| What | By | Type | Why | When |
| Visualising Research | Carole Gray and Julian Malins | Book | Research | Play Lab |
| Caps Lock | Ruben Paters | Book | Graphic Design and Capitalism | Play Lab |
| Guinness Brand Identity | Design Bridge | Design | Presentation, detailed process, visual research | Play Lab |
| Aesop | – | Design | Most brand touchpoint can be positioned as narrative texts | |
| The Brand Handbook | Wally Olins | Book | ground rules for branding success in the 21st century | |
| The Fundamentals of Branding | Mellisa Davis | Book | Basics of branding | Play Lab |
| Logo | Michael Evamy | Book | history, development and style of identity design | Play Lab |
| Shelter | Johnson Banks | Brand Identity | Play Lab | |
| Visual Signs – An introduction to Semiotics | David Crow | Book | An introduction to semiotics | Play Lab |
| The McKinsey Study | McKinsey | Report | The business value of design | BrandSpeak |
| Brand New | Wally Olins | Book | Brand Futures | Library |
| No logo | Naomi Klein | Book | “It vividly documents the invasive economic practices and damaging social effects of the ruthless corporatism that characterizes many of our powerful institutions.” | From Caps Lock |
| The Rise of the Creative Class | Richard Florida | Book | bible of city-branding; “proposed that cities should focus on attracting creatives” | From Caps Lock |
| How Bad are Bananas? The carbon footprint of everything | Mike Berners-Lee | Book | Understanding the carbon footprint of everyday items | Carbon Literacy |
| Living Planet Index | Many partners | Data Portal | a measure of the state of the world’s biological diversity | Carbon Literacy |
| Pollution is Colonialism | Max Liboiron | Book | ” presents a framework for understanding scientific research methods as practices that can align with or against colonialism. “ | Carbon Literacy |
| Higg Materials Sustainability Index (Higg MSI) | Index | “designed to compare the environmental impact of different materials so design and development teams can make more sustainable choices during materials selection.“ | Carbon Literacy | |
| BrandZ | “Largest global brand equity platform” | “ranks and showcases the most valuable brands in 16 countries, every year.” | From Brand New | |
| FutureCoder | Website | To learn Python | From the Introduction to Python workshop | |
| The senses : design beyond vision | Ellen Lupton and Andrea Lipps. | Book | “A powerful reminder to anyone who thinks design is primarily a visual pursuit, The Senses accompanies a major exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum that explores how space, materials, sound, and light affect the mind and body.” | Recommendation from Ellen |
| The Precariat | Guy Standing | Book | “The Precariat is the hugely influential first account of an emerging class of people facing insecurity, moving in and out of precarious work that gives little meaning to their lives.” | Paul’s recommendation during WorkLab |
| Let My People Go Surfing | Yvon Chouinard | Book | “legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.-shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Sitting Still Like a Frog: Teaching Mindfulness to Kids | Eline Snel | Book | Mindfulness exercises for kids | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Website Carbon Calculator | Wholegrain Digital | Website | Website Carbon Calculator | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Pricing Design | Dan Mall | Book | “Pricing projects can feel tricky, but it doesn’t have to be. Dan Mall explains how to earn more, by understanding what goes into a price (and why hourly rates don’t work) and what your clients really want-and are willing to pay for.” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| You’re My Favorite Client | MIKE. MONTEIRO | Book | Whether you’re a designer or not, you make design decisions every day. Successful design projects require equal participation from both the client and the design team. Yet, for most people who buy design, the process remains a mystery. In his follow-up to Design Is a Job, Mike Monteiro demystifies the design process and helps you prepare for your role. Ensure you’re asking the right questions, giving effective feedback, and hiring designers who will challenge you to make your product the best it can be. | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Design is a Job | Mike Monteiro | Book | The first edition of this book taught you how to sell design, draw up contracts, work with clients, and navigate the business of design. And, yeah, that’s all still (mostly) there. But design has changed, and this book has changed with it. In this second edition, Mike Monteiro not only covers how to be a working designer, but also how to take care of yourself, deal with toxic workplaces, and learn to operate in a community rather than as individual practitioners. If you are interested in using design as a tool for good, building a more sustainable and equitable society, creating workplaces where everyone is treated with respect, and doing all of these things while still making a living, this book is for you. | From “You’re My Favourite Client” |
| Better Explained | – | Website | To better understand maths, not memorise it | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| First Word Art, Last Word Art | Michael Naimark | Article | “While First Word Art is remembered for being different, I find that Last Word Art is remembered for being better than the rest.” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Utopia for Realists | Rutger Bregman | Book | “This guide to a revolutionary yet achievable utopia is supported by multiple studies, lively anecdotes and numerous success stories.” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays | Bertrand Russell | Book | “We keep a large percentage of the working population idle because we can dispense with their labor by making others overwork.” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Archive Today | – | Website | Archive.today is a time capsule for web pages! It takes a ‘snapshot’ of a webpage that will always be online even if the original page disappears. It saves a text and a graphical copy of the page for better accuracy and provides a short and reliable link to an unalterable record of any web page | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Teaching Talk: Helping Students who Procrastinate | Tim Psychyl | Video | “Dr. Tim Pychyl led a discussion about academic procrastination and strategies for change.” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Couch to 5K | – | App | “Couch to 5K, abbreviated C25K, is an exercise plan that gradually progresses from beginner running toward a 5 kilometre (3.1 mile) run over nine weeks” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Cursor AI | Anysphere | AI tool | “Cursor is a proprietary AI-powered integrated development environment for Windows, macOS and Linux designed to enhance developer productivity by integrating advanced artificial intelligence features directly into the coding environment.” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| In Our Time Archive | BBC Radio 4 | Radio episodes | “There are over a thousand episodes listed here (1067 excluding repeats etc), on all kinds of topics” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Neuromancer | William Gibson | Book | “Set in a near-future dystopia, the narrative follows Case, a computer hacker enlisted into a crew by a powerful artificial intelligence and a traumatised former soldier to complete a high-stakes heist.” | Joel Lewis’s recommendation |
| Graphic Design Thinking | Ellen Lupton | Book | Design Thinking, Research Methods | From Ellen’s Future of Branding Presentation |
| Hegarty on Advertising | John Hegarty | Book | Advertising | John Hegarty’s recommendation |
| Hegarty on Creativity | John Hegarty | Book | Creativity | John Hegarty’s recommendation |
| What makes a piece of work a great piece of work? | Boris Groys | Article | About the “truth” in great works of art that captivates us | John Hegarty’s recommendation |
| General Magic | Matt Maude, Sarah Kerruish | Netflix Documentary | “The story of one of history’s most talented technology teams. From the first smartphones to social media, e-commerce, eBay and emojis, the ideas that now dominate the tech industry were born at General Magic, a 1989 Silicon Valley start-up.” | John Hegarty’s recommendation |
| your brain on Art – how we’re wired to be creative | Susan Magsammen and Ivy Ross | Book | John Hegarty’s recommendation |