IMAGE AND TEXT: my reading list

Ades. D, Photomontage, 1976
Aynsley, J. A Century of Graphic Design, 2001
Barman. C, The Man Who Built London Transport

Berger. J, Ways of Seeing, 1972
Berger. J, About Looking, 1993
Conway, H, Design History: a student’s hand-book, 1987
Clarke. G, The Photograph, 1997
Escritt, Stephen. Art Nouveau. 2000
Hollis. R, Graphic Design - A Concise History
Meggs. P, A History of Graphic Design
Timmers. M, (ed) The Power of the Poster

Wells.L (ed), Photography: A Critical Introduction, 1994

Barthes, Roland (1977)  Image, Music, Text, London, Collins

Barthes, Roland (1986) Mythologies, Paladin

Beirut, M. et al (1994) Looking Closer 3 & 4:Critical Writings on Graphic Design, New York: Allworth Press 

Betterton, R (1987) Looking On: Images of Women in the Media

Butler, J (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Fiske, J (1986) Introduction to Communication Studies, London: Routledge

Dyer, Gillian (1982) Advertising as Communication, Methuen, London,

Ford, H. & (2003)The New Handmade Graphics: Beyond Digital Design, Hove: Rotovision

Evans, Jessica (ed.) (1997) The Camera Work Essays; Context and Meaning in Photography, Rivers Oram Press, London,

Goldman, R & Papson, S (1998) Nike Culture: The Sign of the Swoosh, Sage,

Greenberg, Clement (1973 ) Art and Culture, London: Thames and Hudson,

Hebdige, Dick (1988) Hiding in the Light, Routledge, London,

Hebdige, Dick (1979) Subculture, the Meaning of Style, Routledge, London

Jhalley, S (1991) The Codes of Advertising

Kress, G & (1996)Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design

Lupton. E & Abbott Miller. J, (1996) Design Writing Research: Writing on Graphic Design

Poyner, Rick (2001) Obey the Giant:  Life in the Image World, August Media,

Wiliams, Raymond (1962)  Communications, Penguin, London,

Winship, Janice (1987) Inside Women’s Magazines, Pandora Press,


OTHER BOOKS:

Making and breaking the grid

The Elements of Graphic Design

Designing Brand Identity ( LIBRARY EBOOK )

Paul Rand: a designer’s art

Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles

Thinking with type

Stationery design now

How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul

The Art of Colour

Pantone Guide to Communicating With Color.

Talent Is Not Enough: Business Secrets For Designers

The Business Side of Creativity

Designing With Type: the Essential Guide to Typography

Campany, D (2003) Art and Photography, Phaidon

Crow, D (2003) Visible Signs: An introduction to Semiotics, AVA Academia

Papanek, V (1991) Design for the Real World, Thames & Hudson

Sontag, S (1977) On Photography, Penguin

Trachtenberg, A (ed) (1980) Classic Essays on Photography, Leetes Island Books

Campbell, A (1993) revised The Designer’s Handbook, Little Brown

Perfect, C (1995) The Complete Typographer, Prentice Hall

Gordon, B & M (2002) Digital Graphic Design, Thames & Hudson

Kane, J (2002) A Type Primer, Laurence King

Klanten, R, Ehmann, S, Huebner M (2007) Tactile: High Touch Visuals, Gestalten 

Newark, Q (2002) What is Graphic Design?,

Rotovision Meggs, P (1983) A History of Graphic Design, 

Allen Lane Campany, D (2003) Art and Photography, Phaidon
“Bringers of Light” and “Conversations with God” by Neale Donald Walsch.
 “Zen and the Art of Happiness” by Chris Prentiss

Beautiful Losers – Contemporary Art and Street culture, Distributed Art Publishers: U.S

The win without pitching manifesto
How to win friends and influence people
Studio culture
Saul  bass a life in film and design
Bob gill so far

Notes on Book Design

The Printed Picture by Richard Benson

Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago by Hans Wingler

Design without Boundaries: Visual Communication in Transition by Rick Poynor

The Sense of Order: a Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art by Ernst Gombrich

The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher

 Damn good advice for people with talent 

How to Dj (Properly): The Art and Science of Playing Records