Reading List

LINKS TO RELEVANT ONLINE READING

design

• http://www.reluct.com/
• http://mocoloco.com/
• http://www.sensoryimpact.com/
• http://www.core77.com/
• http://www.idfuel.com/
• http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/
• http://www.halfbakery.com/
• http://feed.proteinos.com/
• http://www.dezain.net/
• http://www.landliving.com/
• http://www.designsponge.blogspot.com/
• http://www.jnd.org/ Don Norman's website (design writing)

eco-design

• http://www.worldchanging.com/
• http://www.treehugger.com
• http://www.inhabitat.com/
• http://www.eco.barkingcrickets.org/
• http://www.cfsd.org.uk/ The Centre for Sustainable Design
• http://www.02.org/
• http://www.pre.nl/links/ecodesign_links.htm ecodesign links
• http://www.branchhome.com/ sustainable design retail

biomimicry

• http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org
• http://www.biomimicry.net
• http://database.biomimicry.org/
• http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Biomim/
• http://www.extra.rdg.ac.uk/eng/BIONIS/
• http://www.bath.ac.uk/mech-eng/biomimetics/

interaction design/ art

• http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/
• http://www.interactivearchitecture.org/
• http://futurefeeder.com/
• http://infosthetics.com
• http://beverlytang.com/
• http://twenty1f.com/
• http://www.turbulence.org/blog/
• http://www.textually.org/
• http://www.eyebeam.org/reblog/
• http://lib.fo.am/

technology

• http://www.boingboing.net/
• http://uk.gizmodo.com/
• http://www.engadget.com/
• http://www.metafilter.com/
• http://www.wristfashion.com/

BOOKS

Methodology and Referencing

• Allison, B., Race, P. (2004) The Student's Guide to Preparing Dissertations and Theses. 2nd ed. London: Routeledge Falmer.

• Anderson, J., Poole, M. (2002) Assignment and Thesis Writing. 4th ed. Brisbane: John Wiley & Sons Inc.

• Berry, R., (2004) The research project: How to write it. 5th ed. London: Routeledge.

• Laurel, B, (2003) Design Research Methods and Perspectives. The MIT Press.

• Orna, E., Stevens, G. (1995) Managing Information for Research . Open University Press.

• Rudestam, K.E., Newton, R.R. (2007) Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Form. 3rd ed. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.

• Tufte, E.R. (1991) Envisioning Information. Cheshire, CT.: Graphics Press.

• Tufte E.R. (2001) Visual Display of Quantative Information. 2nd ed. Cheshire, CT.: Graphics Press.

• Tufte E.R. (1997) Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Cheshire, CT.: Graphics Press.

• University of Chicago Press staff.. (2003) Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

• Van Emden, Easteal, J. (1994) Report writing. 2nd ed. Nelson Thornes Ltd.

Theory

• Camus, A., (2000) The Outsider. New ed. Penguin Books Ltd.

• Barthes, R., (1972) Mythologies. New York: Hill and Wang.

• Barthes, R., (1990) The Fashion System. Reprint ed. University of Californa Press.

• Baudrillard, J., (2006) The System of Objects. London: Verso

• Berger, J., (1990) Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series. Reprint Ed. London: Penguin (Non-Classics)

• Marcuse, H., (1991) One Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society. 2nd ed. Boston: Beacon Press.

• Mc Luhan, M., Fiore, Q., (2005) The Medium Is the Massage. New ed. Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press.

Design

• Design and The Elastic Mind, Catalogue of Exhibition produced by the Department of Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art New York, (2008)

• Dormer, P., (1987) The New Spirit in Craft and Design: Crafts Council Catalogue. London: English Crafts Council Gallery.

• Heskett, J., (2002) Toothpicks and Logos. Oxford University Press

• Potter, N. (2002) What is a designer. London: Hyphen Press.

• (2001) UK Creative Industries: Contemporary Crafts. London: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sustainable Design

• Natural World Museum, (2007), Art in Action, nature, creativity and our collective future, Palace press International

• Fritjof Capra ( 2003), The Hidden Connections, Flamingo

• Chapman, J., (2005) Emotionally Durable Design. London: James & James/Earthscan

• Mc Donough, W., Braungart, M., (2002) Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. New York: North Point Press

• Blackburn, R.S. (2005) Biodegradable and Sustainable Fibres. . Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Wang, Y. (2006) Recycling in Textiles. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

Biomimicry and Biology

• Kenny Ausubel, J.P Harpignies, (2004), Nature's operating instructions, the Trus Biotechnologies, Sierra Club Books

• Dennis Dollen, (2005), Digital Botanic Architecture, Lumens Books/Site Books

• Genetic Architectures / Arquitecturas Geneticas, ( 2003), Lumens Books/Site Books

• Angeli Sachs, Christina Reble (editors), (2007) Nature Design, From Inspiration to to Innovation, Museum fur Gestaltung Zurich, Lars Muller Publishers

• Biologic: Environmental Protection by Design. David Wann. 1990.

• Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Janine Benyus. 1997.

• Cat’s Paws and Catapults: Mechanical World of Nature and People. Steven Vogel. 1998.

• Exploring the Way Life Works: The Science of Biology. Mahlon B. Hoagland., et. Al. 2001.

• Color in Nature. Penelope Farrant. 1999.

• Design and Nature II. Ed M. W. Collins et. Al. 2004. (Contains proceedings of 2nd international conference on design and nature)

Materials

• Axel Ritter (2007), Smart Materials in architecture, inetrior architecture ans design, Birkhauser.

• Addington, M., Schodeck, D.L. (2004) Smart Materials and New Technologies: For the Architecture and Design Professions. London: Elsevier.

• Brownell, B., (2005) Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine our Physical Environment. New Haven: Princeton Architectural Press

• Lee, S., (2005) Fashioning the Future: Tomorrow's Wardrobe. London: Thames & Hudson

• Matério (compiler) (2005) Material World 2: Innovative Materials for Architecture and Design. Basel: Birkhäuser

• Mc Quaid, M., (2005) Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance. London: Thames & Hudson

Space/ Built Environment / Architecture

• Bachelard, G., (1994) The Poetics of Space. Reprint ed. Boston: Beacon Press.

• Animal Architecture. Jennifer Owings Dewey. 1991.

Science & Technology in Textiles

• Brown, P., Stevens, K. (2007) Nanofibers and Nanotechnology in Textiles. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Hongu, T., Takigami, M., Phillips, G.O. (2005) New Millennium Fibers. . Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Hu, J. (2007) Shape Memory Polymers and Textiles. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Li, Y., Wong, A.S.W. (2006) Clothing Biosensory Engineering. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Mattila, H. (2006) Intelligent Textiles and Clothing. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• McKenna^?, H.A., Hearle, J.W.S., O’Hear, N. (2004) Handbook of Fibre Rope Technology. . Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Miraftab, M., Horrocks, A. (2007) Ecotextiles 2004. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Miravete, A. (1999) 3-D Textile Reinforcements in Composite Materials. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Shishoo, R. (2007) Plasma Technologies for Textiles. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd

• Tao, X.M. (2005) Wearable Electronics and Photonics. Cambridge, UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd