Readings
Reserved Books:
- Product Design and Development – Karl T. Ulrich;Steven D Eppinger (TS171 .U47 2016)
- Understanding Comics – Scott McCloud (PN6710 .M335 1994)
- Emotional Design why we love (or hate) everyday things – Donald Norman (PN6710 .M335 1994)
- Toys as Culture – Brian Sutton-Smith (HQ784.T68 S88 1986)
- The First Book of Toys – Helen Hoke and Walter Pels (TS2301.T7 H58)
Online Books and Articles:
- Play Makes Us Human I: A Ludic Theory of Human Nature
- Homo ludens: a study of the play-element in culture Chapter 1: Nature and Significance of Play as Cultural Phenomenon
- The Play Pyramid: A Play Classification and Brainstorming Tool for Toy Design
- The First Book of Toys
- Karakuri by Keisuke Saka. Chapter 2: How Karakuri Works
- Marcel Duchamp: “Twisting Memory for the Fun of It” or a Form of Retroactive Interference?—Recalling the Impacts of Leaving Home on the Readymade
- READYMADE, Tate Art Terms
- The Future of Design: When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Donald Norman
- How to Make Almost Anything, Neil Gershenfeld
- Metamaterial Mechanisms
- Making Things Move
Other Resources
Drawing and Illustration
E-Textiles
Paper Toys and Mechanisms
- Free Automata
- Paper Toys Flickr Resource
- Kazuyuki Motoyama – Paper Mechanisms
- Rob Ives – Mechanism animations
- Paper Mechanism – Penguin
- Papier Machine
- Mechanical Toys
- Cabaret Mechanical Theater
- Kazuyuki Motoyama – Paper Mechanisms
- Paper Mechanism – Penguin
3D Modeling Cinema 4D:
3D Model to Paper:
Illustrator
DIY rubber stamp on the Laser Cutter
how-to-do-live-mirror-drawing-in-adobe-illustrator
create-colourful-vector-character-art
illustrator-tutorials
Character Design:
alfred-the-gorilla
friends with you
wang2mu
Yoshitomo Nara
Flabjacks
grand_chamaco
Pictoplasma: pictofolio
Materials
Craft Supplies
Craft Supplies: Knitting and Sewing, ONE DAY SHIPPING
- Yarn 2mm
- Yarn 3mm
- Yarn Needles Plastic
- Yarn Needles Metal
- Pompom Maker Set
- Ergonomic Crochet
- Toy Eyes
- Toy Eyes: Buttons
- Purse Magnets
TEXTILES
Furry Cloth:
lamb fabric: jacket inside fabric
felt fabric
plush fabric
decorative fabric (Peruvian Syle)
Dish Sponge Rectangular Shape for Stuffing
Art Supplies
Micron Sketch Pens
Color Sketch Pens
Staedtler Erasers
Staedtler Pencil Sharpener
Faber-Castell 9000 Pencils
Shape Drawing Rulers