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Graphic Design Resource Guide: UToledo books & resources

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Select books available at Carlson Library - in print & online

Graphic Design

1,000 Graphic Elements by Wilson Harvey
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781610601498
Publication Date: 2004
Safari Books Online
Designing for Life by Pertti Saariluoma; José J. Cañas; Jaana Leikas
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781137530479
Publication Date: 2016
OhioLINK EBC
Springer Ebook Collection (log in)
Designing the Editorial Experience by Sue Apfelbaum; Juliette Cezzar
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781627880497
Publication Date: 2014
ProQuest Ebook Central
Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated by William Lidwell; Kritina Holden; Jill Butler
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781610580656
Publication Date: 2010
ProQuest Ebook Central

Grids / Logos / Page Layouts / Typography

Lettering and Type by Bruce Willen; Nolen Strals
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781568987651
Publication Date: 2009
ProQuest Ebook Central
Never Use More Than Two Different Typefaces by Anneloes van Gaalen
Call Number: Z246 .N48 2010
ISBN: 9789063692162
Publication Date: 2011
Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781568989693
Publication Date: 2010
ProQuest Ebook Central
White Space Is Not Your Enemy by Kim Golombisky; Rebecca Hagen
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781136081019
Publication Date: 2013
Safari Books Online

3 D Printing

3D Printing by John M. Jordan
Call Number: TS171.95 .J67 2018
ISBN: 9780262536684
Publication Date: 2019
3D Printing with Sketchup by Marcus Ritland
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781783284580
Publication Date: 2014
ProQuest Ebook Central

Data Visualization

Data Visualization by Kieran Healy
Call Number: QA76.9.I52 H43 2019
ISBN: 9780691181622
Publication Date: 2018
Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
Call Number: P93.5 .T84 1990
ISBN: 0961392118
Publication Date: 1990

Game Design

100 Principles of Game Design by Wendy Despain
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9780321902498
Publication Date: 2012
The Art of Game Design by Jesse Schell
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781138632059
Publication Date: 2020 (3rd Ed.)
Safari Books Online

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Select Resources on Graphic Designers

Designers

An A-Z of Type Designers by Neil Macmillan
Call Number: Z250.A2 M156 2006x
ISBN: 9781856693950
Publication Date: 2006
OhioLINK resource
Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books by Jason Godfrey
Call Number: Z116 .G63 2009
ISBN: 9781856695923
Publication Date: 2009
OhioLINK resource
Graphic Design History by Steven Heller; Georgette Ballance
Call Number: NC998.4 .G667 2001
ISBN: 9781581150940
Publication Date: 2001
OhioLINK resource
Graphic Design Visionaries by Caroline Roberts
Call Number: NC999.2 .R63 2015
ISBN: 9781780674841
Publication Date: 2015
OhioLINK resource

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Select books available through OhioLINK (requestable through the catalog)

Graphic Design

Abbott Miller: Design and Content by Abbott Miller; Ellen Lupton (As told to); Rick Poynor (Foreword by)
Call Number: NK1535.M48 A35 2014
ISBN: 9781568987262
Publication Date: 2014
Design Is Storytelling by Ellen Lupton
Call Number: NK1520 .L867 2017
ISBN: 9781942303190
Publication Date: 2017
Exploring Materials by Inna Alesina; Ellen Lupton
Call Number: TA 403.6 .A447 2010
ISBN: 9781568987682
Publication Date: 2010
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Graphic Design by Ellen Lupton; Jennifer Cole Phillips; Dawn Sokol
Call Number: NC997 .L87 2015
ISBN: 9781616893323
Publication Date: 2015
Graphic Design by Ellen Lupton (Editor); Jeremy Leslie (Text by); Andrew Blauvelt (Editor); Rob Giampietro (Text by); Ian Albinson (Text by)
Call Number: NC998.4 .G668 2011
ISBN: 9780935640984
Publication Date: 2011
Why Design Now? by Cara McCarty (Text by); Matilda McQuaid (Text by); Cynthia Smith; Andrea Lipps (Contribution by); Ellen Lupton (Text by)
Call Number: NK1397 .N38 2010
ISBN: 9780910503877
Publication Date: 2010
Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs; Alston W. Purvis
Call Number: Z246 .M43 2016
ISBN: 9781119136200
Publication Date: 2016
NOTE: Multiple editions and copies available through OhioLINK

Grids / Logos / Page Layouts / Typography

A2Z+ : Alphabets & Signs by Julian Rothenstein (Editor); Mel Gooding (Text by)
Call Number: NK3600 .A28 2018
ISBN: 9781616897079
Publication Date: 2018
Best Practices for Graphic Designers, Grids and Page Layouts by Amy Graver; Ben Jura
Call Number: NC1000 .G73 2012
ISBN: 9781592537853
Publication Date: 2012
Color and Layout by Anja Llorella Oriol; Adriana Esperalba; Nacho B. Martin; Otto and Olaf Staff; Nacho Martín
Call Number: ND1488 .C648 2008
ISBN: 9780061537905
Publication Date: 2008
Design Elements by Timothy Samara
Call Number: Z246 .S225 2014
ISBN: 9781592539277
Publication Date: 2014
The Elements of Logo Design by Alex W. White; Jerry Kuyper (Foreword by)
Call Number: NC1002.L63 W45 2017
ISBN: 9781621536024
Publication Date: 2017
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Call Number: Z246 .B74 2012
ISBN: 9780881792119
Publication Date: 2012 (4th Ed.)
Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann
Call Number: Z246 .M95 2017
ISBN: 9783721201451
Publication Date: 2017 (12th Ed.)
NOTE: multiple editions available through OhioLINK
Layout Essentials : 100 design principles for using grids by Tondreau, Beth
Call Number: Online resource
ISBN: 9781631596308
Publication Date: 2019

3 D Printing

3D Printing Design by Francis Bitonti
Call Number: TT507 .B546 2019
ISBN: 9781474220965
Publication Date: 2019
3D Printing for Artists, Designers and Makers by Stephen Hoskins
Call Number: TS171.95 .H675 2018
ISBN: 9781474248679
Publication Date: 2018
3D Technology in Fine Art and Craft by Bridgette Mongeon
Call Number: TS171.95 .M66 2016
ISBN: 9781138844339
Publication Date: 2016

Data Visualization

The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher
Call Number: NK1505 .F58 2001
ISBN: 9780714834498
Publication Date: 2001
The Data Visualization Sketchbook by Stephanie D. H. Evergreen
Call Number: P93.5 .E936 2020
ISBN: 1544351003
Publication Date: 2019
Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
Call Number: 302.23 T914e c.2
ISBN: 9780961392116
Publication Date: 2011 (13th Print)
NOTE: Multiple copies available through OhioLINK

Game Design

The Art of Game Design by Jesse Schell
Call Number: QA76.76.C672 S34 2020
ISBN: 9781138632059
Publication Date: 2020 (3rd Ed.)
Basics of Game Design by Michael Moore
Call Number: QA76.76.C672 M6158 2011
ISBN: 9781568814339
Publication Date: 2011

Browse These Subject Categories to Find More:

Computer Games -- Design
Graphic Design (Typography)
Data Visualization (see):
- Information Visualization
- Visual Communication
Layout (Printing)
Lettering
Logos (Symbols) -- Design
Type and Type-founding
Type Designers

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