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Connecting to Design Courseware
A complete teaching package for foundation-level design courses.
Connecting to Design Courseware brings together the textbook, lecture slide decks, Commentary on Design, and additional instructional materials into one coordinated resource for teaching the elements and principles of dimensional design.
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INSTRUCTOR PERSPECTIVE
Why Instructors Recommend Connecting to Design
Connecting to Design is a stunning example of a contemporary textbook, and succeeds in three vitally unique ways compared to other textbooks.
Goodman provides sophisticated, clear, and flexible examples any student or instructor can pick up and integrate into their work – regardless of the specific discipline.
Her writing is clear and precise, but concise enough to be readily digestible.
Most refreshingly, though, Connecting to Design guides the readers to ask themselves how they see the elements and principles of design relating to their field/practice, as opposed to the seemingly ubiquitous vignettes on established practitioners as seen in other textbooks.
WALTER LEE
Professor of Foundation Art
Art Institute of Portland
STUDENT,
ART INSTITUTE OF PORTLAND
By seeing the elements and principles in their simplest form, I am able to focus on and get a clearer idea of new concepts.
STUDENT,
ART INSTITUTE OF PORTLAND
The link in the book lets me see elements and principles in my own field; this makes the subject matter interesting and easier to understand.
STUDENT,
ART INSTITUTE OF PORTLAND
Connecting to Design concretes the concepts in my mind better than traditional textbooks.
STUDENT,
ART INSTITUTE OF PORTLAND
Connecting to Design's format makes it easy to recognize and understand new material...and apply it!
What Students Are Saying
Students connect with the clear visuals, real-world examples, and accessible approach that help make design concepts easier to understand and apply.