The use of the word design came from the Italian disegno and the French dessin, both meaning "a drawing". In the 20th century our understanding of design has broadened to refer to both the graphic arts and the aesthetic qualities of objects.
Resources on design are available covering the wide range of types of design, such as graphic art, industrial design and computer design. The information the library offers on the subject of design is also available in a number of different types of resources.
Useful shelf (Dewey) numbers
006.6 - Computer aided design
620.04 - Computer aided design
741.6 - Graphic Design
745.2 - Industrial design
745.4 - Pure and applied design
927.4 - Biographical dictionaries for graphic artists
*Books on the design of specific commodities, eg. cars are placed with books about that commodity. For example, car design can be found with the books about cars at 629.231.
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