200 Level Curriculum

Last Updated: 04/21/09

Overview

Materials in the 200 level of the personal web design degree were selected in order to teach the designer about design history and research, along with an introduction to typography and grid systems. Please be aware that these materials in their current form are still incomplete. For more information on the progress of the PWDD read the project road map.

Book List

  1. Design Studies: Theory and Research in Graphic Design

    Author(s): Stephen Heller & Audrey Bennett

    ISBN-10: 156898586X

  2. Meggs' History of Graphic Design

    Author(s): Philip B. Meggs & Alston W. Purvis

    ISBN-10: 0471699020

  3. Graphic Design: The New Basics

    Author(s): Ellen Lupton & Phillips Jennifer Cole

    ISBN-10: 1568987021

  4. Graphic Design: A Concise History, Second Edition

    Author(s): Richard Hollis

    ISBN-10: 0500203474

  5. The Elements of Typographic Style

    Author(s): Robert Bringhurst

    ISBN-10: 0881792063

  6. Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students

    Author(s): Ellen Lupton

    ISBN-10: 1568984480

  7. Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop

    Author(s): Timothy Samara

    ISBN-10: 1592531253

Additional Articles

  1. The Grid System

    Author(s): Antonio Carusone

  2. The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web

    Author(s): Richard Rutter

  3. Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid

    Author(s): Wilson Miner

  4. Whitespace

    Author(s): Mark Boulton

  5. Better CSS Font Stacks

    Author(s): Nathan Ford

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