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Envisioning Information
Envisioning Information
by Edward R Tufte
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This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific... (read more)

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition
by Edward R Tufte
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The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise... (read more)

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Visual Explanations : Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative (97 Edition)
Visual Explanations : Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative (97 Edition)
by Edward R. Tufte
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Tufte's (statistical evidence and information design, Yale U.) third book on displaying information that began with the now classic The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983). Whereas the first considered the display of numbers and the... (read more)

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Picture This :  How Pictures Work (00 Edition)
Picture This : How Pictures Work (00 Edition)
by Molly Bang
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Everyone knows that a picture tells a thousand words. But what about the elements that make up a picture? Using the tale of Little Red Riding Hood as an example, Molly Bang uses boldly graphic artwork to explain how images--and their individual... (read more)

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Launching the Imagination
Launching the Imagination
by Mary Stewart
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Launching the Imagination treats design as both a verb and a nounas both a process and a product. Design is deliberatea process of exploring multiple solutions and choosing the most promising option. Through an immersion in 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D concepts... (read more)

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Beautiful Evidence
Beautiful Evidence
by Edward R. Tufte
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Edward Tufte is the foremost author on the topic of the graphical display of information.... (read more)

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Material Change: Design Thinking and the Social Entrepreneurship Movement
Material Change: Design Thinking and the Social Entrepreneurship Movement
by Eve Blossom
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Material Change shows that there is something going on in design-something powerful. Design can change the world. This new way of thinking is revolutionizing the business of design and the design of business. Material Change is the story of trained... (read more)

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Visual Grammar (Design Briefs)
Visual Grammar (Design Briefs)
by Christian Leborg
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Life in the image world has made us all voracious, if not always deliberate, consumers of visual messages. Easy access to computer graphic tools has turned many of us into either amateur or professional image producers. But without a basic understanding... (read more)

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Secrets of Good Design for Artists, Artisans & Crafters
Secrets of Good Design for Artists, Artisans & Crafters
by Burl N Osburn
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Practical and aesthetically pleasing, this meditation on the constituents of good design considers all manner of construction, form, and ornamentation. It answers many questions about design choices, from basic to specific, with clear, condensed... (read more)

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Universal Principles of Design - Revised and Updated (Rev 10 Edition)
Universal Principles of Design - Revised and Updated (Rev 10 Edition)
by William Lidwell
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Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything,... (read more)

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Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life, and Maybe Even the World (09 Edition)
Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Life, and Maybe Even the World (09 Edition)
by Warren Berger
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The first book to reveal how thinking like a designer can help solve the greatest challenges we face in business, society, and our daily lives. What can we learn from the ways great designers think-and how can it improve our world? In this highly... (read more)

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Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design: Understanding Form and Function
Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design: Understanding Form and Function
by John Bowers
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A comprehensive introduction to the principles, issues, and uses of two-dimensional design In Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design, respected designer and educator John Bowers provides a solid foundation in timeless design principles that are immune to... (read more)

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Redesigning Leadership (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
Redesigning Leadership (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
by John Maeda
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When designer and computer scientist John Maeda was tapped to be president of the celebrated Rhode Island School of Design in 2008, he had to learn how to be a leader quickly. He had to transform himself from a tenured professor--with a love of argument... (read more)

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Power of Limits Proportional Harmonies
Power of Limits Proportional Harmonies
by Gyorgy Doczi
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One of the delights of life is the discovery and rediscovery of patterns of order and beauty in nature--the designs revealed by slicing through a head of cabbage or an orange, the forms of shells and butterfly wings. These images are awesome not just for... (read more)

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Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics
Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics
by Elizabeth Resnick
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Description: In one, easy-to-use volume, this book provides applied coverage of the basic conceptual graphic design principles. Assignments are included for every covered design principle with finished examples of student work. Key Features: Includes... (read more)

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Design Through Discovery: The Elements and Principles
Design Through Discovery: The Elements and Principles
by Marjorie Ell Bevlin
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THE ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES, Second Edition covers the first 10 chapters of the Sixth Edition of DESIGN THROUGH DISCOVERY.... (read more)

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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People (Voices That Matter)
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People (Voices That Matter)
by Susan Weinschenk, Ph.d.
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We design to elicit responses from people. We want them to buy something, read more, or take action of some kind. Designing without understanding what makes people act the way they do is like exploring a new city without a map: results will be haphazard,... (read more)

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The Nature of Design: How the Principles of Design Shape Our world--from Graphics and Architecture to Interiors and Products
The Nature of Design: How the Principles of Design Shape Our world--from Graphics and Architecture to Interiors and Products
by Peg Faimon
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Let the world be your guide to design principles Get a jolt of inspiration mixed with classic design principles! The Nature of Designteaches you the fundamentals of design illustrated through images from everyday life. The principles and elements of... (read more)

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Basics Design #02: Layout
Basics Design #02: Layout
by Gavin Ambrose
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This is an updated version of the popular first edition of this book, in which Ambrose and Harris introduce the fundamentals of layout within the field of graphic design. It provides a guide to the effective arrangement of text and image elements within... (read more)

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Why Design Now? National Design Triennial
Why Design Now? National Design Triennial
by Cara Mccarty
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Why design now? As issues of ecology and sustainable living continue to gain in urgency and topicality, design has come to the forefront of the arts as the discipline best equipped to meet today's challenges. Designers around the world are rising to this... (read more)

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