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Lesson 1

Key Text eBook

Visual Research: An Introduction to Research…

by Bestley, R., and McNeil, P.
Essential Resource Article

The Crystal Goblet, or Printing Should Be…

by Warde, B.
Wider Reading Website

Ed Ruscha and the Art of the Everyday

by Tate
Wider Reading Website

Tom Phillips 1937 – 2022

by Tate
Wider Reading Website

P. Scott Makela. Dead History

by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Wider Reading Website

Designs for an Overpopulated Planet: Foragers

by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Wider Reading Website

Tobias Wong

by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Wider Reading Website

The Work of Paul Peter Piech

by Cynon Valley Museum (Amgueddfa Cwm Cynon)
Wider Reading Website

manflowers, 1969 by Corita Kent

by Art Gallery of NSW
Wider Reading eBook

Beyond Speculative Design: Past – Present – Future

by Mitrovic, I., Auger, J., Hanna, J and Helgason, I.
Wider Reading Website

Welcome to America

by Gran Fury
Wider Reading Website

An interview with Philippe Vermès, the Occupy…

by Bostwick, W.
Wider Reading Website

Ian Hamilton Finlay

by National Galleries of Scotland
Wider Reading Website

Adbusters New Homepage

by Adbusters
Wider Reading Website

TRANSPARENCY SUIT

by Studio Smack
Wider Reading Website

Ben Shahn

by National Gallery of Art
Wider Reading Website

Near Future Laboratory

by Near Future Laboratory
Wider Reading Website

Emigre #32: Essays, Texts and Other Writings…

by Émigré Inc.
Wider Reading Website

Critical Design FAQ

by Dunne, A. and Raby, F.
Wider Reading Website

Robot 1 from the Technological Dreams Series

by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Wider Reading Website

On exhibit: Tobias Wong's greatest hits

by Azure Magazine
Wider Reading Website

You Have Not Converted a Man Because You Have…

by Harvard Art Museums
Wider Reading Website

About Corita

by Corita Art Center
Wider Reading Website

8 Spectacular Speculative Designs That Will Blow…

by Lombardo, G.
Wider Reading eBook

Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and…

by Dunne, A. and Raby, F.
Wider Reading Website

‘Opened by Customs‘, Kurt Schwitters, 1937–8

by Tate

Lesson 2

Key Text eBook

Visual Research

by Bestley, R., and McNeil, P.
Essential Resource Video

Tales of creativity and play

by TED Talks
Wider Reading Other

An Introduction to Design Thinking: PROCESS GUIDE

by d. School
Wider Reading Other

Research in Art and Design

by Frayling, C.
Wider Reading Website

Alex F. Osborn: The Father of Brainstorming

by Wheeler, R. S.
Wider Reading eBook

Lateral Thinking

by de Bono, E.
Wider Reading eBook

Citizen Designer

by Heller, S., and Vienne, V.
Wider Reading Website

Design Iteration Brings Powerful Results. So, Do…

by Interaction Design Foundation
Wider Reading eBook

The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps

by Buzan, T.
Wider Reading Website

Problem space, solution space, and design…

by Dhillon, B. K.
Wider Reading Website

Applied Imagination – Alex Osborn

by Greatest Hits Blog
Wider Reading Website

Rules of Brainstorming

by Brainstorming.co.uk
Wider Reading eBook

How to use graphic design to sell things...

by Bierut, M.
Wider Reading Article

Designerly ways of knowing: design discipline…

by Cross, N
Wider Reading eBook

Mechanism of Mind

by de Bono, E.

Lesson 3

Key Text eBook

Visual Research

by Bestley, R., and McNeil, P.
Wider Reading eBook

How to use graphic design to sell things...

