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The Hidden Factor
Mark and Gesture in Visual Design
ISBN: 9780262048569
Publisher: MIT Press
Pub Date: November 21, 2023
An exquisitely illustrated introduction to the gestural mark in the designed world, exploring the tension between marks, which are felt, and images and words, which are conceptual.
Design Strategy
Challenges in Wicked Problem Territory
ISBN: 9780262546812
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 14, 2023
A new approach to addressing the contemporary world's most difficult challenges, such as climate change and poverty.
An Anthology of Blackness
The State of Black Design
ISBN: 9780262048668
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
An adventurous collection that examines how the design field has consistently failed to attract and support Black professionals—and how to create an anti-racist, pro-Black design industry instead.
The Beauty of Games
ISBN: 9780262048538
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2023
How games create beauty and meaning, and how we can use them to explore the aesthetics of thought.
Racism Untaught
Revealing and Unlearning Racialized Design
ISBN: 9780262048583
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
An exploration of an iterative framework and toolkit that shows organizations how to recognize racism in designed artifacts, systems, and experiences—and how to create anti-racist design approaches.
Design Aesthetics
Theoretical Basics and Studies in Implication
ISBN: 9780262546317
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
An original exploration of the role of aesthetics in contemporary design, uniquely combining philosophical aesthetics and cultural analysis of design.
Feminist Designer
On the Personal and the Political in Design
ISBN: 9780262048422
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 5, 2023
A bold and timely collection that brings feminist theory and critical thinking to life through vital, approachable design methods and practices.
Design, Empathy, Interpretation
Toward Interpretive Design Research
ISBN: 9780262546928
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 29, 2023
A new, empathic approach to design research, drawn from the informed experiences of a leading design research program in Finland.
Playing Place
Board Games, Popular Culture, Space
ISBN: 9780262047838
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 8, 2023
An essay collection exploring the board game's relationship to the built environment, revealing the unexpected ways that play reflects perceptions of space.

The Hidden Factor
Mark and Gesture in Visual Design
ISBN: 9780262048569
Publisher: MIT Press
Pub Date: November 21, 2023
An exquisitely illustrated introduction to the gestural mark in the designed world, exploring the tension between marks, which are felt, and images and words, which are conceptual.
Design Strategy
Challenges in Wicked Problem Territory
ISBN: 9780262546812
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 14, 2023
A new approach to addressing the contemporary world's most difficult challenges, such as climate change and poverty.
An Anthology of Blackness
The State of Black Design
ISBN: 9780262048668
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 31, 2023
An adventurous collection that examines how the design field has consistently failed to attract and support Black professionals—and how to create an anti-racist, pro-Black design industry instead.
The Beauty of Games
ISBN: 9780262048538
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 3, 2023
How games create beauty and meaning, and how we can use them to explore the aesthetics of thought.
Racism Untaught
Revealing and Unlearning Racialized Design
ISBN: 9780262048583
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
An exploration of an iterative framework and toolkit that shows organizations how to recognize racism in designed artifacts, systems, and experiences—and how to create anti-racist design approaches.
Design Aesthetics
Theoretical Basics and Studies in Implication
ISBN: 9780262546317
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 19, 2023
An original exploration of the role of aesthetics in contemporary design, uniquely combining philosophical aesthetics and cultural analysis of design.
Feminist Designer
On the Personal and the Political in Design
ISBN: 9780262048422
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 5, 2023
A bold and timely collection that brings feminist theory and critical thinking to life through vital, approachable design methods and practices.
Design, Empathy, Interpretation
Toward Interpretive Design Research
ISBN: 9780262546928
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 29, 2023
A new, empathic approach to design research, drawn from the informed experiences of a leading design research program in Finland.
Playing Place
Board Games, Popular Culture, Space
ISBN: 9780262047838
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 8, 2023
An essay collection exploring the board game's relationship to the built environment, revealing the unexpected ways that play reflects perceptions of space.