Selected readings will be taken out of the publications listed below and expanded through lectures.
Core readings
Gerstner, Karl, et al. Designing Programmes: Five Essays and an Introduction. Lars Müller, 2007.
Lupton, Ellen. Thinking with Type: a Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students. Princeton Architectural Press, 2010.
Hochuli, Jost. Detail in Typography: Letters, Letterspacing, Words, Wordspacing, Lines, Linespacing, Columns. Éditions B42, 2015.
Pipes, Alan. Production for Graphic Designers. Prentice Hall, 2009.
Extended readings
Tavares André. The Anatomy of the Architectural Book. Canadian Centre for Architecture, 2016.
Colomina, Beatriz, et al. Clip, Stamp, Fold: the Radical Architecture of Little Magazines, 196X to 197X. Actar, 2011.
Decroos, Bart, et al. Oase 100. The Architecture of the Journal / De Architectuur Van Het Tijdschrift. nai010 Uitgevers, 2018.
Müller-Brockmann Josef, and D. Q. Stephenson. Grid Systems in Graphic Design: a Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers, and Three Dimensional Designers = Raster Systeme für Die Visuelle Gestaltung: Ein Handbuch für Grafiker, Typografen, Und Ausstellungsgestalter. Niggli, 2017.
Smet, Catherine de., and Le Corbusier. Vers Une Architecture Du Livre: Le Corbusier: édition Et Mise En Pages, 1912-1965. Lars Müller Publishers, 2007.
Redstone, Elias. Archizines. Bedford Press / Architectural Association, London, 2011.
Birdsall, Derek. Notes on Book Design. Yale University Press, 2004.
Hochuli, Jost, and Robin Kinross. Designing Books: Practice and Theory. Hyphen Press, 1996.
Bringhurst, Robert. The Elements of Typographic Style. Hartley & Marks, 2016.
Tschichold, Jan. The Form of the Book: Selected Essays on Questions of Book Design & Typography. Hartley & Marks, 1991.
Goode, Simon, et al. Making Books: a Guide to Creating Hand-Crafted Books by the London Centre for Book Arts. Pavilion, 2017.
Keller, Christoph, and Michael Lailach. Kiosk: Modes of Multiplication: a Sourcebook on Independent Art Publishing, 1999-2009. JRP Ringier, 2009.
Philpot, Clive. Booktrek: Selected Essays on Artists Books (1972-2010). JRP Ringier, 2013.
Ponge, Francis, and Beth Archer Brombert. The Voice of Things. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1974.