00—What is Interaction Design?
- Ruben Pater, The Politics of Design, 2016
- Don Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, 2013
01—Foundations
- Annaka Olsen, Digital Typography & Interface Aesthetics (recorded for Parsons CD), 2021
- American Artist, Black Gooey Universe, 2018
- Lisa Gitelman, Always Already New Media: History, and the Data of Culture (skim the introduction), 2006
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02—Aesthetics of the Web
- Olia Lialina, Vernacular Web, 2007
- Marjanne van Helvert, Dirty Design (introduction)
- Donny Truong, History of Web Typography, 2019
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- Marie Hoejlund in conversation with Mindy Seu, Sharing as Survival: Mindy Seu on the Cyberfeminism Index
- New York Public Library, Digital Research Strategy 2021–24
- Cyrus Shepard, Google’s Index Size Revealed: 400 Billion Docs + Skim original reference: In-depth guide to how Google Search works
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04—Web Accessibility
- In Web Design, Accessibility Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought, Margaret Andersen
- The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet Accessible, Meg Miller and Ilaria Parogni
- Web Accessibility Checklist
- Further reading (optional) Making a Case for Self-Description, Thomas Reid
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05—Climate Change and Design
- Watch: The Story Behind Earth’s Most Famous Photo — The Bigger Picture with Vincent Brown
- Every Brand Is a Climate Brand These Days, and That’s Terrible For the Environment, John Kazior
- What Designers Can Learn from Indigenous Communities Fighting Climate Change, Anoushka Khandwala
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