A curated reading list for design students and faculty, developed to support cross-disciplinary learning and the intentional integration of Vizcom into contemporary design education and practice.

Books

Product Design

• Sketching: Drawing Techniques for Product Designers by Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur

• Form and Space: The Design of Things by Steven Holt and Chris French

• The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman

• Designing Design by Kenya Hara

• Material Innovation: Product Design by Andrew H. Dent and Leslie Sherr

• Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design by Chris Lefteri

• Products That Last by Conny Bakker and Marcel den Hollander

• The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley

• 101 Things I Learned in Product Design School by Sung Jang and Martin Thaler

Architecture

• The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses by Juhani Pallasmaa

• Manual of Section by Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis

• The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard

• Architecture: Form, Space, and Order by Francis D.K. Ching

• Thinking Architecture by Peter Zumthor

• Material Immaterial: Architecture and the Senses by Lola Sheppard

• 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick

• Detail in Contemporary Architecture by Virginia McLeod

• Architectural Graphics by Francis D.K. Ching

Engineering

• Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down by J.E. Gordon

• The Art of Systems Architecting by Mark W. Maier and Eberhardt Rechtin

• Designing Engineers by Louis L. Bucciarelli

• Engineering Design Methods by Nigel Cross

• Designing for People by Henry Dreyfuss

• To Engineer is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski

• The Design of Future Things by Don Norman

• Product Design and Development by Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger

• Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler

Fine Art

• The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten

• Interaction of Color by Josef Albers

• Ways of Seeing by John Berger

• The Language of Things by Deyan Sudjic

• Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing by Emma Dexter (ed.)

• The Practice of Everyday Life by Michel de Certeau

• Creative Acts for Curious People by Sarah Stein Greenberg

Fashion Design

• Fashion Design Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques by Steven Faerm

• Fashion Thinking: Creative Approaches to the Design Process by Fiona Dieffenbacher

• Patternmaking for Fashion Design by Helen Joseph Armstrong

• The Fashion System by Roland Barthes

• Fashion: A Philosophy by Lars Svendsen

• Draping: The Complete Course by Karolyn Kiisel

• Fashion Forecasting by Kathryn McKelvey and Janine Munslow

• The Fundamentals of Fashion Design by Richard Sorger and Jenny Udale

• Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes by Dana Thomas

Footwear Design

• The Sneaker Book: Anatomy of an Industry by Tom Vanderbilt

• Footwear Design by Aki Choklat

• The Art of the Sneaker by Ivan Dudynsky and Nicholas Smith

• Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers by Giorgio Riello and Peter McNeil

• Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture by Elizabeth Semmelhack

• Made for Walking: A Modest Guide to Footwear by Andy Carter

• Sneakers: The Complete Limited Editions Guide by U-Dox

• Sneaker Freaker: The Ultimate Sneaker Book by Simon Wood

• Icons of Style: Sneakers by Chronicle Books