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