by Bierut, M.
Wider Reading Website

Peter Saville on his classic Joy Division and New…

by Grundy, G.
Wider Reading Website

The story of the new ITV logo

by Rudd Studio
Wider Reading Website

An Introduction to Design Thinking: PROCESS GUIDE

by d. school
Wider Reading Other

Research in Art and Design

by Frayling, C.
Wider Reading eBook

The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps

by Buzan, T.
Wider Reading eBook

Mechanism of Mind

by de Bono, E.
Wider Reading eBook

Lateral Thinking

by de Bono, E.
Wider Reading Website

Design Iteration Brings Powerful Results. So, Do…

by Interaction Design Foundation
Wider Reading Website

Alex F. Osborn: The Father of Brainstorming

by Wheeler, R. S.
Wider Reading Website

Applied Imagination – Alex Osborn

by Greatest Hits Blog
Wider Reading eBook

Citizen Designer

by Heller, S., and Vienne, V.
Wider Reading eBook

Creative Research

by Collins, H.
Wider Reading Website

Rules of Brainstorming

by Brainstorming.co.uk
Wider Reading Article

Designerly ways of knowing: design discipline…

by Cross, N.
Wider Reading Website

Milton Glaser. Dylan. 1966

by MoMA
Wider Reading Website

How Milton Glaser Came to Design the Iconic…

by Edwards, O.
Wider Reading Website

A Daily Sketchbook

by Highsmith, C.

Lesson 4

Key Text eBook

Visual Research

by Bestley, R., and McNeil, P.
Essential Resource Video

The Ideal Client: Teo Connor

by First Broadcast
Essential Resource Video

The Ideal Client

by First Broadcast
Essential Resource eBook

Organisations and the Business Environment

by Craig, T. and Campbell, D.
Essential Resource Video

The Ideal Client: Why Not Associates

by First Broadcast
Wider Reading eBook

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research…

by Allen, M.
Wider Reading eBook

Understanding Communication Research Methods; A…

by Croucher, S. M. and Cronn-Mills, D.
Wider Reading Website

What we don't do

by Spiekermann, E.
Wider Reading Website

What is a SWOT analysis, and how to do it right (…

by Parsons, N.
Wider Reading eBook

How to use graphic design to sell things...

by Bierut, M.
Wider Reading eBook

Creative Research

by Collins, H.
Wider Reading eBook

Citizen Designer

by Heller, S., and Vienne, V.
Wider Reading Website

Creating Briefs in Shifting Times

by Stone, T.L.
Wider Reading Website

Understanding the VALS System of Classification

by Kumar, P.
Wider Reading Website

Demographics Definition and Examples

by Media Studies
Wider Reading Website

How to collaborate on complex branding projects

by Creative Bloq Staff
Wider Reading Website

Audience Psychographics

by Media Studies
Wider Reading Website

Why Every Graphic Designer Should Have a Blog

by Ve, B.

Lesson 5

Key Text eBook

Visual Research

by Bestley, R., and McNeil, P.
Essential Resource Website

Jordan Blyth and His Idea Alphabet

by Creative Chair
Essential Resource Website

FORTITUDE titles

by Momoco
Essential Resource Video

Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)

by Open Culture
Essential Resource Website

Sky Vivo Identity

by Rudd Studio
Essential Resource Website

Anatomy Of An Opening Sequence: David Fincher…

by De Semlyen, P.
Wider Reading Website

Semantic Typography: Bridging the XHTML gap

by Boulton, M.
Wider Reading Video

Take Note title sequence

by CCAchannel
Wider Reading Website

Between new Typography and Advertising…

by depero.it
Wider Reading Website

The Daily Heller: Art Chantry Reconsidered in His…

by Heller, S.
Wider Reading Website

Robert Massin

by Heller, S.
Wider Reading Website

2013 NPR Wall Calendar: The Cover

by Sanders, C.
Wider Reading Website

Tanamachi Studio

by Tanamachi Studio
Wider Reading Website

The Making of the Goldfinger Title Sequence

by Williams, G.
Wider Reading eBook

The Fundamentals of Typography

by Ambrose, G., Harris, P. and Theodosiou, S.
Wider Reading eBook

Type Rules

by Strizver, I.
Wider Reading Website

Icon, Index, and Symbol

by Bradley, S.
Wider Reading Video

Kapow! by Adam Thirlwell: In 12 Seconds

by VisualEditions
Wider Reading Website

Paula Scher exhibition looks at graphic design in…

by Williams, M.
Wider Reading Website

NotCaslon

by Andreson, M.
Wider Reading Website

Architect of Film: Saul Bass, Title Design for…

by Marcus, B.
Wider Reading Website

Responsive Web Design example

by Purely Branded
Wider Reading Website

2000s UK HSBC Billboard Advert

by Retro AdArchives
Wider Reading Website

House Industries fonts

by Fontstand
Wider Reading eBook

The Visual Dictionary of Typography

by Ambrose, G., and Harris, P.
Wider Reading eBook

Creative Research

by Collins, H.
Wider Reading eBook

Design Literacy

by Heller, S.
Wider Reading eBook

Graphic Design: The New Basics

by Lupton, E. and Phillips, J. C.
Wider Reading eBook

Typographic Design

by Carter, R., Maxa, S., Sanders, M., Meggs, P. B., Day, B.
Wider Reading Website

