book structure #1

STRUCTURE #1
Each chapter has brief essay followed by practical know-how

Possible title:
Connect: A Guide to Interdisciplinary Graphic design

_introduction: the new connector
(theory, context)
historical presedents; history of disciplines; why interdisciplinarity now? inter/cross/trans; design and philosophy

_chapter 1: method (mind games, including the end user, testing, learning to talk to each other)

_chapter 2: space (flexible spaces for doing interdisciplinary work; flexible classrooms, inspiring work areas at home and work; space to put your ideas in — process books, idea books, notepads; portable spaces; school as space)

_chapter 3: scale (S, M, L, XL projects)
subdivide these into culture, science and society
this would be longer and more heavily illustrated; snazzy captions will point to relevant points
Culture (the fashion company, India projects, etc)
Science 
(data visualization…)
Society
 (Center for Urban Pedagogy, Ideo…)

Add: Interviews and assignments for educators; these can be peppered throughout on special, color coded pages.