Disseny

Xavier Bordils (Castelló, 1939) has stood out for his contributions to promote and spread design, graphic design and packaging, as well as for his intense projectual activity. Convictions and preferences are summarised in the text that goes with his mark: ¿Xavier Bordils: anti-stylist design, graphic design, structural design, global design, utilitary design, industrial product design, sematic design, architectural design, design, blah, blah, blah.¿

Este libro aborda la historia del diseño industrial desde sus orígenes a nuestros días. En sus capítulos asistimos al nacimiento, desarrollo y consolidación del diseño industrial en los diversos países en los que se ha forjado esta disciplina. Además de atender al estudio particular de los protagonistas, los diseñadores y sus obras, se analizan desde una perspectiva global los aspectos sociales, los desafíos tecnológicos, las tendencias estilísticas, los principales centros de enseñanza y los fundamentos teóricos que han presidido su actividad en cada momento histórico. Se...

Este ensayo crítico en forma epistolar, escrita por Juan Agustín Ceán-Bermúdez (1749-1829) pintor, historiador y crítico de arte, alaba las cualidades únicas de la escuela de Sevilla y examina la obra de Bartolomé Murillo, el primer pintor español que logró renombre en toda Europa.

Quality assurance has been a major issue in Higher Education discourse during the past decade. Evaluations, accreditations and assessments have almost become standard procedures within the framework of translation studies. This quest for quality has not only to integrate market needs and new market requirements, but also novel strategies in training - whereby training learners and trainers has to be given equal attention. Translation quality has become a key issue in the interlinguistic and intercultural communication market as well as in the translator education environment. It has to be...

This sociophonetic study investigates the language of Andalusian politicians in the Spanish government between 1923 and 2011. Thanks to a quantitative analysis that reveals processes of convergence and divergence between Andalusian and central-peninsular Spanish throughout the century, it formulates unprecedented conclusions on the behavior of the Andalusian variety outside of its borders in educated speakers and formal communication contexts.

Manuel Vicent begins this reflection with an intervention about the Mediterranean. Several experts discuss about the relationship between metaphor and literature, verbal-iconic discourses, aesthetics, translation...