centering what we do

Patrick and I are on the search for authors/texts that address issues of design and community. I look forward to reading these books and anticipate this list getting much longer...

• Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism (Edited by Bryan Bell + Katie Wakeford)
• Good Deeds, Good Design: Community Service Through Architecture (Edited by Bryan Bell)
• Studio at Large: Architecture in Service of Global Communities (Sergio Palleroni + Christine Merkelbach)
• Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises (Architecture for Humanity)
• Design for the Other 90% (Cynthia E. Smith)
• Light Imprint Handbook: Integrating Sustainability and Community Design (Thomas E. Low)

We're also interested in design handbooks:

• Information Design Workbook: Graphic Approaches, Solutions, and Inspiration + 300 Case Studies (Kim Baer)
• The Information Design Workbook (Jenn + Ken Visocky O'Grady)
• Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors & Students (Ellen Lupton)
• D.I.Y.: Design it Yourself (Ellen Lupton)

And books on community:

• Creative Community Builder's Handbook: How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts and Culture (Tom Borrup)