Environment Design

Are you tired of living in a cluttered and disorganized home? Do you dream of creating a harmonious living space but feel overwhelmed by the thought of tackling it all at once? The constant search for misplaced items, the frustration of cluttered surfaces, and the never-ending battle to maintain a clean and organized environment can be incredibly draining. If you want to reclaim control over your living space and experience the joy of an organized home, then you need to read this book! With expert tips, practical advice, and proven strategies, you'll learn how to transform each room of your...

Discover the art of creating inspiring communal areas with Designing Spaces That Unite, the ultimate guide for envisioning and transforming shared environments into thriving hubs of activity and togetherness. This insightful eBook explores every facet of designing spaces that not only meet community needs but also surpass expectations by seamlessly blending aesthetics, functionality, and sustainability. Begin your journey with an exploration of the evolution of community living spaces, and learn how these dynamic environments play a crucial role in modern society. Uncover the universal ...

Craft your dream landscape within days, even if you've never touched a spade before... Ever looked at your neighbor's garden and wondered how to get such a fabulous transformation? Have you dreamed of crafting a tranquil space to find solitude but fear that your lack of experience can only lead to a disaster? Are you overwhelmed by landscape design jargon, wish lists, budget constraints, and a dizzying array of plant options? You're not alone. Many new homeowners, young couples, and others just like you grapple with these questions every day. But it's time to wave goodbye to your worries ...

✨ FOCUSED FENG SHUI Declutter with Purpose, Balance Your Energy, and Create a Calm, Beautiful Home That Works for You! Simple Traditional Feng Shui Techniques to Optimize Space, Flow, and Intentional Living ✨Transform Your Home, Transform Your Life: The Simple Feng Shui Solution for Modern Living✨ Unlock the secrets of a harmonious home using traditional Feng Shui principles, even if your space is small and your time is limited.It’s time to stop struggling with your space and start living harmoniously with it. In Focused Feng Shui, you'll discover simple, practical techniques to ...

How Real Estate Developers Think considers developers from three different perspectives. Brown profiles the careers of individual developers to illustrate the character of the entrepreneur; considers the roles played by innovation, design, marketing, and sales in the production of real estate; and examines the risks and rewards that motivate developers as people.

Is Earth merely an insignificant speck in a vast and meaningless universe? On the contrary: The Privileged Planet shows that this cherished assumption of materialism is dead wrong. In this provocative book, Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards present a staggering array of evidence that exposes the hollowness of this modern dogma.

Designing an enterprise network isn’t just about plugging in hardware or following generic templates—it’s about solving real business challenges with tailored technical solutions. This book is your guide to doing just that. Enterprise Network Design Case Studies explores a diverse collection of real-world scenarios—ranging from small startups to global nonprofits, hospitals, schools, and secure government facilities. Each case study walks you through: Business context and technical goals Logical network architecture Technology choices and configuration highlights Security ...

A collection of transdisciplinary essays by scholars and designers which explore humanity’s relationship with the planet, its ecosystems and inhabitants, now and in the future. Global challenges like climate change and ecosystem degradation are proving that a singular disciplinary approach is inadequate to respond to issues where societal behaviours, individual choices, political decisions, economic, technological and scientific developments are so densely entangled - not least in design. But what happens when we turn things around and decentre “the human” to look at our relationship with...

A “fascinating” (New York Times Book Review) investigation into the human and environmental cost of fast fashion and global supply chains—and what we can actually do to enact change “A glimpse into how consumerism, slowed to a less ferocious pace, might be reconciled with sustainability...

No single factor - not sales, marketing, finance, strategy, or operations - has more influence over the ultimate success of an organization than its culture. In the game-changing first edition of Culture by Design, David Friedman cut through the fog and provided a simple, clear, and practical road map that thousands of organizations have now used to build high-performing cultures. In this new updated edition, you'll learn how to take the strategies he originally taught and adapt them to meet the unique challenges presented by today's remote work environment.

A practical, illustrated guide to using the tools of design to create feelings of inclusion, collaboration, and respect in groups of any type or size—a classroom, a work team, an international organization—from Stanford University's d.school. “This is a beautiful book. Wise has applied the...

Passing the Civil PE – Water Resources & Environmental Depth Exam requires more than memorizing formulas. It demands the ability to solve real engineering problems quickly, accurately, and under exam-day pressure. This comprehensive study guide gives you everything you need to succeed—practice-heavy chapters, reference drawings, real-world design workflows, and multiple full-length exams with detailed, step-by-step solutions. Built around the official NCEES exam specifications, this book covers the full WR&E domain: hydrology, open channel flow, hydraulic structures, stormwater, ...

From our offices and homes to schools, hospitals, and restaurants, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized impact on our performance and well-being. They affect our creativity, focus, and problem-solving ability and can make us sick - jeopardizing our future and dragging down profits in the process. Joseph Allen and John Macomber make a compelling case in this urgently needed book for why every business and home owner should make certain relatively low-cost investments a top priority.

Is it science? Is it religion? What exactly is the Design Revolution? This book answers the toughest questions about Intelligent Design. As the Intelligent Design movement has gained momentum over recent years, questions have naturally arisen to challenge its provocative claims. With clarity and concision, William Dembski responds to the most vexing questions and objections raised by experts and non-experts.

Most people don’t fail because they lack motivation. They fail because they never build an identity that can sustain change. Become Who You Choose To Be is a practical identity-design playbook for anyone who feels stuck in old patterns—and wants a repeatable system to change for good. Instead of chasing short-lived goals, you’ll learn how to define who you want to be, prove it through daily actions, and maintain it with feedback loops that keep you consistent. Inside, you’ll learn how to: • Reverse-engineer your ideal identity into simple daily behaviors • Use small, compounding...

The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, the most consequential ecological manifesto of our time. Now, drawing on the lessons gained from 10 years of putting the cradle-to-cradle concept into practice with businesses, governments, and ordinary people, William McDonough and Michael Braungart envision the next step in the solution to our ecological crisis: We don't just reuse resources with greater effectiveness, we actually improve them as we use them.

How the emerging field of speculative futures can help us dream--and build--better, sustainable, and more equitable cities for everyone. Speculative futures--design approaches that help us visualize new and potential worlds--move us beyond what currently exists into what could one day be...

From bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes a treasure trove of answers to questions about our world. Was there an Atlantis? What's the smallest country in the world? What's the difference between a jungle and a rain forest? Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About History, Don't...

From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformational work of true stories and imagined history that will remake readers’ understanding of the land called North America. For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent...

An extraordinary investigation into shade, this “compelling . . . conversation-starter draws examples from history, city-planning and social policy” (NPR) to change the way we think about a critical natural resource that should be available to all. “Thought-provoking . . . Bloch, an...