Forthcoming Design Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Architecture & Design versus Consumerism

   How Design Activism Confronts Growth

   By Ann Thorpe

   The mentality that consumerism and economic growth are cure-alls is one of the biggest obstacles to real sustainability, but any change seems impossible, unthinkable. Our contemporary paradox finds us relying for our well being on consumer-driven economic growth that we actually can’t afford — not...

   To Be Published July 19th 2012 by Routledge
2. How Architects Write

   By Tom Spector, Rebecca Damron

   This is the first writing reference book for designers. Whether you're an architect, landscape architect, interior architect, or an industrial designer How Architects Write shows you the interdependence of writing and design. Authors Tom Spector and Rebecca Damron present typical writing...

   To Be Published August 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. Diagramming the Big Idea

   Methods for Architectural Composition

   By Jeffrey Balmer, Michael Swisher

   As a new design student, you need to learn to think like a designer. In Diagramming the Big Idea, Jeffrey Balmer and Michael T. Swisher show you how architects create diagrams so that you can clarify your understanding of both particular projects and general principles and ideas. With ...

   To Be Published August 22nd 2012 by Routledge
4. An Introduction to Design and Culture

   1900 to the Present, 3rd Edition

   By Penny Sparke

   This third edition of An Introduction to Design and Culture has been revised and updated throughout to include issues of globalization, sustainability and digital/interactive design. New for this edition is a chapter which covers key changes in design culture. Design culture has changed...

   To Be Published September 29th 2012 by Routledge
5. Visual Communication on the Web

   By xtine burrough, Paul Martin Lester

   Most web design books developed for the trade market are a series of exercises without a theoretical, aesthetic, or historic framework. In this book, Visual Communication on the Web, web design exercises are accompanied by concise introductions that relate history, design principles, and...

   To Be Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
6. Creative Thinking in Fashion and Art

   By Tim Jackson, David Rowsell

   To Be Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Rethinking Aesthetics

   The Role of Body in Design

   Edited by Ritu Bhatt

   To Be Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. Corrections and Collections

   Architectures for Art and Crime

   By Joe Day

   To Be Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. The Building Blocks of Game Design

   By Ethan Ham

   In The Building Blocks of Game Design experienced game designer Ethan Ham presents game mechanic design in a step-by-step format that takes the reader from thinking about games to actually making them. The book reaches beyond simple description and definition to explore in detail the issues that...

   To Be Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge