Zara Arshad
Zara Arshad was born and raised in the UK, but has also lived in Indonesia and Syria. She now resides in China as a graduate of the BA (Hons) Design course, Goldsmiths College, and continually promotes internationalism and the potential of design to solve social and political issues.
Since 2008, Zara has been a freelance graphic designer and creative thinker, with clients such as UNV China, Teach for China, The Library Project, Icon magazine, Change Observer, and AIGA. She previously worked at Icograda Beijing 2009, British Council China, and Beijing Design Week, and currently writes for Design China and other publications.
阿飒简介
特邀撰稿人：记者／作者；编辑／中国／Design China（设计中国）
www.zara-arshad.com / www.design-china.org
阿飒在英国出生长大，曾旅居印度尼西亚和叙利亚。于金匠大学（Goldsmiths College）设计专业获得荣誉学士学位后，她迁居中国，致力于推广国际主义，将设计的力量运用于解决社会和政治问题。
2008年以来，阿飒作为自由平面设计师和创意人，为联合国中国志愿者协会、中国教育行动、图书馆计划、英国ICON杂志、Change Observer（改变观察家）和国际平面设计师协会服务。她曾在2009世界设计师大会（北京），英国大使馆文化教育处与北京国际设计周工作，现在她为Design China（设计中国）及其他出版物供稿。
Chinese translation by Lynn Zhang.
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Louis Kahn: The Importance of a Drawing
Louis Kahn: The Importance of a Drawing
Edited by Michael Merrill
Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers
Published: October 2021
The first in-depth study of drawings as primary sources of insight into architect Louis Kahn’s architecture and creative imagination. Based on unprecedented archival research, with over 900 illustrations and written contributions by Michael Benedikt, Michael Cadwell, David Leatherbarrow, Louis Kahn, Nathaniel Kahn, Sue Ann Kahn, Michael J. Lewis, Robert McCarter, Michael Merrill, Marshall Meyers, Jane Murphy, Gina Pollara, Harriet Pattison, Colin Rowe, David Van Zanten, Richard Wesley, and William Whitaker.
Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People
Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People
By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Forthcoming: February 22, 2022
Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast Design Matters—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy by John Lobell
Louis Kahn: Architecture as Philosophy
By John Lobell
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: June 2020
Noted Louis I.Kahn expert John Lobell explores how Kahn’s focus on structure, respect for materials, clarity of program, and reverence for details come together to manifest an overall philosophy.
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn by Harriet Pattison
Our Days Are Like Full Years: A Memoir with Letters from Louis Kahn
By Harriet Pattison
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 2020
An intimate glimpse into the professional and romantic relationship between Harriet Pattison and the renowned architect Louis Kahn. Harriet Pattison, FASLA, is a distinguished landscape architect. She was Louis Kahn’s romantic partner from 1959 to 1974, and his collaborator on the landscapes of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, and the F.D.R. Memorial/Four Freedoms Park, New York. She is the mother of their son, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn.
Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context by David Raizman
Reading Graphic Design History: Image, Text, and Context
By David Raizman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: December 2020
An innovative approach to graphic design that uses a series of key artifacts from the history of print culture in light of their specific historical contexts. It encourages the reader to look carefully and critically at print advertising, illustration, posters, magazine art direction, and typography, often addressing issues of class, race, and gender.
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian by Rick Poynor
David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian
By Rick Poynor
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: September 2020
A comprehensive overview of the work and legacy of David King (1943–2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and collecting. King launched his career at Britain’s Sunday Times Magazine in the 1960s, starting as a designer and later branching out into image-led journalism, blending political activism with his design work.
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