Industrial Design Reading List
This page is a listing of books and periodicals that should be of interest to both designers and students. If possible, the title is a link to the publisher'sWeb page or in the case of periodicals, to the online version of it.
Use these links to go down to a section of interest:
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General Interest for Industrial Designers
- Arnheim, Rudolf
- Art and Visual Perception. (U. of California Press, Berkeley, 1994).
- Arnheim, Rudolf
- Entropy and Art. (U. of California Press, Berkeley, 1969).
- Arnheim, Rudolf
- The Power of Center. (U. of California Press, Berkeley, 1982).
- Arnheim, Rudolf
- Visual Thinking. (U. of California Press, Berkekly, 1969).
- Ashton, Dore
- Picasso on Art. (Viking Press, New York).
- Bachelard, Gaston
- Poetics of Space. (Orion Press, New York, 1964).
- Barnes, Albert
- The Art in Painting. (Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1937).
- Bauhaus. (MOMA, 1938).
- Bell, Clive
- Art. (Stokes, New York, 1914).
- Berger, John
- Success and Failure of Picasso. (Penguin Books, 1965).
- Blake, Peter
- Form Follows Fiasco.
- Cheney, Sheldon
- Expressionism in Art. (Tudor, New York, 1948).
- Clark, Sir Kenneth
- Landscape into Art. (Beacon Press, Boston, 1963).
- Clark, Sir Kenneth
- The Nude. (Princeton U. Press, 1972).
- Delacroixs Journal. (Walter Pach, New York, 1937).
- Doblin, Jay
- One Hundred Great Product Designs. (Van Nostrand, Rheinhold, 1970).
- Dyson, Freeman
- Disturbing the Universe.
- Eisler
- How to Use Creative Perspective. (Van Nostrand, Rheinhold).
- Emmerich
- Constructive Geometry-Morphology. (U. of Washington, 1969).
- Engel, Heinrich
- Structural Systems. (Praeger).
- Fry, Roger
- Vision of Design. (London, Chatto & Windus, 1923).
- Fuller, Buckminster
- Tetrascroll.
- Gaugin, Paul
- Noa-Noa. (Greenburg, New York, 1927).
- Glaeser, Ludwig
- The Work of Frei Otto. (MOMA).
- Gibson, James
- The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems. (Cornell U., Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1966).
- Giedion, S.
- Mechanization Takes Command. (Oxford U. Press, 1948).
- Gombrich, Ernst
- Art and Illusion. (Pantheon Books, 1960).
- Hall, Edward T.
- The Silent Language. (Doubleday, New York, 1954).
- Harvey, Miranda
- Piranesi, Imaginary Views. (Crown Publications, 1979).
- Held, Richard
- Image, Object, and Illusion. (W.H. Freeman &Co., San Francisco, 1974).
- Hodges, Henry
- Technology in the Ancient World. (Alfred A. Knopf, 1970).
- Hovarth, Thomas
- Charles Rennie MacKintoch and the Modern Movement. (Routledge and Kegan, 1952).
- Joedicke, Jurgen
- A History of Modern Architecture.
- Kandinsky, Wassily
- Concerning the Spiritual in Art. (Dover Publications, New York, 1977).
- Kepes, Gyorgy
- The Man-Made Object. (George Braziller).
- Klee, Paul
- The Thinking Eye. (Wittenborn, New York, 1961)
- Kubler, George
- The Shape of Time. (New York).
- Le Corbusier
- Modular I and Modular II. (Harvard Press).
- Le Corbusier
- Creation is a Patient Search. (George Braziller).
- Leach, Bernard
- A Potters Handbook.
- Leach, Bernard
- East Meets West. (Watson Guptil).
- Leach, Sid D.
- Techniques of Interior Design Rendering and Presentation. (Architectural Record Books, New York, 1978).
- Leger, Fernand
- Functions of Painting. (Viking Press, New York, 1973).
- Loewy, Raymond
- Industrial Design. (Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York, 1979).
- Loewy, Raymond
- Never Leave Well Enough Alone.
- Loomis, Andrew
- Three Dimensional Drawing. (Viking Press, New York, 1958).
- Lorain, Erle
- Cezannes Composition. (U. of California Press, Berkeley, 1963).
- Lord, James
- A Giocametti Portrait. (MOMA, Doubleday, New York, 1965).
- Maritain, Jaques
- Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry. (Pantheon Press, 1953)
- Mayer, Ralph
- The Artists Handbook. (Viking Press, New York, 1964).
- Melke, Jeffrey
- Industrial Design in America, 1925-1939. (Twentieth Century Limited, Temple U. Press, 1979).
- Mendelowitz, Daniel M.
- Guide to Drawing. (Holt, Rhinehardt, Winston, 1976).
- Merleau-Ponty, Maurice
- Sense and Nonsense. (Northwestern U. Press, 1964).
- Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo
- The New Vision. (Wittenborn, New York).
- Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo
- Vision in Motion. (Paul Theobold & Co., Chicago, 1965).
- Mckim, Robert H.
- Experiences in Visual Thinking. (Brooks/Cole Publications, Monterey, California, 1980).
- Nelson, George
- Problems of Design.
- Ozenfant, A.
- Foundations of Modern Art. (Dover Press).
- Panofsky, Erwin
- Studies in Iconography. (Harper and Row, New York, 1962).
- Papenek, V.
- Design for the Real World. (Pantheon Books, 1971).
- Pevsner, N.
- Pioneers of Modern Design. (MOMA, 1949).
- Pevsner, N.
- Studies in Art and Architecture and Design. (Walker, New York, 1968).
- Pile, John
- Design, Purpose, Form and Meaning. (W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1972).
