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February 12th, 2008

DESIGN BOOKS
RESERVED AND RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS

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BASIC GRAPHIC DESIGN

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GRAPHIC DESIGN 1

  • Graphic Design Solutions by Robin Landa
  • Paul Rand: Conversations with Students by Michael Kroeger

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GRAPHIC DESIGN 2

  • Advertising by Design: Creating Visual Communications with Graphic Impact by Robin Landa

  • Graphic Design Solutions, Third Edition by Robin Landa

  • Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler
  • Becoming a Graphic Designer by Steven Heller and Teresa Fernandes:

    Becoming a Graphic Designer provides a comprehensive survey of the graphic design market, including complete coverage of print and electronic media and the evolving digital design disciplines that offer today’s most sought-after jobs. This visual guide has more than 600 striking illustrations and features the latest mate-rial on interactive design, information design, motion, and more.Drawing on years of experience in the business, veteran designers Steven Heller and Teresa Fernandes cover everything from education and training, design specialties, and work settings to preparing an effective portfolio and finding a job. They profile major industries employing graphic designers and explore advertising, corporate, editorial, and other key design disciplines.

    The major industries covered here include architecture, interactive design, television and film design, publishing, and more. Dozens of up-front interviews with leading graphic designers let you see how companies such as Wired magazine, Martha Stewart Living magazine, and MTV hire and work with employees. These inside perspectives offer invaluable real-world insights on what different industries and positions are really like. And a resource guide to design publications and organizations points the way to further information and guidance.

    Complete with easy-to-use, compact sections, useful sidebars, and sample design pieces, this outstanding guide is invaluable for anyone interested in launching or developing a career in graphic design.

  • A Smile in the Mind by Beryl McAlhone
  • Creativity for Graphic Designers by Mark Oldach

  • How to Design Logos, Symbols and Icons by Gregory Thomas
  • Massive Change by Bruce Mau, Jennifer Leonard, and Institute Without Boundaries

  • Things I have learned in my life so far by Stefan Sagmeister (Author), Daniel Nettle (Contributor), Steven Heller (Contributor), Nancy Spector (Contributor)
    http://www.amazon.com/Things-have-learned-life-far/dp/0810995298/ref=pd_sim_b_2
    Things I have learned in my life so far
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  • Wayfinding: Designing and Implementing Graphic Navigational Systems By Craig Berger
  • Wayshowing: A Guide to Environmental Signage Principles & Practices By Per Mollerup
  • Signage Planning Manual By Patrick Wenze
  • Typographic Design: Form and Communication by Rod Carter, Ben Day, Philip Meggs
  • Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works by Kelly Gato and Emily Cotler
  • Dreamweaver 8 Hands-On Training: by Daniel Short and Garo Green
  • Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Web Hands-On Training: by Tanya Staples
  • Color for websites by Molly Holzschlag
  • Flash Professional 8 Hands-On Training: by James Gonzale

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GRAPHIC DESIGN 3

  • Information Graphics by Peter Wildbur and Michael Burke
  • MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer by Hillman Curtis
  • The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes, for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience by Douglas Van Duyne, James Landay, Jason Hong, forward by Nathan Shedroff
  • Experience Design by Nathan Shedroff
  • Interactivity: Creating & Communicating with new media by Ray Kristof & Amy Satran
  • Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design and Conduct Effective test by Jeffrey Rubi
  • Helvetica
  • Cradle to Cradle Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart

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WEB DESIGN

  • Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that Works by Kelly Gato and Emily Cotler
  • Dreamweaver 8 Hands-On Training: by Daniel Short and Garo Green
  • Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the Web Hands-On Training: by Tanya Staples
  • Color for websites by Molly Holzschlag
  • Flash Professional 8 Hands-On Training: by James Gonzale

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MEDIA DESIGN

  • Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
  • MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer by Hillman Curtis
  • The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes, for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience by Douglas Van Duyne, James Landay, Jason Hong, forward by Nathan Shedroff
  • Experience Design by Nathan Shedroff
  • Interactivity: Creating & Communicating with new media by Ray Kristof & Amy Satran
  • Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design and Conduct Effective test by Jeffrey Rubi

