Great site with amazing design resources:
Also visit:
InDeAs – India Design Association
http://www.in-de-as.org
Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay (Fantastic design events in all fields)
http://www.idc.iitb.ac.in
Adelia Cook, one of three books of the Adelia Collection – Help little Adelia reach all the kids around the world!
Blind girl feeling the textures of the book with her face.
A scholarly journal of thought leadership, education and practice in the discipline of visual communication design.
Pleased to introduce Dialectic, a scholarly journal of thought leadership, education and practice in the discipline of visual communication design.
The entirety of the contents of Volume 1, Issue 01 (V1, I1) of Dialectic, the new, fully open access scholarly journal administrated by the AIGA Design Educators’ Community, can be viewed in full at:
http://www.dialectic.aiga.org<http://www.dialectic.aiga.org/>
A printed version of Dialectic is also available for $19.99 on Amazon at:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1607854155
Each of the pieces that has been published in Dialectic V1, I1—their titles and author’s names appear below—may be read or viewed in full online by navigating to the URL listed above and then clicking on the “CONTENTS” box in the upper right corner of Dialectic’s home page. Additionally, each of these pieces may be freely downloaded in .pdf form by anyone in the world who has a viable internet connection and electricity.
The Table of Contents for Dialectic’s inaugural issue is located at:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.1*?rgn=full+text
The content of Dialectic is organized in three sections: “Front Matter,” “The Feature Well,” and “Back Matter.”
The Front Matter section contains the following:
It’s time to stir the pot… An Introductory Letter from Dialectic’s Managing Editor and its Producer by Michael R. Gibson and Keith M. Owens
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.101?view=text;rgn=main
Journaling through the Back Door by Stephen McCarthy
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.102/–journaling-through-the-back-door?rgn=main;view=fulltext
A New North American Design Research Organization by John Zimmerman, Carlos Teixeira, Erik Stolterman and Jodi Forlizzi
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.103/–new-north-american-design-research-organization?rgn=main;view=fulltext
The Feature Well section contains the following:
The Concept of the Design Discipline by Paul A. Rodgers and Craig Bremner
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.104/–concept-of-the-design-discipline?rgn=main;view=fulltext
First Issues, First Words: Vision in the Making by Jessica Barness
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.105/–first-issues-first-words-vision-in-the-making?rgn=main;view=fulltext
Tip of the Icon: Examining Socially Symbolic Indexical Signage by Terry Dobson and Saeri Cho Dobson
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.106/–tip-of-the-icon-examining-socially-symbolic-indexical?rgn=main;view=fulltext
On Web Brutalism and Contemporary Web Design by Aaron Ganci and Bruno Ribeiro
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.107/–on-web-brutalism-and-contemporary-web-design?rgn=main;view=fulltext
A Visual Essay: My Life as a Fake by Jenny Grigg
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.108/–visual-essay-my-life-as-a-fake?rgn=main;view=fulltext
A Survey Paper: Doctoral Education in (Graphic) Design by Dori Griffin
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.109/–survey-paper-doctoral-education-in-graphic-design?rgn=main;view=fulltext
A Position Paper: Defining Design Facilitation: Exploring and Advocating for New Strategic Leadership Roles for Designers and What These Mean for the Future of Design Education by Pamela Napier and Terri Wada
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.110/–position-paper-defining-design-facilitation-exploring?rgn=main;view=fulltext
The Back Matter section contains the following book reviews:
Developing Citizen Designers by Elizabeth Resnick; reviewed by Ann McDonald
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.111/–book-review-developing-citizen-designers?rgn=main;view=fulltext
Leap Dialogues by Mariana Amatullo, Bryan Boyer, Liz Danzico and Andrew Shea; reviewed by Annabel Pretty
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.112/–book-review-leap-dialogues-career-pathways-in-design-for?rgn=main;view=fulltext
Are We There Yet? Insights on How to Lead by Design by Sam Bucolo; reviewed by Heather Corcoran
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.113/–book-review-are-we-there-yet-insights-on-how-to-lead?rgn=main;view=fulltext
Mapping the Grid of Swiss Graphic Design: A Review of 100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design by Christian Brändle, Karin Gimmi, Barbara Junod, Christina Reble and Bettina Richter; reviewed by Richard Doubleday
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dialectic/14932326.0001.114/–book-review-mapping-the-grid-of-swiss-graphic-design?rgn=main;view=fulltext
Formación Gráfica = Diseño – Publicidad – Capacitación
Conoce el “Campus Virtual de Formación Gráfica (CVFG)” – plataforma formativa – colaborativa sobre diseño gráfico, web, tipografia en la cual dispondrás de varias herramientas (lecciones, ejercicios, tareas, foros, wiki, blogs y una mini red social, entre otras varias), para tus dudas e inquietudes sobre la profesión de diseñador.
Esta innovadora plataforma fue elaborada por el diseñador Placido Luna.
