Design
THIS HUMAN - DESIGN CHARACTER: HOW TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AS A DESIGNER
Written by Senova, Melis
Design Character explores the values, ethics, and motivations behind every designer, helping the reader to navigate introspection and find out how their morals and situated within the world of design.
HOW TO BE A DESIGN STUDENT (AND HOW TO TEACH THEM)
Written by Goldstein, Mitch
Designer, artist, and educator Mitch Goldstein's experience as student and teacher gives guidance and inspiration to help students get the most out of design school. Life as a design student is filled with questions.
BOOK MARKS: AN ARTIST'S CARD CATALOG: NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY OF MY MIND
Written by Page, Barbara
One artist's whimsical and inspiring way to keep track of the books she has read, Book Marks is a visual journey through a lifetime of reading and remembering that features 434 richly illustrated artworks created on old library checkout cards; each collage or drawing distills the contents of a single title. This alluring blend of art book and autobiography will capture the imagination.
JENS QUISTGAARD: THE SCULPTING DESIGNER
Written by Guldberg, Stig
The first authoritative monograph on the life and work of the celebrated Danish-American designer Jens Quistgaard - an unsung hero of Danish Modern and Mid-century Modern design
DECOLONIZING DESIGN: A CULTURAL JUSTICE GUIDEBOOK
Written by Tunstall
A guidebook to the institutional transformation of design theory and practice by restoring the long-excluded cultures of Indigenous, Black, and People of Color communities. From the excesses of world expositions to myths of better living through technology, modernist design, in its European-based guises, has excluded and oppressed the very people whose lands and lives it reshaped.
LIBRORUM RIDICULORUM: A COMPENDIUM OF BIZARRE BOOKS
Written by Lake, Brian
A celebration of all the weird and wonderful books to be found at an antiquarian bookshop.
PATTERN MAGIC: STRETCH FABRICS [WITH PATTERN(S)]
Written by Nakamichi, Tomoko
Pattern Magic is the cult pattern-cutting book from Japan. Taking inspiration from nature, from geometric shapes and from the street, this book harnesses the sheer joy of making and sculpting clothes. Pattern Magic takes a creative approach to pattern cutting, with step-by-step projects for fashion designers and dressmakers to enjoy.
DESIGN AFTER CAPITALISM: TRANSFORMING DESIGN TODAY FOR AN EQUITABLE TOMORROW
Written by Wizinsky, Matthew
How design can transcend the logics, structures, and subjectivities of capitalism: a framework, theoretical grounding, and practical principles. The designed things, experiences, and symbols that we use to perceive, understand, and perform our everyday lives are much more than just props. They directly shape how we live.
FLOPPY DISK FEVER: THE CURIOUS AFTERLIVES OF A FLEXIBLE MEDIUM
A delightful romp through the surprising subcultures of an obsolete format
ROBOTS 1:2: R.F. COLLECTION
Collectible "kinetic sculptures" from bygone visions of the future, in a new compact edition