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A designer's research manual : succeed in design by knowing your clients and what they really need / Jennifer Visocky O'Grady and Kenneth Visocky O'Grady.

By: Visocky O'Grady, Jennifer [author].
Contributor(s): Visocky O'Grady, Kenneth [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Design field guides: Publisher: Gloucester, MA : Rockport Publishers, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 192 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1592532578 ; 9781592532575.Subject(s): Commercial art -- United States -- Marketing | Graphic arts -- United States -- MarketingDDC classification: 741.60688
Contents:
Part One: Methods + Theory -- Introduction -- An overview of research in graphic design -- Practicing research-driven design -- Tailoring research methodology -- Part Two: Research at work -- Case studies.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Doing research can make all the difference between a good design and a great design. This work provides a comprehensive manual for designers on what design research is, why it is necessary, how to do research and how to apply it to design work.

Bibliography: (page 191) and index.

Part One: Methods + Theory -- Introduction -- An overview of research in graphic design -- Practicing research-driven design -- Tailoring research methodology -- Part Two: Research at work -- Case studies.

CIT Module DESI 8015 - Core reading.

CIT Module DESI 8014- Core reading.