My (very) Short List of Must Read Books for Designers
All fantastic books. There are other great books, but for me these are the essentials.
1. How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer by Debbie Millman // Amazon
This is the book to read if you want to understand the ethos of designers and understand design culture. Perfect way to begin to feel like you’re in the club.
2. The Elements of Graphic Design by Alexander White // Amazon
By far the most organized thinking about design composition that I’ve encountered.
3. The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst // Amazon
Not such breezy reading as the other two, but a very structured approach to typography, something that is normally left mostly to intuition.
6 Comments
Peter Brady / MAR 15 2010
Thanks for the recommendations!
Mohammed Mudassir Azeemi / MAR 16 2010
what blog engine you are using?
Cory Plotts / MAR 19 2010
This is great. It’s nice to have a short list to dive in on.
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Bob / MAR 22 2010
I accidentally attended your session at MIX (I thought it was about programming design patterns) and I am extremely glad I did. Even though I have absolutely no eye for being a graphic designed, I found your session to be my favorite session at MIX. I’m going to check out these books and get my feet wet. Thanks for the inspiration!
contextfree / APR 16 2010
I happen to be reading the Bringhurst now; it’s wonderful. Great MIX talk (didn’t attend, saw on video), by the way.