Thinking by Design ENDS 231 UBC Winter Term 1, 2016 Lectures: Thursdays, 4:30-6:00 in IBLC 182 Sections: various times and locations Professor: Leslie Van Duzer Teaching Assistants: Nicolay Kuchin, Sam McFaul, Farwa Sadiq-Zadah, + one REFERENCES websites DESIGN in general http://designthinking.ideo.com/ (blog on Design Thinking by Tim Brown of IDEO) http://www.wired.com/ (at the intersection of technology and design) http://www.core77.com/ (a general design blog/online mag) http://www.coolhunting.com/ (a daily update on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture and technology) http://www.fastcodesign.com/ (Fast Comapany's design blog) http://seedmagazine.com/content/design/ (SEED Magazine's design blog) http://www.good.is/design (GOOD online magazine design blog) ARCHITECTURE http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/ (architectural conjecture-urban speculation-landscape futures) http://www.archdaily.com/ (broadcasting architecture worldwide) http://archinect.com/ (connecting architects since 1997) http://www.e-architect.co.uk/ (Architecture News, World Architects, Buildings, Photos, Architectural Developments) LANDSCAPE AND URBANISM http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/ (explorations in landscape architecture and urbanism, with a focus on aligning theory with practice) http://www.worldchanging.com/about/ (a global network of independent journalists, designers and thinkers to cover the world s most innovative solutions) http://pruned.blogspot.com/ (on Landscape Architecture and Related Fields) http://m.ammoth.us/blog/ (interests include the production of urban space through the manipulation of infrastructure, landscape processes, and tactical architectural interventions) GRAPHIC DESIGN and INFORMATION GRAPHICS http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/ (blog about info graphics and visual complexity) http://infosthetics.com/ (where form follows data) http://www.historyshots.com/ (graphical prints that provide context to historical subjects, time periods and events) http://chartporn.org/ (data visualization) http://designmuse.typepad.com/ (graphic design, branding and packaging design blog) http://www.pentagram.com/en/ (Graphic design firm Pentagram's blog) 1
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