- Pile, John
- Modern Furniture. (Wiley, New York, 1979).
- Pontus, H.
- The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age. (MOMA, 1968).
- Principles of Perspective. (Walters & Bronham, Whitney Pub.).
- Prueitt, Melvin L.
- Computer Graphics. (Dover Publications, New York, 1975).
- Reed, Herbert
- Art and Industry. (Faber and Faber, 1952).
- Reed, Herbert
- Origins of Form in Art. (Horizon Press, 1965).
- Reed, Herbert
- Education Through Art. (Faber and Faber, 1943).
- Schon, Donald
- Technology and Change. (Delta Books, 1967).
- Schwartz-Bart, Andre
- The Last of the Just. (Atheneum Publications, 1960).
- Shingu, Susumu
- Shingu. (Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1973).
- Sontag, Susan
- On Photography. (Giroux, Farrar, Straus, 1977).
- Stokes, Adrian
- The Image in Form. (Harper & Row, New York, 1972).
- Strachan, W. J.
- Towards Sculpture - Drawings and Marquettes from Rodin to Oldenburg. (Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado).
- Thompson, DArcy
- on Growth and Form. (Cambridge, 1968).
- Thompson, Paul
- The Works of William Morris. (Viking Press, New York).
- Van Goghs Letters. (New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1958).
- Venturi, Roberts
- Complexity and Contradiction. (MOMA).
- Wachsman, Robert
- New Principles of Structure.
- Watson, Ernest William
- How to Use Creative Perspective. (Rheinhold Pub. Corp., New York, 1955).
- Whyte, Lancelot L.
- Aspects of Form. (Indiana U. Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 1966).
- Wolfe, Tom
- From Bauhaus to Our House.
- Wolflin, H.
- Principles of Art History. (Dover Publications, New York, 1950).
- Wright, Frank Lloyd
- The Living City.
New Additions to General Interest Reading List [ Back to Top]
- By Design, Caplan, Ralph (McGraw-Hill Book Company).
- Form, Function, & Design, Grillo, Paul Jacques (Dover Publications).
- Point and Line to Plane, Kandinsky, Wassily (Dove Books).
- Notes on Synthesis and Form, Alexander, C. (Harvard U. Press).
- Kitsch, Dorfles, G. (Universe Books).
- A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present, Ferebee, A. (Van Nostrand Rheinhold).
- Space, Time, and Architecture, Giedion, S. (Harvard U. Press).
- Industrial Design, Heskett, J. (Oxford U. Press)
- Design Since 1945, Hiesinger, K. and Marcus, G. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- Introduction to Modern Design, Kaufmann, E. (Arno Press)
- The Arts in Modern American Civilization, Kouwenhoven, J. (W. W. Norton)
- The Tastemakers, Lynes, R. (Harper and Bros.)
- Machine Art, Museum of Modern Art (Arno Press)
- The Design Collection, Selected Objects, 1970, Museum of Modern Art
- Sources of Modern Architecture and Design, Pevsner, N. (Praeger)
- Design: Purpose, Form, and Meaning, Pile, John (University of Mass. Press)
- The American Design Ethic, Pulos, A. (MIT Press)
- The Nature and Art of Workmanship, Pye, D. (Van Nostrand Rheinhold)
- The Nature of Design, Pye, D. (Van Nostrand Rheinhold)
- High Styles, Whitney Museum of American Art
- The Bauhaus, Wingler, H. (MIT Press)
- Towards and Architecture, Le Corbusier (Dover Publications)
- The Sense of Sight, Berger, John
- The Tao of Pooh, Hoff, Benjamin (Penguin Books)
- The Courage to Create, May, Rollo (Bantam Books)
- The Technology Edge, Opportunities for America in World Competition, ONeill, Gerard K. (Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster)
Thesis Preparation Reading List: [ Back to Top]
- The New York Times Guide to Writers Materials
- McCormick, Mona, New York: Signet/New American Library, 1986.
- The Thesis Writers Handbook
- Miller, Joan I. and Bruce J. Taylor, West Linn, Oregon: Alcove Publishing Company, 1987. (This Handbook may be obtained by sending a check or money order for $10.95 plus $1.00 postage and handling ($11.95 total) for each copy to Alcove Publishing Company, P.O. Box 362, West Linn, Oregon, 97068).
- The Term Paper
- Mulkerne, Donald J. D. and Donald J. D. Mulkerne, Jr., New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1983.
- How to Write a Thesis
- Teitelbaum, Harry, New York: Monarch Press/Prentice Hall Press, 1982.
- A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Thesis and Dissertations
- Turabian, Kate L., Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 5th Edition, 1987.
Periodicals [ Back to Top]
Design
Arbitare
Architectural Report
Architectural Review
Communication Arts
Flash Art
Design
Design News
Design World
Domus
Fine Homebuilding
Fine Woodworking
Global Architecture
I.D. - International Design
Interior Design
Interiors
Leading Edge
Metropolis
Print
Progressive Architecture
Fine Arts
Art Forum
Art in America
Art news
Flash Art
Popular - for Content, Layout, General Information
Details
Discovery
Elle
Harpers
Interview
Natural History
Smithsonian
Scientific American
The New Yorker
The New York Times (Sunday)
Vanity Fair
Vogue
Wooden Boat
Books for Sale [ Back to Top]
Design Primers
Pratt Institute's Industrial Design Department has a series of books called Design Primers available for purchase. They are introductions to different aspects of design and are intended to make design more accessible and understandable by the general population.
To find out more about this series of books:
Email core@interport.net RE: Design Primers
MIT Press
MIT Press offers subscription information online for its collection of design periodicals. The site includes selected Abstracts from the publications as well.
