Invited designers and commentators have chosen these as the books that inspire them and that have shaped their worldview or their ideas about design.
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ABZ: More Alphabets and Other Signs
Julian Rothenstein et al.
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Adrian Frutiger—Typefaces: The Complete Works
Adrian Frutiger et al.
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Aim for a Job in Graphic Design/Art
S. Neil Fujita
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Alex Steinweiss: The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover
Kevin Reagan et al.
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Alexander Girard
Todd Oldham et al.
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Alexey Brodovitch
Kerry William Purcell
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American Signs: Form and Meaning on Route 66
Lisa Mahar
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Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding
Alastair Duncan et al.
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The Art of Advertising: George Lois on Mass Communication
George Lois
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The Art of Looking Sideways
Alan Fletcher
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Ausgewählte Aufsätze über Fragen der Gestalt des Buches und der Typographie (The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design)
Jan Tschichold
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Barnbrook Bible
Jonathan Barnbrook
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Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago
Hans Wingler
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The Beauty of Chinese Calligraphy: Dancing Cursive (漢字書法之美—舞動行草)
Jiang Xun (蔣勳)
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Born Modern
Steven Heller et al.
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A Comparison of Package Designs in Japan and Europe
Japan Package Design Association
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Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)
George Lois
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Design and Art (Documents of Contemporary Art)
Alex Coles
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Design/Writing/Research: Writing on Graphic Design
Ellen Lupton et al.
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A Designer’s Art
Paul Rand
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Designing:
Ivan Chermayeff et al.
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The Dictionary of Visual Language
Philip Thompson et al.
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