Books
Local Libraries¶
Technical Publishers¶
- Awesome Book Authoring
- Packt Publishing, Free Tech Ebook of the Day
- O'Reilly
- Safari
- Apress
- The Pragmatic Bookshelf
Critical Making¶
Code, Electronics, Computers¶
- Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
- Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 1: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors, Switches, Encoders, Relays, Transistors
- Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 2: LEDs, LCDs, Audio, Thyristors, Digital Logic, and Amplification
- Encyclopedia of Electronic Components Volume 3: Sensors for Location, Presence, Proximity, Orientation, Oscillation, Force, Load, Human Input, Liquid ... Light, Heat, Sound, and Electricity
Creative Coding¶
- Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists
- Generative Design: Visualize, Program, and Create with Processing - (Website, Code)
- The Nature of Code: Simulating Natural Systems with Processing - (Free Version)
- The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation
Physical Computing¶
- Making Things Talk: Using Sensors, Networks, and Arduino to See, Hear, and Feel Your World
- Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers
- Learn Electronics with Arduino: An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Physical Computing (Make: Technology on Your Time)
- Programming Interactivity: A Designer's Guide to Processing, Arduino, and openFrameworks
- Getting Started with Arduino: The Open Source Electronics Prototyping Platform
- Make: Wearable Electronics: Design, prototype, and wear your own interactive garments
Interactive Design¶
Industrial Design¶
- The Industrial Design Reference & Specification Book: Everything Industrial Designers Need to Know
- The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
- Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design
- Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- The Industrial Design Reader
Graphic Design¶
3D Printing¶
- Printing Things: Visions and Essentials for 3D Printing
- Visualizing Mathematics with 3D Printing
- The 3D Printing Handbook: Technologies, design and applications
Materials¶
- Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
- Materials for Design
- Materials and Design, Third Edition: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design
- Transmaterial: A Catalog of Materials That Redefine our Physical Environment
Manufacturing¶
- Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals
- Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing: Materials, Processes, and Systems