TMC Library: Creative Arts and Digital Media: Books and eBooks

About Books and eBooks

We have a large collection of both physical books and eBooks available to staff and students. Each one of our libraries has a physical collection of books suitable for courses that are taught at their campus, however you are welcome to borrow books from any of our libraries. All of our books are arranged on bookshelves, grouped by topic area. These topics and sub-topics are numbered and the books are in number order. So, when you search for a book using our online library search, each book will have a classmark (a number) and this is where you will find the book on the shelf.

You can access our eBooks by searching for something via our library search. If you prefer to read in large print you can change this in the eBook settings, along with background colour and the read aloud feature.

Below you will find a gallery of new books and eBooks that we have recently added to our collection. You will also find key books and eBooks for your subject area - you may recognise some of these from your reading list!

New Books and eBooks

Making and Breaking the Grid : A graphic design layout workshop By: Samara, Timothy

Packaged for life: packaging design for everyday objects: Beer, wine and spirits By: Victionary

Bi-scriptual : Typography and graphic design with multiple script systems By: Hartmann, Timm

Grid Systems in Graphic Design : A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers By: Mulller-Brockmann, Josef

The Fast Guide to Accessibility Design by Bares Raffaelli

Print matters : The cutting edge of print By: Victionary

Packaged for Life : Packaging design for everyday objects: Coffee & tea By: Victionary

Know Your Onions Corporate Identity: Get Your Head Around It by Drew de Soto

Laws of UX : Using psychology to design better products & services

Layout essentials : 100 design principles for using grids By: Beth Tondreau

Key Books

The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher
A primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imagination. It is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mind.
Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far by Stefan Sagmeister
This book began as a list designer Sagmeister made in his diary, which includes statements such as "Worrying solves nothing" and "Trying to look good limits my life." The list reveals something that is profoundly true: Although human beings have been pursuing happiness for countless generations, it is not so easily achieved. With the support of his clients, Sagmeister transformed these sentences into typographic works, from billboards in France to sign-toting inflatable monkeys on the streets of Scotland.
Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented: 'This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings... he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures.' By now he has.
Whatever You Think, Think The Opposite by Paul Arden
Turning logic and common sense on its head, book gives you the confidence to take bigger risks and enjoy your work more than you can imagine. Have you ever considered the extraordinary power of making bad decisions, being unreasonable, and taking dangerous, unadvisable risks?