumrauf
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Fundamentos de Finanzas Corporativas
Stephen A. Ross
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Fundamentos de Finanzas Corporativas - 5 Edicion

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Fundamentos de Finanzas Corporativas - 5 Edicion
Bradford D. Jordan , Stephen A. Ross , and Randolph W. Westerfield
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Fundamentos de Las Finanzas Corporativas

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Fundamentos de Las Finanzas Corporativas
Richard A. Brealey
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A golpe de crto: el endeudamiento de las constructoras supera en algunos casos el valor de la compa: An article from: Epoca

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A golpe de crto: el endeudamiento de las constructoras supera en algunos casos el valor de la compa: An article from: Epoca
Josntonio Vizner
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000O76GZ2
Release Date: 2007-03-12

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Thomson Gale on November 10, 2006. The length of the article is 1346 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: A golpe de cr

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What explains the international mobility of workers from developing to advanced societies? Why do workers move from one region to another? Theoretically, the supply of workers in a given region and the demand for them in another account for the international mobility of laborers. Job seekers from less developed regions migrate to more advanced countries where technological and productive transformations have produced a shortage of laborers. Using the Dominican labor force in New York as a case study, Ramona Hernández challenges this presumption of a straightforward relationship between supply and demand in the job markets of the receiving society. She contends that the traditional correlation between migration and economic progress does not always hold true. Once transplanted in New York City, Hernández shows, Dominicans have faced economic hardship as the result of high levels of unemployment and underemployment and the reality of a changing labor market that increasingly requires workers with skills and training they do not have. Rather than responding to a demand in the labor market, emigration from the Dominican Republic was the result of a de facto government policy encouraging poor and jobless people to leave -- a policy in which the United States was an accomplice because the policy suited its economic and political interests in the region.

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Fabulous Text.......2006-02-11

This is an absolutely fabulous text for understanding Dominicans in the United States. Hernandez uses a historical-structuralist approach for understanding Dominican immigration, which I found an important corrective in a generally celebratory literature that ignores real social problems confronting immigrants of color. Hernandez takes race seriously and does an excellent job with her data. The book is well worth the investment if only for the data, although I'm comfortable asserting that Hernandez is exemplary in her race-class-gender analysis among immigrants of color (Dominicans) in NYC. An absolute REQUIREMENT for any serious engagement of Dominicans in the United States.

Ramona Hernandez, The Mobility of Workers under Advanced Capitalism: Dominican Migration to the United States.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Ramona Hernandez, The Mobility of Workers under Advanced Capitalism: Dominican Migration to the United States.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Estela Rivero-Fuentes
Manufacturer: Commission for Racial Equality
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00084BHJG
Release Date: 2005-08-01

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, published by Commission for Racial Equality on September 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1036 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ramona Hernandez, The Mobility of Workers under Advanced Capitalism: Dominican Migration to the United States.(Book Review)
Author: Estela Rivero-Fuentes
Publication: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2004
Publisher: Commission for Racial Equality
Volume: 30 Issue: 5 Page: 1033(3)

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The Mobility of Workers Under Advanced Capitalism

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The Mobility of Workers Under Advanced Capitalism
Ramona Hernandez
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPFZGK

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