Here’s a list of books on design we think you will enjoy. We will try to add more titles monthly.

Editorial Design

• Deja Huella (Spanish). 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.