Welcome to the guide for Design: Visual Communication
This guide contains resources curated by Deakin Library staff to provide guidance and support for your studies and research in Design: Visual Communication.
Under Key Research Resources you will find resources for general reference as well as a list of databases in which to find academic journal articles.
The section on Search Strategies and Tips will help you get started with the technique of searching, saving you valuable time and effort.
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Reading to get you started
The Social Machine by New ways to design spaces for online interaction--and how they will change society.
Unit: ACC100
Thinking with Type by The definitive guide to using typography in visual communication, from the printed page to the computer screen.
Graphic Design: Australian Style Manual by The theory and thought behind graphic design in an Australian and New Zealand context is covered, giving students the knowledge, tools and inspiration to channel their creativity into professional practice.
Unit: ACG103
Change by Design: How design thinking transforms organizations and inspires innovation by The subject of "design thinking" is the rage at business schools, throughout corporations, and increasingly in the popular press--due in large part to the work of IDEO, a leading design firm, and its celebrated CEO, Tim Brown, who uses this book to show how the techniques and strategies of design belong at every level of business.
Design Thinking Research: Building innovation eco-systems by Offers readers a closer look at Design Thinking with its processes of innovations and methods. The contents of the articles range from how to design ideas, methods, and technologies via creativity experiments and wicked problem solutions, to creative collaboration in the real world and the connectivity of designers and engineers.
Driving Desired Futures : Turning Design Thinking into Real Innovation by This book asks how established innovations arise from a simple idea. What criteria are mostly likely to be the basis from which the ideas of an individual can take hold in a social system? What are conditions, under which they can become incorporated into a diverse group of people? What topics induce managers to choose and then to invest in a specific idea?
The Four Lenses of Innovation: A Power Tool for Creative ThinkingWhere do big, breakthrough ideas come from? How do innovators spot the opportunities for industry revolution that others seem to miss? Contrary to popular belief, innovation is not some mystical art that's forbidden to mere mortals. This book thoroughly debunks this pervasive myth by delivering the news that innovation is systematic, it's methodical, and we can all achieve it.
Undesign: Critical Practices at the Intersection of Art and Design by Undesign brings together leading artists, designers and theorists working at the intersection of art and design. The text focuses on design practices, and conceptual approaches, which challenge the traditional notion that design should emphasise its utility over aesthetic or other non-functional considerations.
