[ATTW-L] Document Design

Tue Apr 14 22:27:16 UTC 2020

Hi Derek-

I've taught an undergraduate/graduate version of Document Design for several years that went online for the first time last fall. I love using Williams Non-Designers Design Book for introductory principles early in the course.

But my favorite text for more advanced units to cover theoretical and background information with cases is Ellen Lupton's Thinking with Type. The etext is affordable and the book's website<http://thinkingwithtype.com/> has many of the case studies, project ideas, and resources to complement the readings, which makes it easy to include with online modules if needed. It's certainly a must-have for me and students like it too.

I've also started using Beth Tondreau's Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids for our introductions to InDesign and the grid.

Hope these help and I look forward to hearing what others use too!

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Hi All:

First, I hope you are all safe and sane in these trying times!

Second, I could use your input. I’m teaching a graduate level course on Document Design in the Fall. I’ve taught the course off and on for over a decade now, and I’d like to update my core texts. I’ve found that a good, solid grounding book really helps—I’ve used Karen Schriver’s work, and Kimball & Hawkins, and I love them both. They are both, however, out of print, and don’t offer all of the resources that I might need if we end up doing this thing in an online or hybrid model. What should I be using?

I’ve already got Don Norman’s Design of Everyday Things in my maybe-basket, as well as Cairo’s Functional Art. And maybe Wyatt and Devoss’s Type Matters, along with plenty of wonderful pieces of new scholarship from our various journals. What are your must-haves?

Thanks in advance,

Derek

Derek G. Ross

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