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.
53 designers
| Bohlin, Peter | Architecture | United States | 16 |
| Easton, David | Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 21 |
| Lin, Maya | Architecture | United States | 5 |
| Lignano, Giuseppe | Architecture | Italy, United States | 13 |
| Tigerman, Stanley | Architecture | United States | 17 |
| Pelli, Cesar | Architecture | United States | 6 |
| Eisenman, Peter | Architecture | United States | 25 |
| Scott Brown, Denise | Architecture, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design | United States | 49 |
| McKown, Zack | Architecture | United States | 6 |
| Wurman, Richard Saul | Architecture, Graphic Design | United States | 16 |
| Oldham, Todd | Architecture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 37 |
| Holl, Steven | Architecture | United States | 27 |
| Piscuskas, David | Architecture | United States | 17 |
| Cooper, Alexander | Architecture | United States | 21 |
| Freelon, Philip | Architecture | United States | 11 |
| Meier, Richard | Architecture, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 40 |
| Riley, Terence | Architecture | United States | 24 |
| Dykers, Craig | Architecture | Norway, United States | 26 |
| Venturi, Robert | Architecture, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design | United States | 49 |
| Tolla, Ada | Architecture | Italy, United States | 13 |
| Dubbeldam, Winka | Architecture | United States | 11 |
| Caan, Shashi | Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design | United Kingdom, United States | 11 |
| Graves, Michael | Architecture, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 16 |
| Holm, Jens | Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design | Denmark, United States | 13 |
| Williams, Tod | Architecture | United States | 9 |
| Tsien, Billie | Architecture | United States | 10 |
| Kundig, Tom | Architecture | United States | 7 |
| Pennoyer, Peter | Architecture | United States | 16 |
| Tihany, Adam | Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 8 |
| Riehm, Juergen | Architecture | United States | 18 |
| Sorkin, Michael | Architecture | United States | 38 |
| Meyers, Victoria | Architecture | United States | 16 |
| Idenburg, Florian | Architecture | United States | 14 |
| Solomonoff, Galia | Architecture | United States | 17 |
| Robertson, Jaquelin | Architecture | United States | 31 |
| Ambasz, Emilio | Architecture, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 7 |
| Predock, Antoine | Architecture, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 18 |
| Biber, James | Architecture | United States | 19 |
| Gang, Jeanne | Architecture | United States | 19 |
| Tsao, Calvin | Architecture | United States | 6 |
| Scofidio, Ricardo | Architecture, Urban Design | United States | 14 |
| Hodgetts, Craig | Architecture, Graphic Design | United States | 17 |
| Denari, Neil | Architecture | United States | 22 |
| Moss, Eric Owen | Architecture | United States | 51 |
| Georgis, William | Architecture, Interior Design | United States | 4 |
| Norten, Enrique | Architecture, Urban Design | Mexico, United States | 13 |
| Manfredi, Michael | Architecture | United States | 14 |
| McCurry, Margaret | Architecture, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 28 |
| Libeskind, Daniel | Architecture | United States | 12 |
| Diller, Elizabeth | Architecture, Urban Design | United States | 14 |
| Duany, Andrés | Architecture, Urban Design | United States | 11 |
| Jacobsen, Hugh Newell | Architecture | United States | 11 |
| Berke, Deborah | Architecture | United States | 19 |
