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Design Research

Color Psychology

Design Research

Searching for Commercial Examples of Design Projects?

There are a number of regular publications that feature award-winning design projects. Search for them in FLO and Worldcat (as well as in article databases and on the web) using these SUBJECT terms:

Advertising - Awards
Graphic arts - Awards
Commercial art - Awards

Searching for Examples, P.II

AIGA Archives
The archives of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Features 20,000 selections from AIGA's annual juried design competitions dating from 1924, as well as special collections from American design firms and practitioners.
AIGA Boston: Portfolios
A small selection of portfolios by AIGA Boston members
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A curated collection of important modern, mid 20th century graphic design books, periodicals and ephemera. The collection is a source of original items for educational, historical and scholarly analysis.
Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
The only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design.

Books Recommended by Kristina Lamour Sansone

A designer's research manual : succeed in design by knowing your clients and what they really need by Jenn and Ken Visocky O'Grady
Call Number: NC1001.6 .V57 2006
ISBN: 9781592532575
Design research : methods and perspectives by Brenda Laurel, editor
Call Number: TA174 .D483 2003
ISBN: 0262122634
Design studies : theory and research in graphic design by Audrey Bennett, editor ; foreword by Steven Heller.
Call Number: NC997 .D449 2006
ISBN: 9781568985862
Design, writing, research : writing on graphic design by Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller
Call Number: Z246 .L86 1996
ISBN: 1568980477
Visual research : an introduction to research methodologies in graphic design by Noble, Ian
Call Number: NC997 .N63 2005
ISBN: 9782940373208
Research and design by Simon Seivewright
Call Number: TT507 .S445 2007
ISBN: 2940373418

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