editado por Audrey Bennett. -- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2006.

464 p.; 23 cm.

ISBN 978-1-56898-586-2.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Contenido: Foreword: Better skills through better research -- Introduction: The rise of research in graphic design -- Visionary perspectives -- Graphic design: fine art or social science? -- Shaping belief: the role of audience in visual communication -- From formalism to social significance in communication design -- Being serious, being popular: positioning design research -- Activity theory: a model for design research -- Design inquiry -- Triangle, square, circle: a psychological test -- Visual design of interactive software of older adults -- Sharpening one s axe: making a case for a comprehensive approach to research in the graphic design process -- Design methodologies: toward a systematic approach to design -- The utility of design vision and the crisis of the artificial -- Communication research: theory, empirical studies, and results -- Audience as co-designer: participatory design of HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention posters in Kenya -- Designing culture -- Graphic design in a multicultural world -- Encoding advertisements: ideology and meaning in advertising production -- Directed storytelling: interpreting experience for design -- Dezyne klass: exploring image-making through the visual culture of hip hop -- A step ahead of praxis: the role of design problem definition in cultural ownership of design -- Mediating messages: cultural reproduction through advertising -- Compatiendo sueños/Sharing dreams: an interview with Toni O Bryan -- Human-centered design -- Human dignity and human rights: thoughts on the principles of human-centered design -- Impact: inspiring graphic design through human behaviors -- Personas: practice and theory -- Educating design citizens: passing on a mind, body, spirit practice -- In between: challeging the role of graphic design by situating it in a collaborative, interdisciplinary class -- Further reading.