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CAPSTONE

  • Cradle to Cradle by William McDonaugh
  • The David Suzuki Reader by David Suzuki
  • Designing a Digital Portfolio by Cynthia L. Baron
  • Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
  • Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility (Paperback) by Steven Heller
  • A Designer’s Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing Your Clients and What They Really Need (Design Field Guides) (Hardcover) by Jennifer Visocky O’Grady
  • Design Studies: Theory and Research in Graphic Design (Paperback) by Audrey Bennett (Editor), Steven Heller (Foreword)

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INTERNSHIP

  • The Business Side of Creativity by Cameron S. Foote

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Reference: Books

* Sustainable by Design: Explorations in Theory and Practice By Stuart Walker

* The Philosophy of Sustainable Design by Jason F. McLennan

* ecoDesign: The Sourcebook Revised Edition By Alastair Fuad-Luke

* Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution By Paul Hawken

* Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things By William McDonough, Michael Braungart

* Design for Sustainability: A Sourcebook of Integrated, Eco-logical Solutions By Janis Birkeland

* The Green Imperative by Victor Papanek

* The Inconvenient Truth by Al Glore

* 10 Ways Design Can Fight the Climate Change by Sophie Thomas

* Interactive Design for New Media and the Web by Nicholas V. Iuppa

* Documentary Storytelling, by Sheila Curran Bernard

* The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman

* The Meaning of the 21th Century by James Martin

* The Good Life, Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living by Helen and Scott Nearing

Related Sites
www.design-e2.com
www.inhabitat.com
www.thomasmatthews.com
www.design21sdn.com
www.treehugger.com
www.usa.autodesk.com (AutoDesk Sustainability Center)
www.dhub.org
www.architectureforhumanity.org
www.panda.org
(Living Planet Report: www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/index.cfm)
www.climatecrisis.org
www.earth.columbia.edu
www.climateark.org
www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org
www.howtogogreen.com
www.greenprogress.com
www.greenbusinesscentre.org
www.worldchanging.com
www.worldwildlifefund.org
www.o2.org/index.php
www.wearewhatwedo.org/actiontracker
http://www.greenandmore.com/shopping.html

Podcast and Vlog Sites
www.pbs.org/podcasts
www.design-e2.com
www.treehugger.com
www.inhabitat.com
www.youtube.com

1. The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman (Paperback ‑ Sep 17, 2002)
# Publisher: Basic Books (September 17, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 0465067107
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0465067107

2. Interface Culture : How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate (Paperback)
by Steven Johnson (Author)
# Publisher: Perseus Books Group; Rep Sub edition (October 6, 1999)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 0465036805
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0465036806

3. Design Research: Methods and Perspectives (Hardcover)
by Brenda Laurel (Editor), Peter Lunenfeld (Preface)
# Publisher: The MIT Press (October 1, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 0262122634
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0262122634

4. Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback)
by Mike Kuniavsky (Author)
# Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (April 8, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 1558609237
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 1558609235

5. Interaction of Color: Revised Edition (Paperback)
by Josef Albers (Author)
# Publisher: Yale University Press; Revised edition (September 10, 1975)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 0300018460
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0300018462

6. Wolfgang Weingart: My Way to Typography (Hardcover)
by Wolfgang Weingart (Author), K. Wolff (Translator), C. Schelbert (Translator)
# Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers; 1 edition (February 14, 2000)
# Language: English, German
# ISBN‑ 10: 390704486X
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 3907044865

7. Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols (Paperback)
by Henry Dreyfuss (Author)
# Publisher: Wiley (May 1, 1984)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 0471288721
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0471288725

8. The Icon Book: Visual Symbols for Computer Systems and Documentation (Paperback)
by William Horton (Author)
# Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (March 31, 1994)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 047159900X
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0471599005

9. Signs and Emblems: A Collection of International Examples (Design & Graphic Design) (Paperback)
by Erhardt Stiebner (Author), Dieter Urban (Author)
# Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold (February 1984)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 0442280599
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0442280598

10. Handbook of Pictorial Symbols (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) (Paperback)
by Rudolf Modley (Author), William R. Myers (Author), Diana G. Comer (Author)
# Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1976)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 048623357X
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0486233574

11. Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice/Methodik Der Form‑ Und Bildgestaltung : Aufbau Synthese Anwendung/Manuel De Creation Graphique : Forme Synthese Application (Paperback)
by Armin Hofmann (Author)
# Publisher: Arthur Niggli; Multilingual edition (October 2001)
# Language: Multilingual
# ISBN‑ 10: 3721200063
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 3721200065

12. Life Style (Paperback)
by Bruce Mau (Author)
# Publisher: Phaidon Press; New Ed edition (March 1, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 0714845205
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0714845203

13. Language of Vision (Paperback)
by Gyorgy Kepes (Author)
# Publisher: Dover Publications (August 30, 1995)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑ 10: 0486286509
# ISBN‑ 13: 978‑ 0486286501

The Internet Design Project: The Best of Graphic Art on the Web (Hardcover)
by Patrick Burgoyne (Author), Liz Faber (Author), Lewis Blackwell (Editor)
# Publisher: Universe Publishing (February 15, 1998)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0789301245
# ISBN-13: 978-0789301246

The Internet Design Project II: The Best of Graphic Art on the Web Reloaded (Paperback)
by Patrick Burgoyne (Author), Liz Faber (Author)
# ublisher: Universe Publishing (November 20, 1999)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0789303620
# ISBN-13: 978-0789303622

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman (Paperback - Sep 17, 2002)
# Publisher: Basic Books (September 17, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0465067107
# ISBN-13: 978-0465067107

Interface Culture : How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate (Paperback)
by Steven Johnson (Author)
# Publisher: Perseus Books Group; Rep Sub edition (October 6, 1999)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0465036805
# ISBN-13: 978-0465036806

Design Research: Methods and Perspectives (Hardcover)
by Brenda Laurel (Editor), Peter Lunenfeld (Preface)
# Publisher: The MIT Press (October 1, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0262122634
# ISBN-13: 978-0262122634

Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner’s Guide to User Research (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback)
by Mike Kuniavsky (Author)
# Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (April 8, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1558609237
# ISBN-13: 978-1558609235

Interaction of Color: Revised Edition (Paperback)
by Josef Albers (Author)
# Publisher: Yale University Press; Revised edition (September 10, 1975)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0300018460
# ISBN-13: 978-0300018462

Wolfgang Weingart: My Way to Typography (Hardcover)
by Wolfgang Weingart (Author), K. Wolff (Translator), C. Schelbert (Translator)
# Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers; 1 edition (February 14, 2000)
# Language: English, German
# ISBN-10: 390704486X
# ISBN-13: 978-3907044865

Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols (Paperback)
by Henry Dreyfuss (Author)
# Publisher: Wiley (May 1, 1984)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0471288721
# ISBN-13: 978-0471288725

The Icon Book: Visual Symbols for Computer Systems and Documentation (Paperback)
by William Horton (Author)
# Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (March 31, 1994)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 047159900X
# ISBN-13: 978-0471599005

Signs and Emblems: A Collection of International Examples (Design & Graphic Design) (Paperback)
by Erhardt Stiebner (Author), Dieter Urban (Author)
# Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold (February 1984)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0442280599
# ISBN-13: 978-0442280598

Handbook of Pictorial Symbols (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) (Paperback)
by Rudolf Modley (Author), William R. Myers (Author), Diana G. Comer (Author)
# Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1976)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 048623357X
# ISBN-13: 978-0486233574

Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice/Methodik Der Form-Und Bildgestaltung : Aufbau Synthese Anwendung/Manuel De Creation Graphique : Forme Synthese Application (Paperback)
by Armin Hofmann (Author)
# Publisher: Arthur Niggli; Multilingual edition (October 2001)
# Language: Multilingual
# ISBN-10: 3721200063
# ISBN-13: 978-3721200065

Life Style (Paperback)
by Bruce Mau (Author)
# Publisher: Phaidon Press; New Ed edition (March 1, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0714845205
# ISBN-13: 978-0714845203

Language of Vision (Paperback)
by Gyorgy Kepes (Author)
# Publisher: Dover Publications (August 30, 1995)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0486286509
# ISBN-13: 978-0486286501

