Inspirations and resources - books, sites and music

Books

Recent sources of inspiration and insights

• Johnson, Deborah G. & Wetmore, Jameson M. (Eds.) (2009). Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future. The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Fry, Tony (2009). Design Futuring: Sustainability, Ethics and New Practices. Berg. Oxford.
• Löwgren, Jonas & Stolterman, Erik (2004). Thoughtful Interaction Design: A Design Perspective on Information Technology. The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Grau, Oliver (2003). Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion. The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Dunne, Anthony & Raby, Fiona (2001). Design Noir: The Secret Life of Electronic Objects. August Media. London.
• Healey, Mathew (2008). What Is Branding? Rotovision. Hove.
• Lévy, Pierre (1998). Becoming Virtual: Reality in the Digital Age. Plenum Press. New York.
• Taylor, T. L. (2006). Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture. The MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Damásio, António (1999). The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness. Harcourt Brace & Company. New York.
• Banksy (2006). Wall and Piece. Random House. London.
• Baudrillard, Jean (1996). The Perfect Crime. Verso. London.
• Krippendorff, Klaus (2006). The Semantic Turn: A New Foundation for Design. Taylor & Francis. New York.
• Ryan, Marie-Laure (2001). Narrative as Virtual Reality: Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media. The Josh Hopkins University Press. Baltimore.
• Airaksinen, Timo (2006). Ihmiskoneen tulevaisuus. WSOY. Helsinki.
• Seppänen, Janne (2005). Visuaalinen kulttuuri – teoriaa ja metodeja mediakuvan tulkitsijalle. Vastapaino. Helsinki.
• Masini, Eleonora Barbieri (1993). Why Futures Studies? Grey Seal. London.
• Hutchinson, Andrew (2007). Back to the Holodeck: new life for virtual reality? In ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 274. ACM. New York.
• Mikkonen, Kai (2005). Kuva ja sana; Kuvan ja sanan vuorovaikutuksesta kirjallisuudessa, kuvataiteessa ja ikonoteksteissä. Gaudeamus. Helsinki.
• Fawcett-Tang, Robert & Owen, William (ed.) (2002): Mapping – An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems. Rotovision. Hove.

Following

• Design Observer
• Core77
• Arts & Letters Daily
• Future Lab Blog
• Coolhunting
• Surfstation
• GOOD Magazine
• Fast Company
• QBN
• Pitchfork
• Mashable – The Social Media Guide
• Josh Spear
• Logo Design Love
• New York Times

Music

My Last.fm