Helen Armstrong
Designer. Writer. Educator. Helen Armstrong views design from across the spectrum of a practicing designer, a college professor and a published author. She is an assistant professor of graphic design at Miami University, design director of the Miami xD MFA program, and affiliate faculty of the Armstrong Institute of Interactive Media Studies. In addition to teaching, Armstrong works as principal and creative director of her company, Strong Design. She also serves on the editorial advisory board...See more
Designer. Writer. Educator. Helen Armstrong views design from across the spectrum of a practicing designer, a college professor and a published author. She is an assistant professor of graphic design at Miami University, design director of the Miami xD MFA program, and affiliate faculty of the Armstrong Institute of Interactive Media Studies. In addition to teaching, Armstrong works as principal and creative director of her company, Strong Design. She also serves on the editorial advisory board for the journal Design and Culture and is currently chair of the AIGA Design Educators Community. Her first book, Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field, came out in 2009, followed by Participate: Designing with User-Generated Content, (2011), co-authored with Zvezdana Stojmirovic. See less
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Helen Armstrong book reviews
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Patternmaking for fashion design
Wrong book
They sent me the wrong book everything seems the same except for the cover. I don't know if there's two different versions of the cover photo but it's not the one shown. I bought the book for a class ... Read More
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Patternmaking for fashion design
Thorough book
I have only had time to skim the book so far but have found it to be very thorough in describing and illustrating the techniques put forth. I hope to be able to start using them soon. Read More
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Patternmaking for fashion design
Just what I wanted
I bought a used edition from the 80's, so the styles they showed weren't exactly up to date (although some have come back into style already) but that doesn't matter that much because this book shows ... Read More