Products of Design Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness
Ingrid Fetell Lee
Xinyue's Top Resources while exploring her thesis topic in her final year at SVA Products of Design. 1. The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker @murketing (PoD faculty member!) 2. Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee https://t.co/b0eH5irec2
Paperback, 2021
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Deschooling Society
Ivan Illich
Cathy's Top Resources while investigating her thesis: Lifelong Kindergarten by Mitchel Resnick; You Your Child and School by Sir Ken Robinson; Deschooling Society, by Ivan Illich; The Stolen Year by Anya Kamenetz; Do Schools Kill Creativity by Sir Ken Robinson https://t.co/VjtSB94U0E
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Entrainment: Poems
Ewan Whyte
Cheryl's Top Resources from her 2nd year at PoD! Exit Strategy(short film); Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now(book); Inception(movie); Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine (Huberman Lab | podcast); Time Is Way Weirder Than You Think(Dean Buonomano | podcast) https://t.co/0OR4Qwr4S1
Paperback, 2015
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday
Rob Walker
Xinyue's Top Resources while exploring her thesis topic in her final year at SVA Products of Design. 1. The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker @murketing (PoD faculty member!) 2. Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee https://t.co/b0eH5irec2
Hardcover, 2019
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
Cliff Kuang
Thursday, Oct 13th @ SVA PoD 136 West 21st Street 7th Floor New York, NY 10011 Next Guest Lecture - @cliffkuang, UX designer @Google and author of User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play. RSVP - https://t.co/JQVQpv7EQ0 https://t.co/rjJCZTliJr
Paperback, 2020
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found
Frank Bruni
Jaemin's Top Resources exploring his thesis Beyond the Visual: Reimagining Digital Accessibility for the Blind and Low-Vision Communities. 1. Alt Text as Poetry (Work Book) 2. The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found (Book) 3. Drawing and the Blind (Book) https://t.co/fAeCOB2w6c
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beyond the Visual: An Introduction to Researching Multimodal Phenomena
Frank Serafini
Jaemin's Top Resources exploring his thesis Beyond the Visual: Reimagining Digital Accessibility for the Blind and Low-Vision Communities. 1. Alt Text as Poetry (Work Book) 2. The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found (Book) 3. Drawing and the Blind (Book) https://t.co/fAeCOB2w6c
Paperback, 2022
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
Douglas Rushkoff
Cheryl's Top Resources from her 2nd year at PoD! Exit Strategy(short film); Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now(book); Inception(movie); Time Perception & Entrainment by Dopamine (Huberman Lab | podcast); Time Is Way Weirder Than You Think(Dean Buonomano | podcast) https://t.co/0OR4Qwr4S1
Paperback, 2014
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Niharika: Loving Sri
Shuchismita
Nihaarika's Top Resources! 1. Food Fix (Book) 2. The Fate of Food (Book) 3. Picky Eating Isn't About the Food (Ted Talk) 4. Fit to eat? Algae, insects, and cultured meat (Video) https://t.co/X2A2QsRL13
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