Culture, criticism, and context

David Ramos (ramos@american.edu)

Criticism, technology and society, and history.

Networks and flows

• Blum, Andrew. Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet.
• Moggridge, Bill. Designing Media.
• Citizenfour (film)

• Levinson, Marc. The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger.

• Pew Internet & American Life Project

Models for design

• Brand, Stewart. How Buildings Learn.
• Alexander, Christopher; Ishikawa, Sara; and Silverstein, Murray. A Pattern Language. (downloadable)