Here’s a list of books on design we think you will enjoy. We will try to add more titles monthly.
Editorial Design
- Author Your Future. Vanessa Garduño, Konstantina Gavala. Our own Konstantina Gavala co-authors and designs this guide on creating, designing, publishing and promoting non-fiction books. The book has received great reviews from professionals all over the spectrum.
- The Best of Brochure Design. Wilson Harvey.
Architecture
- Ernst Neufert. Architects’ Data.
- The Interior Design Reference & Specification Book: Everything Interior Designers Need to Know Every Day. Linda O’Shea.
Design
- Geometry of Design.
- Swiss Graphic Design. Robert Klanten.
- 100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design. Christian Brandle.
- Thoughts on Design. Paul Rand.
- Damn Good Advice. George Lois.
- Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design. Theo Inglis.
- Know Your Onions: Graphic Design. Drew de Soto.
- Beautiful Users: Designing for People. Ellen Lupton.
- Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming. Ellen Lupton.
- Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color. Leatrice Eiseman.
- Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols. Henry Dreyfuss.
- Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers. Josef Muller-Brockmann.
- The Graphic Design Idea Book: Inspiration from 50 Masters. Steven Heller.
- Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff they don’t teach you in design school, but should. Michael Janda.
- Design is Storytelling. Ellen Lupton.
- Now You See it and Other Essays on Design. Michael Bierut.
- How to See: Visual Adventures in a World God Never Made. George Nelson.
- How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the World. Michael Bierut.
- Graphic Design Rants and Raves: Bon Mots on Persuasion, Entertainment, Education, Culture, and Practice. Steven Heller.
Typography
- Typographic Design. Josep Maria Minguet.
- Bodoni: Manual of Typography. Stephan Füssel.
- Type matters! Jim Williams.
- Designing Type. Karen Cheng.
- The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces. Stephen Coles.
- Typographic Systems. Kimberly Elam.
- Typographic Design: Form and Communication. Rob Carter.
- Typographic Design. Rob Carter.
- The Typography Idea Book: Inspiration from 50 Masters. Steven Heller.
- Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works. Erik Spiekermann.
Monographs
- Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design. Jennifer Bass.
- Josef Müller-Brockmann. Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design.
- Graphic Design Visionaries. Caroline Roberts.
- Paul Rand. Jessica Helfand.
- Paul Rand: Conversations with Students. Michael Kroeger.
Brand Design & Branding
- Logo Modernism. Jens Müller (Editor), Julius Wiedemann (Editor).
- Nice to Meet You Too: Visual Greetings from Business Cards to Identity Packages. Viction:ary.
- Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands. Marty Neumeier.