HISTORY OF DESIGN
A research-based library instruction16 September 2010by ADM Library
What is your objective?
To give a 10 – 20 minutes presentation about the key points of a movement related to design history (maybe?)
What is our objective?
To help you do the following (hopefully!)
LOCATE the following materials
key features of the movement place the movement within an era by identifying key
social, political, philosophical influences characteristics of objects that define the style of the
movement able to cite a list of names of designers in the
movement
Start with NTU Library Catalogue
Note down as many keywords as you can.
Start with broad terms :
“design history”“history of design”
Start with NTU Library Catalogue
Narrow it down to more specific terms (e.g. movements or groups) :
“Dada”, “Dadaist Movement”, ”WWI”
“De Stijl”, “Piet Mondrian” “Constructivism” ,”Russian
Revolution” “Bauhaus” ,”Walter Gropius”
Books on history of design? Look under call numbers beginning
with
N – art movements NK – historical periods T – design and critical culture TS – Industrial design
Books on Historical Periods / MovementsGraphic design : a new history (NC998.E75)
ADMLDesign of the 20th Century (NK1390.F463)
ADMLDesign since 1945 (NK1390.D712) ADMLThe Arts & Crafts Companion
(NK1140.T635) ADMLA History of Industrial Design (TS171.H584)
ADML, LWNLThe AZ of Modern Design (TS171.4.A989)
ADML
Books on Design Directories
Icons of graphic design (NC997.F463) LWNL
Icons of Design (TS171.I17) ADML In good shape: style in industrial
products, 1900 to 1960 (TS171.4.I35) ADML
Italian design (TS79.B744) ADMLDesign chronicles : significant mass-
produced designs of the 20th century (NK1390.G211) ADML
Books on Design and Culture
An introduction to design and culture in the twentieth century (NK1390.S736) BUSL
An introduction to design and culture: 1900 to the present (NK1390.S730N) ADML
Designing things: a critical introduction to the culture of objects (NK1505.B726) ACRC
Designing After Modernism (NK1396.P66D457) BUSL
Journal
JOURNAL of Design history
E-journals, AZ listinghttp://www.ntu.edu.sg/library/collections/Pages/EJournals.aspx
Library Locations
Asian Communication and Resource Centre
(ACRC)Art, Design & Media Library (ADML)Business Library (BUSL)Lee Wee Nam Library