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Communication Design

A guide to get you started doing research in communication design.

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Notable Books

The Black Experience in Design

Making Trouble Design and Material Activism

Design in Crisis: New Worlds, Philosophies and Practices

Design Struggles

Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers

How Design Makes Us Think

Transmissions: Critical Tactics for Making and Communicating Research

Designing Cultures of Care

Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design

Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Research Methods

Design Is Storytelling

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