Design It!: The Ordinary Things We Use Every Day and the Not-So-Ordinary Ways They Came to Be (Paperback)

from laVermeer

Design It! provides an accessible introduction to industrial design for upper elementary readers. It opens by explaining the field of industrial design and situating the field in a larger social context. Subsequent chapters apply the principles of industrial design to everyday life: housing, hygi...

from mindylou182

Design It! is a great book for kids to be exposed to the world of design and how things came about. Each chapter focuses on different designs (bathroom, kitchen, etc.). Each chapter tells the reader what it was like in early years and then gives information on how it has changed. For inventions w...

from Conner23456

I enjoyed learning about the diffrent electronics that most people just use everyday and dont think where did this come from or anything eles. I think this book would be better for someone who likes electrons better. But, I did enjoy it.

from jocraddock

This is not the book I thought it would be, but it's good for its purpose. As a classroom or school library (middle-high school, I think) book, it's fine -- attractive, well illustrated and quality text, if brief. It's not a reference book, but rather an "inspire" book, and if it could be left ou...

from mavinger

This is a very informative and well designed book aimed at children. I especially like the activities in the "Think Like an Industrial Designer" sections. The illustrations are cute and reminiscent of the work of Genndy Tartakovsky. However I was somewhat disappointed that the book didn't have pi...