Additional readings may be posted as the quarter progresses.
WEEK 1
Read: 35mm Handbook (7.2MB PDF)
Read: Lighting Handout (1.2MB PDF)
Read: Photography Tips (10.8MB PDF)
Read: Photography Speaks (1.3MB PDF)
Read: Taking Photos Next Level (2.3MB PDF)
Read: Secrets of College Success (19.7MB PDF)
Read: Photographer's Eye (1.7MB PDF)
Read: "Exposure" + camera module by Craig Hickman (weblink)
WEEK 2
Read: Cliché and Irony (2.3MB PDF)
Read: Printing for Digital Photographers (2.6MB PDF)
Read: Principles of Design in Art (15MB PDF)
Read: Simple Secret Better Painting (1MB PDF)
Read: What Makes Us Look (7.8MB PDF)
Read: Without Contrast You're Dead (7.5MB PDF)
Read: A Primer of Visual Literacy (14.1MB PDF)
WEEK 3
Read: A Whack on the Side of the Head (2.07MB PDF)
Read: Frank Chimero (1.0MB PDF)
Read: Groupthink (8.1MB PDF)
Read: Graphic Design Thinking (2.7MB PDF)
Read: Design Thinking (36.1MB PDF)
WEEK 4
Read: Ch 3 Design Concept Form (10.7MB PDF)
Read: Ch 5 Design Concept Form (9.MB PDF)
Read: MindMapping (1.MB PDF)
Read: Twyla Tharp (1.7MB PDF)
WEEK 5
Read: 20 Rules for Good Design (25.1MB PDF)
Read: Display Typography (2.5MB PDF)
Read: Pagecraft (39.1MB PDF)
Read: Rebellion (1.1MB PDF)
Read: Relevance (2.1MB PDF)
Read: Color Book (9.9MB PDF)
Read: Type Finder (1.4MB PDF)
WEEK 6
Read: Ralph Caplan: By Design (10.5MB PDF)
Read: Jessica Helfand & William Drenttel: An Introduction to Graphic Design (2.7MB PDF)
Read: James Nestor: An Introduction to Product Design (1.74MB PDF)
Read: Dwell: Getting Lit (13.38MB PDF)
WEEK 7
Read: Corrugating Operations (474K PDF)
Read: Corrugated Cardboard (2.1MB PDF)
Read: Naota Fuksawa (595K PDF)
Read: Eva Zeisel: On Design (22.76MB PDF)
WEEK 8
Read: Dieter Rams on Good Design As A Key Business Advantage (weblink)
Read: Packaging Is All the Rage, and Not in a Good Way (weblink)
Read: Deceit of Packaging (weblink)
Read: What is Good Design? (weblink)