Petra Baan – illustratör

This write-in activity book explores all sorts of design skills, from how to create stunning lettering and logos to designing costumes, gadgets, games and websites. Aspiring designers will have hours of fun coming up with their own designs, with lots of handy tips and tricks to help them along the way.Chapters in this book include:- What is design?- Think like a designer- Designing in colour- Pick a palette- In black and white- Get inspired- Judging a book by its cover- Lettering- Emojis- Right words, right place- Pick a style- Set the stage- Part of the furniture- Talking without words- Using grids- Go team!- Interior design- Fly your flag- The next big gadget- Software update- Build a brand- Web design- Clever packaging- Designing for designers- Day out at the theme park- Design a board game- What do people need?- City creator- Designing movements- Combining designs- A big design project- Answers

How can you bend water with a ruler? What makes grass green? How do machines work? What happens if you add raisins to a fizzy drink? Why don't seals freeze in icy water? Can anything stop paper clips from sinking? This book will show you how to discover the answers to these questions and more - making you think like a scientist in a few simple steps.

The activities, puzzles and experiments in this book will show children how people can help the planet. Follow pigeons as they measure air pollution over London. Investigate how far the food in your cupboards actually travels. Look out for wildlife and count all the pollinators that live near you. Come up with a design for your own super green vehicle. Imagine what it would be like if you worked as a marine biologist on a coral reef. Hunt out any energy vampires lurking in your home. And discover the amazing way that plants and soil trap carbon.