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Architecture

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Databases*

General Sources

 

Graphic Design

Industrial Design

Interior Design

Journals*

 

 

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* available only to CCM students, staff & faculty

SELECTED ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

ARCHITECTURE

 

Architecture & Interior Design
http://www.arts.ac.uk/library/4846.htm
This extensive site provides general websites relating to architecture and interior design.

The Great Buildings Collection
http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings.html
"More than 1000 great buildings from around the world and across history are listed below and illustrated on this web site..., with photographic images, architectural drawings, discussion, bibliography, architect info, and live 3D walkthrough computer models."

UME
http://www.umemagazine.com/
Online version of the international architecture magazine.

BOOKS

 

The electronic books listed below are available through the CCM Library Catalog

Allen, Edward.  The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design.  (3rd ed.)  New York : Wiley, 2002. 
eBook NA2750 .A556 2002eb

Interior Design Handbook of Professional Practice.    New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002.   

eBook NK2116 .I58 2002eb

DATABASES

Academic Search Premier
Expanded Academic ASAP
JSTOR

GENERAL SOURCES

ADAM
http://adam.ac.uk/index.html
A searchable catalogue of 2546 Internet resources.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

 

Elements and Principles of Graphic Design
http://www.graphicdesignbasics.com/
Learn about the different elements of graphic design, or read articles focusing on specific graphic design issues.

Graphic Design 100
http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/pages/graphic_design100.html
A good basic introduction to graphic design, from the Yale Style Manual.

My Design Primer
http://www.mydesignprimer.com/
A primer on graphic design that includes information about graphics, graphic file format type, typography, and frequently-asked design questions.

Web Page Design for Designers
http://www.wpdfd.com/
Site provides basic information about typography, graphics and the use of color.

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

 

All Art Schools
http://www.allartschools.com
 
List of art schools. 

The Industrial Designers Society of America Official
http://www.idsa.org

International Council of Societies of Industrial Design
http://www.icsid.org 

INTERIOR DESIGN

 

American Society of Interior Designers
http://www.asid.org 

CollegeSurfing.com
http://www.collegesurfing.com 
Colleges and career schools for Interior Design. 

Council for Interior Design Accreditation
http://www.accredit-id.org/

InformeDesign
http://www.informedesign.umn.edu/
A research and communication tool for designers.

Interiors and Sources
http://www.isdesignet.com 

JOURNALS

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts: Architecture

http://wc5ca4yl9r.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WC5CA4YL9R&N=100&S=SC&C=010016

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts: Visual Arts: Decorative Arts
http://wc5ca4yl9r.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=WC5CA4YL9R&N=100&S=SC&C=010499

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AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

New Fabrics, Then Fibers : the Fundamentals of Fibers.  Owatonna, Minn. : Learning Zone Express, 2003.
DVD TS1540 .N49 2003

BOOKS

Arntson, Amy E.  Graphic Design Basics.  (4th ed.)   Australia ; United States : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2003. 

NC1000 .A765 2003

Byars, Mel.  The Design Encyclopedia.  London : L. King Pub. ; New York : Museum of Modern Art, 2004. 

Reference NK1370 .B93 2004

Crawford, Tad.  Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers.  (3rd ed.)  New York : Allworth Press, 2003. 
Reference KF390 .A7 C69 2003

Curl, James Stevens.  A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.  (2nd ed.)  Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.  
Reference NA31 .C864 2006

The Digital Designer's Bible : the Print and Web Designer's Toolkit for Stress-Free Working Practice.  New York : Harper Design : Distributed throughout North America by HarperCollins International, 2004. 

TA1637 .D523 2004

The Elements of Design : a Practical Encyclopedia of the Decorative Arts From the Renaissance to the Present.  New York : Free Press, 2003.

Reference NK750 .E48 2003   

Encyclopedia of 20th Century Architecture.  New York : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.
Reference NA680 .E495 2004

Lynch, Sarah.  77 Habits of Highly Creative Interior Designers : Insider Secrets From the World's Top Design Professionals.  Gloucester, Mass. : Quarry Books, 2005.  

NK2110 .L96 2005

Meggs, Philip B.  Meggs' History of Graphic Design.  (4th ed.)  Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, 2006. 

Reserve Z246 .M43 2006 / Z246 .M43 2006

Ocepek, Louis D.  Graphic Design : Vision, Process, Product.  Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2003.  

NC1000 .O34 2003

Samara, Timothy.  Making and Breaking the Grid : a Graphic Design Layout Workshop.  Gloucester, MA : Rockport Publishers, c2002, 2005. 

Reserve Z246 .S23 2005 

Sutherland, Rick.  Graphic Designer's Color Handbook : Choosing and Using Color From Concept to Final Output.  Gloucester, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, 2003.  

Reserve NK1548 .K375 2003b

Ullman, David G.  The Mechanical Design Process.  (3rd ed. )  Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2003.

TJ230 .U54 2003

JOURNALS

Architectural Record  (1976-2006)
Better Homes and Gardens
  (1973-1993)
Graphis  (2000-2005)
House & Garden  (1963-1993)
House Beautiful  (1986-1991)
Metropolitan Home  (1987-1993)

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