Invited designers (including architects, fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers, landscape architects, product designers, urban designers, and other design professionals) have chosen books that inspire them and that have shaped their worldview or their ideas about design.
7 designers
| Bangle, Chris | Car Design | Italy | 11 |
| Giovannoni, Stefano | Product/Industrial Design | Italy | 12 |
| Lignano, Giuseppe | Architecture | Italy, United States | 13 |
| Munari, Cleto | Product/Industrial Design | Italy | 14 |
| Pitis, Massimo | Graphic Design | Italy | 17 |
| Thun, Matteo | Architecture, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design | Italy | 7 |
| Tolla, Ada | Architecture | Italy, United States | 13 |
