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Book References

  • walterandedith
  • Jan 2, 2021
  • 2 min read

Updated: May 3, 2021


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PROJECT RESEARCH


Victor Papanek - the politics of design

Clarke, Alison J., editor; Klein, Amelie, editor; Kries, Mateo, 1974- editor; Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, host institution; Vitra Design Museum, host institution


Design for the real world

Papanek, V

great developed ideas from the 60s, works really well with the book above too


The designer as author, producer, activist, entrepreneur, curator and collaborator: new models for communicating

McCarthy, Steven J

design authorship, and examples of.

Great examples of designers working in these forms of work


The social design reader

Resnick, Elizabeth


Branded protest

Bloem, Ingeborg, author; Kempenaars, Klaus, author

Branding ideas on protest, argument between good and bad of branding.

Well structured with ideas of how these ideas have developed in activist groups


Guerrilla advertising 2: more unconventional brand communication

Lucas, Gavin, 1965-


Posters of protest and revolution

Rickards, M


Banned posters

Rickards, M


The Politics of Design: A (Not So) Global Design Manual for Visual Communication

Ruben Pater

Really well structured themes and ideas


Protest : A Cultural Introduction to Social Movements

James M. Jasper

Great summaries of text


Beyond princess culture: gender and children's marketing. Vol. 32

Foss, Katherine A


How to be a craftivist: the art of gentle protest

Corbett, Sarah (Sarah P.), author

Good to see methodologies of different forms of protest


Signs of Resistance: A Visual History of Protest in America

Book by Bonnie Siegler

Some great up to date examples as book is newly published


The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence

Care Collective

More focused on care, but some really nice ideas about changing the system and issues that encompass all of society


Long Primer

Richard Ardagh and Carl Middleton

Super texts, written by designers about protest, collaboration and community


by Joanne Rippon and Anish Kapoor

great examples and structure to show different issues and forms of protest


Handmade Nation

Book by Faythe Levine

Small sections are helpful but also links back to community engagement and local conversations and strength in small spaces


TECHNICAL PROCESS


Type & typography

Baines, Phil; Haslam, Andrew


The new handmade graphics: beyond digital design

Odling-Smee, Anne

nice ideas around substrates


Look & see

Burrill, Anthony, artist

strong graphic fonts and inspiration


True Print

master printer, amazing developments in letterpress pushing the process


Street craft: guerrilla gardening

Kuittinen, Riikka

Super images of forms of process


The graphic world of Paul Peter Piech

Piech, Paul Peter, artist; Whitley, Zoe

strong examples of text alongside imagery


Come alive!

Corita Kent

This sits in technical and activism methodologies, want to research further as great links


RESEARCH METHODOLOGY


Visual research: an introduction to research methodologies in graphic design

Noble, Ian, 1960- author; Bestley, Russell, author


Thinking visually

Wigan, Mark


A *New* Program for Graphic Design

Textbook by David Reinfurt

(Plus online A Pre Program For Graphic Design-David Reinfurt)

gestalt, typography and layout. Also watching the digital lectures to support the book


The social design reader

Resnick, Elizabeth, author

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