Graphic Design Fundamentals
1J4Z1050 2024–2025

Reading List

Benjamin, R. (2019) Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code. Cambridge, UK: Polity, pp. 1–48.

Bringhurst, R. (1997) The Elements of Typographic Style. Second ed. Point Roberts, WA: Hartley & Marks, pp. 17–24. Available at: https://readings.design/.

Manovich, L. (2013) Software Takes Command: Extending the Language of New Media. London: Bloomsbury. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472544988, pp. 267–277.

McLuhan, M. and Fiore, Q. (1967) The Medium is the Massage. Harmondsworth: Penguin.

Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2022) Cite Them Right: The Essential Referencing Guide. 12th ed. London: Bloomsbury. Available from: https://www.vlebooks.com/ [24 August 2024].

Poyner, R. (2002) ‘First Things First, A Brief History’, in M. Bierut, W. Drenttel and S. Heller (eds.) Looking Closer 4: Critical Writings on Graphic Design. New York: Allworth, pp. 16–22.

Tschichold, J. (2006) The New Typography. New edition. Berkeley, Califorinia: University of California Press, pp. 64–86.

Williams, G. (2014) How to Write About Contemporary Art. London: Thames & Hudson. Available from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/ [24 August 2024]. pp. 113–130.


Resources

Design Reviewed
Matt Lamont
https://designreviewed.com/

V&A Collections
https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections?type=featured

David King
https://davidkingdesigner.com/

Pentagram
https://www.pentagram.com/

Bipoc Design History
https://bipocdesignhistory.com/

AIGA Design Educators Community
Beyond the Bauhaus
https://educators.aiga.org/category/articles/beyond-the-bauhaus/

D&AD Awards Winners 2024
https://www.dandad.org/en/d-ad-awards-pencil-winners/

Malcolm Garrett Collection
Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/special-collections-museum/collections/malcolm-garrett-collection

Design Observer
https://designobserver.com/

Eye Magazine
https://www.eyemagazine.com/

St Bride Foundation 
Digital Collections
https://sbf.org.uk/digital-collections/

Walker Art Center
Insights Design Lecture Series
https://walkerart.org/insights-design-lecture-series/

Readings.design
https://readings.design/

Design is History
http://www.designishistory.com/

Isotype Revisited
https://isotyperevisited.org/

Forensic Architecture
https://forensic-architecture.org/

It’s Nice That
https://www.itsnicethat.com/

Faktografia
David Crowley
https://faktografia.com/

Penguin Series Design
The Art of Penguin Book Covers
Greg Neville
https://penguinseriesdesign.com/

Graphic Journey
Mike Dempsey [blog]
https://mikedempsey.typepad.com/

What is Postmodernism?
V&A
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/what-is-postmodernism

Cyberfeminism index
Mindy Seu
https://cyberfeminismindex.com/

Lettering, printing and graphic design collections
Department of Typography and Graphic Communication
University of Reading
https://www.reading.ac.uk/typography/collections-and-archives

Paris 68 Posters
https://libcom.org/article/paris-68-posters

The People’s Graphic Design Archive
https://peoplesgdarchive.org/

Graphic Design Readings
https://readings.design/

Scratching the Surface
https://scratchingthesurface.fm/

Eye on Design Aiga
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/

Insights Design Lecture Series
Walker Art Center
https://walkerart.org/insights-design-lecture-series/

Klim Type Foundry
https://klim.co.nz/

Kyiv Type Foundry
https://kyivtypefoundry.com/

St Bride Foundation
https://sbf.org.uk/



Designers, Agencies and Studios

Spin
https://spin.co.uk/

DixonBaxi
https://www.dixonbaxi.com/

Johnson Banks
https://www.johnsonbanks.co.uk/

A Practice for Everyday Life
https://apracticeforeverydaylife.com/

David Pearson
https://a-g-i.org/user/davidpearson/view/projects//

A2 Type
https://a2-type.co.uk/

A2/SW/HK
https://a2swhk.co.uk/

Baby Ink Twice
Dafi Kühne
https://www.babyinktwice.ch/

Malika Favre
https://www.malikafavre.com/

Jarrett Fuller
https://jarrettfuller.com/

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