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SVA MA Design Research Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Two-semester MA in Design Research, Writing & Criticism at SVA. Accepting applications for Fall 2022.

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Book Cover for: Wilde Years: School of Visual Arts, B. Martin Pedersen

Wilde Years: School of Visual Arts

B. Martin Pedersen
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MAKE SPACE FOR YOUR IDEAS. JANUARY 15 => is the priority application deadline for the intensive one-year MA in #designwriting at School of Visual Arts in NYC. Join @dcrit in 2022-23 and make space for YOUR ideas! Learn more here: https://designresearch.sva.edu/program/ https://t.co/UiOCIbYyvV

Hardcover, 2021

$100.00$75.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect, Eva Hagberg

When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect

Eva Hagberg
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@evahagberg is an author, historian, & educator. She is the author of When Eero Met his Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect (2022) and the critically acclaimed memoir How to be Loved (2019)…

Hardcover, 2022

$33.00$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Elements of Visual Grammar: A Designer's Guide for Writers, Scholars, and Professionals, Angela Riechers

The Elements of Visual Grammar: A Designer's Guide for Writers, Scholars, and Professionals

Angela Riechers
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NEW EVENT! Proposal to Publication: The Making of “The Elements of Visual Grammar”! Join @AngelaRiechers & @MattRohal as they discuss the development of her upcoming book “The Elements of Visual Grammar” (2024). Join us Tuesday, April 11 6-7:30 PM! https://t.co/hZdfobHlAl https://t.co/5mRYNDL0v3

Hardcover, 2024

$99.00$74.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Lost Objects, Marian Womack

Lost Objects

Marian Womack
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Tonight summer intensive faculty @notrobwalker is hosting an event to celebrate the release of his latest book "Lost Objects" from Hat & Beard Press. Congratulations Rob! We're looking forward to what is sure to be a great read. #dcrit #lostobjects https://t.co/QYLCl9WkaF

Paperback, 2024

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fashion: A Very Short Introduction, Rebecca Arnold

Fashion: A Very Short Introduction

Rebecca Arnold
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Fashion, Desire, and Anxiety by Rebecca Arnold from @BloomsburyPub #fashion #fashiondesign #designthinking #desire #anxiety #capitalism #visualculture 5/ https://t.co/spUNFmfjUN

Paperback, 2009

$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers, Monica Nelson

Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers

Monica Nelson
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Happy Pub Day, Monica Nelson! Nov 2=official release of "Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers" by @monicacarmella @dcrit c/o 2019, pub'd by @MonacelliPress! Monica talks abt this verdant cultural history w/ @jenkabat online tonight 6:30pm: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monica-nelson-edible-flowers-tickets-194566332137 https://t.co/o5yRMkvtLu

Hardcover, 2021

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: French Pressed, Cleo Coyle

French Pressed

Cleo Coyle
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Below is an excerpt from "French Press: A Morning Ritual" by Renata Leinemann (@renatalbw). Written as part of Narrative Strategies for Objects, a course during our 2022 Summer Intensive. Learn more about Summer Intensive 2023 and read this work here: https://t.co/vo0WvlMR7X https://t.co/jzUvAHtqAh

Paperback, Mass Market, 2008

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Gentrifier: A Memoir, Anne Elizabeth Moore

Gentrifier: A Memoir

Anne Elizabeth Moore
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What We're Reading: NEW IN! GENTRIFIER by Anne Elizabeth Moore. Faculty member @superanne gifted us a copy of her riveting memoir, and it is officially stamped and available in the DCrit library. @CatapultStory https://t.co/PMHsT3Kw8O

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Fashion, Desire and Anxiety: Image and Morality in the 20th Century, Rebecca Arnold

Fashion, Desire and Anxiety: Image and Morality in the 20th Century

Rebecca Arnold
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Fashion, Desire, and Anxiety by Rebecca Arnold from @BloomsburyPub #fashion #fashiondesign #designthinking #desire #anxiety #capitalism #visualculture 5/ https://t.co/spUNFmfjUN

Paperback, 2001

$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Disobedience of Design: GUI Bonsiepe, Gui Bonsiepe

The Disobedience of Design: GUI Bonsiepe

Gui Bonsiepe
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Just out from @BloomsburyPub: "The Disobedience of Design," selected writings of designer, teacher and theorist Gui Bonsiepe, including an introduction ("Thinking Designing") by @dcrit alum @freduarte! @SVA_News @svanycalumni https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/disobedience-of-design-9781350162471/

Paperback, 2022

$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book