Les caligrammes de Guillaume Apollinaire

by Alliance Française Bangkok
Wider Reading Website

Semiotics for beginners

by Creative Bloq Staff
Wider Reading Website

Cormac McCarthy Series Style

by David Pearson Design
Wider Reading Website

Responsive Web Design – A Working Example

by Purely Branded
Wider Reading eBook

Just my Type: A book about fonts

by Simon, G.
Wider Reading Video

Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer

by VisualEditions
Wider Reading Website

Fred Woodward

by Graphis
Wider Reading eBook

How to use graphic design to sell things...

by Bierut, M.
Wider Reading eBook

Citizen Designer

by Heller, S. and Vienne, V.
Wider Reading eBook

Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for…

by Lupton, E.

Lesson 7

Key Text eBook

How to use graphic design to sell things, explain…

by Bierut, M.
Essential Resource eBook

Making and breaking the grid: a graphic design…

by Samara, T.
Essential Resource eBook

Visual Communication Design: An Introduction to…

by Davis, M. and Hunt, J.
Essential Resource Website

Richard Kindersley

by Bankside London
Essential Resource Website

Hacienda 4

by 8vo

Lesson 8

Key Text eBook

How to use graphic design to sell things, explain…

by Bierut, M.
Essential Resource Video

COPYRIGHT what is copyright. Protect your most…

by Len Smith
Essential Resource Website

Four step guide to protecting your Intellectual…

by Design Council
Essential Resource Video

Copyright protection basics

by Smith, L.

Lesson 9

Key Text eBook

How to use graphic design to sell things, explain…

by Bierut, M.
Essential Resource Website

Integrating Contrast Checks in Your Web Workflow

by Coady, G.
Essential Resource Website

Human Things

by Gerth, N.
Essential Resource Website

Following Wildfire

by Reflektor Digital
Essential Resource Website

CSS Web Safe Fonts

by W3schools
Essential Resource Website

10000 ans d’économie

by Cité de l’Économie
Essential Resource Video

"Internet Tendency" - McSweeney's…

by Google
Essential Resource Video

Dutch Profiles: Karel Martens

by Dutch Profiles
Essential Resource Website

9 Common Usability Mistakes In Web Design

by Fadeyev, D.
Essential Resource Website

Search and You May Find

by Nielsen, J.
Essential Resource Website

50 fonts that will be popular with designers in…

by Cowan, K.
Essential Resource Website

Consistent Colors For Your Site – All You Need To…

by Priester, G. W.
Essential Resource Video

Dutch Profiles: Irma Boom

by Dutch Profiles
Essential Resource Video

Irma Boom on designing Hella Jongerius'…

by Phaidon

Lesson 10

Key Text eBook

How to use graphic design to sell things, explain…

by Bierut, M.
Essential Resource Website

New Scottish Parliament Inscription, Edinburgh

by Breeze, G.
Essential Resource Website

St Paul’s Cathedral Alignment Pavement

by Richard Kindersley Studio
Essential Resource Website

Contribution of the arts to society and the…

by Evennett, H.
Essential Resource Other

Book review: The Art of Placemaking: Interpreting…

by Steinmeier, C.
Essential Resource Website

Information

by Self Publish, Be Happy
Essential Resource Website

Canning Town Underground

by Richard Kindersley Studio
Essential Resource Website

Der geschriebene Garten

by relais Landschaftsarchitekten
Essential Resource Website

This Wall Projects People's Passions As They…

by Wilson, M.
Essential Resource Website

Flag/map Penzance, 2003

by Young, G.
Essential Resource Website

COMA

by Han, J.
Essential Resource Website

Applications of Data Visualization for Signage…

by Visualizations