1. Flash Web Design: The v5 Remix (Paperback) by Hillman Curtis (Author)
# Publisher: Waite Group Press; 2Rev Ed edition (February 9, 2001)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0735710988
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0735710986

2. MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer (Paperback)
by Hillman Curtis (Author)
# Publisher: New Riders Press; 1st edition (May 31, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0735711658
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0735711655

3. Hillman Curtis on Creating Short Films for the Web (VOICES) (Paperback)
by Hillman Curtis (Author)
# Publisher: New Riders Press (August 31, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0321278917
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0321278913

4.Video Shooter: Storytelling with DV, HD, and HDV Cameras (DV Expert Series) (DV Expert Series) (Paperback)
# Publisher: CMP Books; Pap/Dvdr edition (January 15, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 1578202892
# ISBN‑13: 978‑1578202898

5. Interactive Design for New Media and the Web (Paperback)
by Nicholas Iuppa (Author)
# Publisher: Focal Press; 2 Pap/Cdr edition (September 7, 2001)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0240804147
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0240804149

6. Principles of Interactive Design (Paperback)
by Lisa Graham (Author)
# Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 1 edition (June 12, 1998)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0827385579
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0827385573

7. Writing for Multimedia and the Web, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Content Development for Interactive Media (Paperback)
by Timothy Garrand (Author)
# Publisher: Focal Press; 3 edition (July 21, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0240808223
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0240808222

8. 1 Hour Web Site: 120 Professional Templates and Skins (Bible) (Paperback)
by Michael Utvich (Author), Ken Milhous (Author), Yana Beylinson (Author)
# Publisher: Wiley; Pap/Cdr edition (October 30, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0471933384
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0471933380

9. Documentary Storytelling for Video and Filmmakers (Paperback)
by Sheila Curran Bernard (Author)
# Publisher: Focal Press (October 31, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0240805399
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0240805399

10. Experience Design 1 (Paperback)
by Nathan Shedroff (Author)
# Publisher: Waite Group Press; 1st edition (April 18, 2001)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0735710783
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0735710788

11. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things (Paperback)
by Donald A. Norman (Author)
# Publisher: Basic Books (May 10, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0465051367
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0465051366

12. Rapid Contextual Design: A How‑to Guide to Key Techniques for User‑Centered Design (Interactive Technologies) (Paperback)
by Karen Holtzblatt (Author), Jessamyn Burns Wendell (Author), Shelley Wood (Author)
# Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (December 14, 2004)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0123540518
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0123540515

13. Interaction Design (Paperback)
by Jenny Preece (Author), Yvonne Rogers (Author), Helen Sharp (Author)
# Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 17, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0471492787
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0471492788

14. Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (Paperback)
by Joseph A. Maxwell (Author)
# Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; Second Edition edition (October 28, 2004)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0761926089
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0761926085

15. Convergence Design: Creating the User Experience for Interactive Television, Wireless, and Broadband (Hardcover)
by Steve Curran (Author)
# Publisher: Rockport Publishers (January 1, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 1564969045
# ISBN‑13: 978‑1564969040

16. The Design Experience: The Role of Design and Designers in the Twenty‑First Century (Hardcover)
by Mike Press (Author), Rachel Cooper (Author)
# Publisher: Ashgate Publishing; Reissue edition (June 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0566078910
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0566078910

17. The Elements of User Experience: User‑Centered Design for the Web (Paperback)
by Jesse James Garrett (Author)
# Publisher: New Riders Press; 1st edition (October 11, 2002)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0735712026
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0735712027

18. Design and Emotion (Hardcover)
by Deana McDonagh (Editor), Paul Hekkert (Editor), Jeroen van Erp (Editor), Diane Gyi (Editor)
# Publisher: CRC (October 24, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 041530363X
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0415303637

19. Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Paperback)
by Bill Buxton (Author)
# Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (March 30, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0123740371
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0123740373

20. Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences (VOICES) (Hardcover)
by Steve Diller (Author), Nathan Shedroff (Author), Darrel Rhea (Author)
# Publisher: New Riders Press (December 21, 2005)
# Language: English
# ISBN‑10: 0321374096
# ISBN‑13: 978‑0321374097

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