Jonathan Barnbrook’s Book List 10 books and 3 comments
None of these are design books. I don’t read directly about design, but instead look to the philosophies and experiences found in literature to influence my work. To be a good designer, you need to understand human beings, and for me the novel is still the best way to understand how people experience, affect, and are influenced by the world around them.
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3 commentsGreat list! I like how you have emphasized the need to understand human nature to be a good designer. A few other books that I suggest are "what makes us tick" by social researcher Hugh Mackay. He's book is very clear and comes from a wealth of observational research. I also suggest Paul Gauguin maker of myth by Belinda Thomson. It's great to understand how place, history and culture affects our consciousness, gauguins life and approach to art shows the importance of questioning norms and his paintings are so rich in defining a space both beautiful and complex."the nature of place" a search for authenticity by avi Friedman also explores spaces, an excellent read of what makes a good space.
A great start point for to get anyone from any discipline to start thinking for themselves. Particularly refreshing comments on Shakespeare - in my view, a writer whose particular depth and beauty can only be experienced in print. In performance, there are just too many other things going on (witness those recent BBC2 adaptations by Richard Eyre).
Interesting approach and choices including world authors. My list would probably very explicitly include works from different countries. I'd find it impossible to assemble my top ten though. Julio Cortazar is a superb storyteller and so are Jose Saramago, JL Borges, Neruda, Cervantes, Rulfo...