Books published by BIS Publishers B.V.

Change Ahead focuses on the emerging practices at the intersection of business strategy, research, and design.

Offers handy information on measures and conversions, food names in different languages, a seasonal calendar, and more. In this book, the author shares her pantry staples and how she makes them, from mustard to mayonnaise, butter to vinaigrette, and more.

Suitable for writers and foodies of all levels, this book offers writing prompts and activities, suggestions on structuring your book and more.

As the world becomes increasingly complex and complicated, simplicity becomes increasingly in demand. We all seek simplicity in small or large measure. We strive to create simplicity at work and at home.

What is the significance of independent thinking in the networked society where everything and everyone is connected? What is the influence of technology on humanity? This book offers a selection of quotes that question the autonomy of mankind in the digital computer era, and study the future of the independent creative spirit.

There is a new cookbook in town.

The fundamental question that the book addresses is: Are our innovation efforts aligned to the challenges of our times?

Creativity in Business is the basic guide for idea generation and selection. It focuses specifically on business and education.

Where can a hospital apply principles from the airline sector? How can a car manufacturer use tools from the video game industry? What can an event organiser learn from the railways?

Suitable for those of us who use metrics and need straightforward, authoritative, non-technical guidance, this title helps brands of any size that advertise, market or engage with their customers and prospects through email, the Web, mobile or social.

This is an action-oriented book for managers and entrepreneurs searching ways to tackle issues they face in terms of developing and delivering services. The book focuses on service organizations, but has a broad interpretation of what services are.

How to Visit an Art Museum offers fresh perspectives on how to behave once inside the museum. Whether first-timer or frequent visitor, it shows you the sense and nonsense of museum etiquette.

This is the first DIY city guide series on the market, kicking off with three of the most popular European destinations: London, Paris, and Berlin.

This is the first DIY city guide series on the market, kicking off with three of the most popular European destinations: London, Paris, and Berlin.

Make Design Matter is an accessible book about a complex subject. It proposes strategic design guidelines based on holistic concepts.

A commemoration of defunct logos that were once an integral part of the landscape, our visual culture & our lives. Many are icons of their time or can be deemed design classics. Each of the 50 entries comes with a comprehensive design & cultural history (or obituary) to ensure that although these logos may be gone, they are not forgotten.

This books contains 51 art rules. From the age-old `Rule of Thirds' to modern mantras like `Design isn't art.' Myths, like the one of the struggling artist, are dispelled, while other rules are merely confirmed with the help of quotes by artists, theorists and art enthusiasts.

Never Photograph People Eating and 50 other Ridiculous Photography rules: for each of the 51 rules covered in each book, Van Gaalen refers to quotes by famous fellow creators, who either think there is something to the rule or have made a personal variation on it.

Jurgen Salenbacher examines the work of leading theorists in business culture before explaining how our success in exploring change rests on our ability to think creatively.

Innovation is highly relevant to every organization. Yet, eighty percent of innovation projects never reach the market. Many have a false start. The Innovation Expedition is written to inspire you with visual and practical tools on HOW to start innovation effectively.

This book provides strategies to solve conflicts. Co-developed by Harvard University, many lawyers, two kissing boxers, a cowboy, Mikhail Gorbatsjov.

Anneloes van Gaalen never stops researching ridiculous rules in creative sectors and we are thankful for that, because it produces more of these wonderful and bestselling Ridiculous Design Rules books, which make perfect gifts for creative people and those who love creative work. Five books have been published and reprinted (!) so far, and we are now pleased to announce the next new title: Ridiculous Film Rules. In this series, 'ridiculous' is a relative term, because what is nonsense for one can be an important guideline for another. In these pleasing and educational books, it is not about laying down the law. For each of the 51 rules covered in each book, Van Gaalen refers to quotes by famous fellow creators, who either think there is something to the rule or have made a personal variation on it. Whether you agree with them or not, the Ridiculous Design books sharpen your own thoughts about the rules and the assumed truths within the creative disciplines. Each rule is convincingly illustrated, with the illustrations either confirming or disproving the rule in question.

Discover where design practice is today - and where it will take us in the future. Design Transitions presents 42 unique and insightful stories of how design is changing around the world. Twelve countries are represented from the perspectives of three different communities: design agencies, organizations embedding design; and design academics.

The book contains many visuals of the form studies in between fashion, textiles, space and architecture, thus combining and blurring the moving and the static, and essays by leaders in the field.

Never Leave the House Naked chronologically places quotes that accompany each fashion rule from fashion designers and other creatives.