Prof Frances Smith | COMD2300-D036 | Fall 2023

Category: Help & Resources

Course Resources

Suggested Text

The Cheese Monkeys – Chip Kidd
Designing Brand Identity

Bibliography

References

Design Archives & Collections

Diversity & Inclusion in Design

Designers You Should Know

Design History

Interviews & Current Events

  • The Observatory– Michael Bierut and Jessica Helfand on design, current events, and current enthusiasms. [Soundcloud/Podcast] 
  • Design Matters – Debbie Millman features interviews with designers, artists and cultural leaders. [iTunes/Podcast]

Essays & Theory Collections

Books

Graphic Communications Open Textbook Collective. Design and Print Production Fundamentals is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Graphic Design Thinking : Beyond Brainstorming, edited by Ellen Lupton, Princeton Architectural Press, 2011. ProQuest Ebook Central [City Tech Library Card Required]

Lupton, Ellen, and Jennifer Cole Phillips. Graphic Design : The New Basics, Princeton Architectural Press, 2008. ProQuest Ebook Central [City Tech Library Card Required]

Leborg, Christian. Visual Grammar, Princeton Architectural Press, 2006. ProQuest Ebook Central [City Tech Library Card Required]

Lupton, Ellen. Thinking with Type : A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students, Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. ProQuest Ebook Central [City Tech Library Card Required]

Hall, Sean. This Means This, This Means That : A User’s Guide to Semiotics, Laurence King Publishing, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central [City Tech Library Card Required]