Resources

Design Resources

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