Books and websites looked at

Books: 
Ambrose, G. (2009). The Fundamentals of graphic design. London, England: Fairchild. 

Armstrong, H. (2009). Graphic design theory. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

Barnard, M. (2008). Graphic design as communication. London: Routledge.

Chandler, D. (2007). Semiotics: the basics. 2nd ed. New York: First published.

Cullen, C. (2004). Graphic design that works. Gloucester, Mass: Rockport.

Fletcher, A. (2001). The art of looking sideways. London: Phaidon.

Frascara, J. (2006) Designing effective communications. New York: Allworth.

Garfield, S. (2011). Just my type. London: Profile.

Leonard, N. (2016). Becoming a successful graphic designer. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Less is more: limited colour graphics in design. (2017). Hong Kong: Viction:ary.

Martin, B. and Ringham, F. (2006). Key terms in semiotics. London: Continuum.

Mclean, R. (2000). The Thames and Hudson manual of typography. Londen: Thames & Hudson.

Naylor, M. and Ball, R. (2005). Form follows idea. London: Black Dog Pub.

Samara, T. (2002). Making and breaking the grid. Beverly, Massachusetts: Rockport Publishers.

Soto, D. (2013). Know your onions : graphic design. Amsterdam: BIS Publishers.

Triedman, K., Cullen, C. and Eiseman, L. (2002). Color graphics: the power of color in graphic design. Gloucester (Massachusetts): Rockport.

websites:

Xtian Miller. (2017). Xtian Miller. [online] Available at: http://xtianmiller.com/notes/what-separates-great-design-from-good-design/ [Accessed 3 Nov. 2017].

quotes to take from interviews

Martyn - Rabbit hole

Kamera Ventoux EP:

"Instead of impeding on the image we decided to only use the the back of the record sleeve to create a well crafted piece of typographic design. We wanted the type to be expressive but it also needed to the legible and read correctly for it to be truly successful. "

Coldplay Timeline:

"We also designed a widget that would allow users to upload content that was Coldplay related which achieved the objective as the timeline is now full of user generated content which gives the product a human feel and allows fans to participate in the bands activity. "

Chris - Robot food

Cadbury amazebites: 

"This design is purely typographic which helps to communicate the proposition of the product (They’re amazing and they’re bitesize) which helps consumers understand what the product is as they’re strolling around the supermarket. Had we gone for a purely image based design it would have confused consumers and be too high brow and arty."