Oundle School
Design and Technology
Books we recommend
Follow these links for
Environmental Design,
Inspirational Designers,and
Books
for the Practically Minded.
Design Handbook by Charlotte & Peter Fiell
Sport Design published by teNeues
Presentation Techniques by Dick Powell
Zoomorphic by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Collapsibles by Per Mollerup
Design Secrets: Products published by Rockport Publishers Inc
Design Secrets: Products 2 published by Lynn Haller, Cheryl Dangel Cullen
The Best, Tables, Chairs, Lights by Mel Byars
Bodyspace: Anthropometry, Ergonomics and the Design of Work by Stephen Pheasant
Universal Principles of Design by Will Lidnell, Kritina Holden and Jill Butler
The Nature & Aesthetics of Design by David Pye
Invention by Design by Henry Petroski
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint by Edward R Tufte
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
1000 Chairs by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell
100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection by Alexander Vegesack
1000 Lights Vol. 1. 1878 to 1959 published by Taschen
1000 Lights Vol. 2 1960 – Present published by Taschen
Objects of Design by Paola Antonelli
The Furniture Machine - Furniture Since 1990 by Gareth Williams
Contemporary Furniture by Sebastian Conran, Mark Bond
Designing the 21st Century by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell
Design in Steel by Mel Byars
Metals, Materials for Inspirational Designs by Chris Lefteri
Wood, Materials for Inspirational Designs by Chris Lefteri
Package Design in Japan
Sixties Design by Philippe Garner
Environmental Design
How to live a low-carbon life by Chris Goodall
The eco-design handbook by Alastair Fuad-Luke
Sustainable by Design by Stuart Walker
Meetings with Remarkable Trees by Thomas Pakenham
Inspirational Designers
Starck by Starck, published by Taschen
Alessi, The Design Factory published by Paul List Verlag GmbH
Alessi, Art and Poetry by Fay Sweet
Marcel Breuer Furniture and Interiors by Christopher Wilk
Memphis by Brigitte Fitoussi
I want to Change the World by Karim Rashid
Evolution by Karim Rashid
Bauhaus 1919-1933 by Magdalena Droste
Mackintosh by Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell
Books for the Practically Minded
The following selection of books is for those of a more practical bent.
Box-Making Basics by David M Freedman
400 Wood Boxes by Veronika Alice Gunter
Woodturning: A Foundation Course by Keith Rowley
Workshop Math by Rober Scharff
Success with Joints by Ralph Laughton
Wood Identification & Use by Terry Porter
Complete Woodfinishing by Ian Hosker
Success with Finishing by Mark Cass
A Guide to Work-Holding on the Lathe by Fred Holder
Turning Green Wood by Michael O’Donnell