Visual Engine: The Selected Works of 18 Top Designers

by Guiying Xu

As leaders in various fields of art design, many respectable designers have striking similarities in experience, design concept, technical performance, and achievement. the 18 designers selected in this book come from different parts of the world, and they are very active in the contemporary art stage.

This valuable volume contains works of these excellent designers, which will be a visual feast for its readers for they can appreciate the wonderful works and at the same time feel like they are at the frontiers of global design. Above all, the book also includes what the designers have to say about their most important work and readers will get an all-round understanding of the designers. To seek similarity in distinctiveness is on essential feature in this book.

Call Number: NC998.4.V57 2009

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Human-Computer Interaction / Edition 3

by Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory D. Abowd, Russell Beale

Much has changed since the first edition of human¿computer interaction was published. Ubiquitous computing and rich sensor-filled environments are finding their way out of the laboratory, not just into movies but also into our workplaces and homes. The computer has broken out of its plastic and glass bounds providing us with networked societies where personal computing devices from mobile phones to smart cards fill our pockets and electronic devices surround us at home and work. The web too has grown from a largely academic network into the hub of business and everyday lives. As the distinctions between the physical and the digital, and between work and leisure start to break down, human-computer interaction is also changing radically.

The excitement of these changes is captured in this new edition, which also looks forward to other emerging technologies. However, the book is firmly rooted in strong principles and models independent of the passing technologies of the day: these foundations will be the means by which today¿s students will understand tomorrow¿s technology.

The third edition of human¿computer interaction can be used for introductory and advanced courses on HCI, Interaction Design, Usability or Interactive Systems Design. It will also prove an invaluable reference for professionals wishing to design usable computing devices.

Accompanying the text is a comprehensive website containing a broad range of material for instructors, students and practitioners, a full text search facility for the book, links to many sites of additional interest and much more: go to www.hcibook.com

New to this edition:

• A revised structure, reflecting the growth of HCI as a discipline, separates out basic material suitable for introductory courses from more detailed models and theories.
• New chapter on Interaction Design adds material on scenarios and basic navigation design.
• New chapter on Universal Design, substantially extending the coverage of this material in the book.
• Updated and extended treatment of socio/contextual issues.
• Extended and new material on novel interaction, including updated ubicomp material, designing experience, physical sensors and a new chapter on rich interaction.
• Updated material on the web including dynamic content and WAP.

Call Number: QA76.9.H85 2004

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Interactions Access – Listening /Speaking

by Emily Austin Thrush, Robert Baldwin, Laurie Blass

Interactions Integrated Skills is the only fully integrated four-skills ESL/ELT series on the market that prepares students for academic content.

Derived from the first three levels of the popular Interactions Mosaic 4th Edition, Interactions Integrated Skills is theme-based and combines communicative activities with skill-building exercises in listening, speaking, reading, writing, plus grammar to boost students’ academic success.

Call Number: txt PE1128.T47 2007

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Communication in Business: Strategies and skills 4ed

by Judith Dwyer

Communication in Business: Strategies and skills 4e is a comprehensive how-to guide that will help readers understand communication principles and apply them to the business environment. The goal of this book is to provide a global communication tool that both expands our knowledge of what we can do to interact effectively and provide us with working models to practise and refine how well we do it.

In this fourth edition Judith Dwyer continues to combine business communication theory and practice in a text that is a valuable resource for both academic study and workplace reference.

Call Number: HF5718.D89 2009

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