A monumental volume with respect to the sphere of graphic design, this book is just as absorbing for anyone interested in any aspect of visual communication.

They include anything from sofabeds to Swiss army knives. Per Mollerup identifies 12 essential principles of collapsibility and looks at examples of each.

Easy to understand, the book has been created to assist designers, researchers, and writers in expressing visually through points, lines, and areas that which by words, letters, and numbers alone often have difficulty communicating.

This book looks into the basics of simplicity and researches more in depth three aspects of simplicity in design. To present complexity in simple ways is the designer's noblest aspiration.

In this book, Danish designer Per Mollerup defines and describes a ubiquitous design category that until now has not had a name: designed objects with an intentional discrepancy between surface and substance, between appearance and reality.

"... world of collapsibles, objects that fold out for use and fold back in again for storage ... : tents and telephones, ladders and hoses, toys, tables, cameras and chairs - not to mention retractable dogs leads, rubber keyboards and blow ...

A standard reference book discussing problems, principles, and practices in wayshowing and wayfinding.

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