READ
REQUIRED
Read these! We’ll discuss them in class.
Design and art
Art’s Little Brother by Rick Poynor. From Icon Magazine online, May 2005
Design and process
Design Is More Than Packaging by Janet Rae-Dupree. From the Business section of the New York Times, October 2008.
Design and community
First Things First Manifesto, 1964
First Things First Manifesto, 2000
Introduction to First Things First 2000: Design is About Democracy by Rick Poynor. Originally published in Adbusters, AIGA Journal, Blueprint, Emigre, Eye, etc., spring 2000.
Design and good
Is Humanitarian Design the New Imperialism? by Bruce Nussbaum. from FastCo. Design, July 2010
Are Humanitarian Designers Imperialists? Project H Responds by Emily Pilloton. From FastCo. Design, July 2010
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NON-REQUIRED
But still worth your time
Design Thinking
“Design Thinking” Isn’t a Miracle Cure, but Here’s How It Helps by Helen Walters. From FastCo. Design, March 2011
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BOOKS
Recommendations that I think all designers/artists/creative people should read.
The Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne (audiobook recommended)
Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
Buying In by Rob Walker
