Chosen Books

Invited designers and commentators have chosen these as the books that inspire them and that have shaped their worldview or their ideas about design.
240 books
Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings
Gary Garrels, et al.
Brunelleschi (Masters of Italian Art)
Peter Gartner
John Currin
Alison M. Gingeras et al.
The Magic of a People
Alexander Girard
Marcel Duchamp in Munich 1912
Thomas Girst, ed.
The Spirit of Folk Art
Henry Glassie
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Arts & Architecture: The Entenza Years
Barbara Goldstein, ed.
The Image and the Eye
E. H. (Ernst) Gombrich
Meditations on a Hobby Horse and Other Essays on the Theory of Art
Ernst (E. H.) Gombrich
What Are You Looking At?
Will Gompertz
The Modern Ideal
Paul Greenhalgh
In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art
Susan Hapgood et al.
The Problem of Form in Painting and Sculpture
Adolf von Hildebrand
The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
E. D. Hirsch et al.
I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now
Damien Hirst
Die Welt als Labyrinth (The World as a Labyrinth)
Gustav René Hocke
The New Art—the New Life
Harry Holtzman et al.
Nothing if Not Critical
Robert Hughes
The Shock of the New
Robert Hughes
Futurism and Futurisms
Pontus Hulten
László Moholy-Nagy
IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez
Infancia y Arte Moderno
IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez
Gordon Matta-Clark: Splitting
Mary Jane Jacob
Gordon Matta-Clark: A Retrospective
Mary Jane Jacob
Kunst + Design: Donald Judd
Donald Judd et al.
Donald Judd: Raume Spaces
Donald Judd et al.
Donald Judd: Complete Writings 1959–1975
Donald Judd
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