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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People by Susan Weinschenk
Call Number: NK1510 .W45 2011
ISBN: 0321767535

Combines real science and research with practical examples to deliver a guide every designer needs. With it you'll be able to design more intuitive and engaging work for print, websites, applications, and products that matches the way people think, work, and play.
A Designer's Research Manual by Jennifer Visocky O'Grady; Ken O'Grady
Call Number: NC1001.6 .V57 2009
ISBN: 1592535577

Provides a comprehensive manual for designers on what design research is, why it is necessary, how to do research, and how to apply it to design work.
Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design by Ian Noble; Russell Bestley
Call Number: E-Book (ebrary)
ISBN: 9782940373208
Publication Date: 2004

Explains the key terms and theories that underlie design research; examining the importance of audience, communication theory, semiotics and semantics. Features case studies that demonstrate how the use of rigorous research methods can form the basis of effective visual communication and design problem solving.
Design Research: Methods and Perspectives by Brenda Laurel (Editor)
Call Number: TA174 .D483 2003
ISBN: 0262122634

Introduces designers to the many research tools that can be used to inform design as well as to ideas about how and when to deploy them effectively.

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