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BA (hons) Graphic Design

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•   CoP Theme: Society

'Although on the surface the nature of design may appear to be relatively inconsequential, it might well be said to play a formative role in the history of capitalism and, in turn, in the social expression of capitalist practices.' Miles, S. (1998) Consumerism: As a way of life. London: SAGE Publishing.

Search terms/key words: Consumerism, branding, capitalism, consumer society, brand value, brand loyalty, design and capitalism

LCA Library	1: The consumer society reader Schor, Juliet & Holt, Douglas  (2000) 2: This changes everything: capitalism vs. the climate Klein, Naomi (2014) 3: Design thinking: integrating innovation, consumer experience and brand value Lockwood, Thomas (2010)
Google Books (preview)	1: Work, consumption and capitalism, Lynne Pettinger 2: Marketing, William Pride, Ferrell   3: Marketing Semiotics: Signs, Strategies, and Brand Value, By Laura R. Oswald
Google Scholar	1: Branding, celebritization and the lifestyle expert, Tania Lewis 2: Why Do Brands Cause Trouble? A Dialectical Theory of Consumer Culture and Branding, Douglas B. Holt 3: Becoming a Consumer Society: A Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural Content Analysis of Print Ads from Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan, David K. Tse, Russell W. Belk, Nan Zhou
Websites	1: http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/news-opinion/power-branding 2: http://money.howstuffworks.com/capitalism.htm 3: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveolenski/2015/09/15/brand-value-what-it-means-finally-and-how-to-control-it/&refURL=https://www.google.co.uk/&referrer=https://www.google.co.uk/
JStor	1: Pesticides in Coca-Cola and Pepsi: Consumerism, Brand Image, and Public Interest in a Globalizing India, Neeraj Vedwan (2007) 2: The death of a consumer society, Matthew Hilton (2007) 3: Brand Value in social interaction, Dmitri Kukso (2007)