Wednesday, 21 July 2010

Reading List for DESIGN Critical Essay

Internet

The Difference between Art & Design – the different functions of art & design: the audience receives one message from design (more objective) but many form art (more subjective)
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/09/the-difference-between-art-and-design/

Design Council – What is design? – clear overview of design focusing on relationship between design work and users
http://www.hku.hk/bse/interdisciplinary/what_is_design.pdf
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/about-design/What-design-is-and-why-it-matters/

Dieter Rams: Ten principles for good design – further reading about good design
http://www.vitsoe.com/en/gb/about/dieterrams/gooddesign

What is Art?....What is an artist? – art defined by what it does rather than what it is
http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/artartists/artartists.html

Good Design, Michael Cummings –Useful examples of good design in digital products
http://uxdesign.com/design/article/good-design/54

What is design? An interview with Charles Eames – personal definition with some useful quotes
http://www.scielo.cl/pdf/arq/n49/art11.pdf

Design quotes
http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/design/

Lego Building: Art and Design – interesting comparison of art & design using lego as an example!
http://www.ablestable.com/resources/library/thecolumn/2004/019.htm

Same Difference – another article about how different art and design are
http://www.recirca.com/backissues/c101/lclancy.shtml

Design ≠ Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread – Review of an exhibition displaying purely functional objects in response to the question “Is there a difference between design and art?”
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2004/11/artseen/design-art-functional-objects-from-d

Buchanan, R. (1992) Wicked Problems in Design Thinking: Design Issues Vol.8/2:5-21
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1511637


Books

Munari, B. (2008) Design as Art , esp from p25 – a counter-argument to Brady noting the overlapping of art & design arguing that aesthetics is as important as function in design
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Art-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141035811

Newark, Q. What is Graphic Design? P.28 Is Design the same as art? – agrees with Brady’s distinction but also argues that design can be as emotional as art
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZA2jzYuN93wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=what%20is%20graphic%20design?&hl=en&ei=yttGTNv2LYmR4QaDmdDZCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Capez, E. (2004) Art & Design Uncovered – examples of differences between art & design
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9hcvuQYWQ5UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=what%20is%20art%20for?&hl=en&ei=R8FGTOngA4__4AaKqaDZCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Lawson (1997) How designers think Chapter 5 Measurement, criteria and judgement in design – detailed examples of how to measure the degree of success of the design process
http://www.4shared.com/document/wUkVL_74/How_Designers_Think.html

Dissanayake, E. What is art for? – Purpose and range of art
Buchanan, R, Good Design in the Digital Age – as discussed in class
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/good-design-in-the-digital-age

Benjamin, W. The work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction – source of the concept of ‘aura’ discussed in class
www.dzignism.com/articles/benjamin.pdf

Berger, J. (1972) Ways of Seeing
Part One: Berger’s opinion about seeing - also on youtube

Buchannan, R & Margolin, V. ( ) Discovering Design – explorations in design studies

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