SVA MA Design Research Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
SVA MA Design Research on X
Two-semester MA in Design Research, Writing & Criticism at SVA. Accepting applications for Fall 2022.

Wilde Years: School of Visual Arts
B. Martin Pedersen
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)
When Eero Met His Match: Aline Louchheim Saarinen and the Making of an Architect
Eva Hagberg
@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
The Elements of Visual Grammar: A Designer's Guide for Writers, Scholars, and Professionals
Angela Riechers
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)
Lost Objects
Marian Womack
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
Fashion: A Very Short Introduction
Rebecca Arnold
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
Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers
Monica Nelson
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
French Pressed
Cleo Coyle
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
Gentrifier: A Memoir
Anne Elizabeth Moore
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
Fashion, Desire and Anxiety: Image and Morality in the 20th Century
Rebecca Arnold
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
The Disobedience of Design: GUI Bonsiepe
Gui Bonsiepe
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