Tom Geismar

Graphic Designer / United States / Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv

Tom Geismar’s Book List

Eclectic interests. An eclectic list.

12 books
Philip Roth

A brilliant, moving work. Roth at his best.

Joseph Ellis

Using just a few events, Ellis brings vividly to life the complexity that was Jefferson.

Alan Fletcher

An amazing collection of obscure thoughts and observations. Endlessly entertaining.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Imaginative and touching.

Lancelot Thomas Hogben

A wide-ranging “kaleidoscope of human communication” by a famous British scientist/humanist.

Leon Friend
Joseph Hefter

Published in 1936, it was, some years later, my introduction to the concept of graphic design. Leon Friend was a high school teacher in Brooklyn who became mentor to many outstanding designers.

Bernard Rudofsky

Explains Japanese thought and aesthetics in an original and insightful way.

Robert Massin

Type as image over the centuries. Many rare examples.

Saul Steinberg

Classic early Steinberg.

Peter Hessler

An amusing and insightful account of two cultures meeting.

Paul Rand

The first Rand book, and still the best.

Thomas Wolfe

An early influence.

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