Title:
Visual research : an introduction to research methodologies in graphic design
Author:
Noble, Ian, 1960-2013.
ISBN:
9782940411603
9782940447268
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Lausanne : AVA Academia, 2011.
Physical Description:
224 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
Series:
Required reading range. Course reader
Required reading range. Course reader.
General Note:
Previous edition: 2005.
"AVA book."
Contents:
Why and how? -- Design literacy -- Analysis and proposition -- Theory in practice -- Audience and message -- Process and materials -- Synthesis.
Abstract:
Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design (second edition) is a guide to the practice of researching for graphic design projects. This book explains the key terms and theories that underlie design research; examining the importance of audience, communication theory, semiotics and semantics. It features a range of case studies that demonstrate how the use of rigorous research methods can form the basis of effective visual communication and design problem solving, eschewing end product analysis for a discussion of the way research feeds into the design process. This edition also includes twelve new international case studies, end of chapter exercises, a new chapter on Visual Grammar and a foreword by Ellen Lupton, an internationally renowned graphic designer, writer, curator and educator.
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Electronic Access:
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