MA Communication Design

Meet your Librarian – Lauren Elmore

About Lauren

Lauren Elmore is the Subject Librarian responsible for year 0 and taught postgraduate courses. She studied English at University of Leicester and has a MA in Library and Information Management from Loughborough University.

How Can I Help You?

You can book one to one tutorials with me to help you with your research or referencing, please contact me via email or you can drop into the library office (DS103) to have a chat!

I work Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm.

As a team, we also provide research and referencing drop in sessions to assist you in the run up to written work hand-ins, keep an eye on Instagram (@norwichuni_library) for times and dates.

Print Books

Books on Communication Design

With the exception of short loan books, main collection books can be borrowed for three weeks.
Communication Design takes in a whole raft of different disciplines. Here are some of the main areas you may find useful:

  • How to Research: 001.42
  • Design (History, Movements, Techniques): 740-749
  • Graphic Design: 750
  • Typography: 752
  • Editorial Design: 754
  • Illustration: 755
  • Information and Promotional Design: 756
  • Photography: 758
  • Film and Moving Image: 759

Online Resources

As well as printed materials, the Library also has a wide selection of online resources to help you with your research.

Useful Online Resources for MA Communication Design:

Maps and Images
TV, Video and Sound
Access: On and Off-campus

Subculture Archives

BA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Film and Moving Image ProductionBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA PhotographyMA Communication DesignMA FashionMA Performing Arts EnterpriseMA PhotographyYear 0

An educational & cultural research resource of primary sources exploring 100 years of youth culture through the scenes, styles, and sounds that forged them. From Rave, Punk, Rockabilly to Grime. From the world’s leading collection of youth culture history.

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E-Journals
Access: On and Off-campus

Taylor & Francis Online

BA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignMA Communication DesignMA Textile Design

Abstracts available for all Taylor and Francis journals. You will find that this platform contains a mix of full text and abstracts only – we have a subscriptions to a variety of titles including ‘Design Journal’, ‘Fashion Practice’, ‘Fashion Theory’, ‘Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice’ and ‘Photography and Culture’.

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Maps and Images
Access: Free Online

Visual Arts Data Service

BA Design for PublishingBA FashionBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA Textile DesignMA Communication DesignMA FashionMA Textile Design

VADS includes 140,000 images (fashion, textiles, posters, prints and design artefacts) from over 50 diverse UK collections. Images are copyright-cleared for non-commercial educational use and personal research.

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E-Journals
Access: On and Off-campus

Art, Design and Architecture Collection

BA ArchitectureBA Design for PublishingBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationBA Interior DesignBA PhotographyBA Textile DesignMA ArchitectureMA Communication DesignMA Fine ArtMA PhotographyMA Textile DesignYear 0

Search here for results from current publications in the fields of visual and applied arts. You can find material on Modern and Contemporary Art, Artists, and Movements; Architecture; Design; Crafts; Photography; and Art History.

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Maps and Images
Access: On and Off-campus

British Cartoon Archive

BA Design for PublishingBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication Design

Access more than 200,000 cartoons dating back to 1904, including the entire Giles Collection.

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Publications

Journals and magazines cannot be taken out on loan, but you are welcome to browse the latest issues and back copies held on the first floor of the Library.

Journals and magazines are a valuable source of visual and written material to help you in your research. It’s a good idea to get to know the titles related to your course because:

  • They are up to date.
  • Often the material in them covers contemporary activity and news.
  • Young animators and designers will be covered in journals long before they are covered by books.

Below you will find a small selection of magazines and journals related to your course.
To see all of your course publications, use the link at the bottom of this list.

Selected MA Communication Design publications:

Magazine
Access: On and Off-campus
Availability: Online
Status: Current

Broken Pencil

BA Design for PublishingBA Fine ArtBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication DesignMA Fine Art

Published four times a year, each issue of Broken Pencil features reviews of hundreds of zines and small press books, plus comics, excerpts from the best of the underground press, interviews, original fiction and commentary on all aspects of the indie arts. The Library subscribes to an online version.

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Magazine
Access: On-Campus
Availability: In Print
Status: Current

i-D

BA FashionBA Fashion Communication and PromotionBA Fashion Marketing and BusinessMA Communication DesignMA FashionYear 0

i-D has come a long way since its pre-digital, cut-and-paste days, developing into a glossy magazine that documents fashion and contemporary culture, while also breaking ground defining it.

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Journal
Access: On-Campus
Availability: In Print
Status: Current

Printmaking Today

BA IllustrationMA Communication Design

The authorized Journal of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Comments on aesthetic, educational and theoretical matters relating to printmaking, as well as bringing the reader new developments in print technology and re-assessments of traditional methods. Many of our writers are printmakers and speak from experience.

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Magazine
Access: On-Campus
Availability: In Print
Status: Archived

novum - World of Graphic Design

BA Design for PublishingBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication Design

Magazine featuring the best in contemporary graphic design, illustration, photo design, corporate design and typography. In the novum plus section each issue takes a close look at a different field of design such as typography, paper, book design or illustration. The individual themes are looked at from the point of view of technical experts, clients and designers.

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Magazine
Access: On and Off-campus
Availability: In Print and Online
Status: Current

Juxtapoz

BA Design for PublishingBA Graphic CommunicationBA Graphic DesignBA IllustrationMA Communication Design

Juxtapoz is a quarterly magazine that documents and makes accessible the creative life. Includes illustration, graphics, street art, sculpture, film, textiles, fashion.

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Websites

Interesting Websites

Here are a few ideas for blogs and websites that you might like to browse for information, inspiration and ideas. If there are any you think should be on here, please let me know.

  • AIGA

    Dating back to 1924, the Archives include more than 20,000 selections from AIGA’s national juried design competitions, and documents the shifting aesthetics and sensibilities of the designers of the day. Includes: packaging, corporate communications, brand and identity systems, typography, editorial design and illustration, and experience design.

  • AIGA Eye On Design

    News and features on the best new work from ‘the world’s most exciting emerging and established designers’.

  • The Association of Illustrators

    The AOI was established in 1973 to advance and protect illustrator’s rights and encourage professional standards.

  • Book Cover Design

    ‘For the appreciation and categorization of excellence in book cover design’. Also includes links to the designers’ online portfolios.

  • Creative Review blog

    Opinion, analysis and advice on life in the creative industries

  • Design Observer

    An online-only magazine of writings on design and culture.

  • E-flux

    A publishing platform and archive, artist project and curatorial platform

  • The Design Blog

    The Design Blog brings you carefully picked high quality inspiration, featuring works of designers and design studios from all over the world, with the main focus on young designers/ students.

  • Design is History

    An archive of personal studies of the history of graphic design

  • Dieline

    News and articles on packaging and branding, including lots on food and drink packaging.

  • Eye Blog

    Blog for Eye, the international review of graphic design, is a quarterly printed magazine about graphic design and visual culture.

  • It's Nice That

    A blog for art and design news and projects.

  • Johnson Banks Thought for the Week

    Brand design company Johnson Banks on design-related issues.

  • Lecture in Progress

    Aims to demystify the creative industries for the next generation of talent, by providing advice, insight and first-hand accounts that cover careers in design, film, animation, illustration, photography and advertising

  • RSA

    Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

  • The Serving Library

    An eclectic cultural journal of mostly new writing available as pdf downloads. Previously known as Bulletins of the Serving Library and before that, Dot Dot Dot. You can find these earlier titles on the Library shelves in the Journals Archive.

  • Trend List

    Exploring visual trends in contemporary graphic design.

  • Typographic Circle

    The Typographic Circle was formed in 1976 to bring together anyone with an interest in type and typography.