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.
35 designers
| Glaser, Milton | Graphic Design | United States | 18 |
| Sagmeister, Stefan | Graphic Design | United States | 10 |
| Morla, Jennifer | Graphic Design | United States | 9 |
| Krishnamurthy, Prem | Graphic Design | United States | 8 |
| Fili, Louise | Graphic Design | United States | 35 |
| Bierut, Michael | Graphic Design | United States | 21 |
| Tscherny, George | Graphic Design | United States | 11 |
| Fox, Mark | Graphic Design | United States | 5 |
| Heller, Steven | Graphic Design | United States | 49 |
| Helfand, Jessica | Graphic Design | United States | 14 |
| Chermayeff, Ivan | Graphic Design | United States | 22 |
| Kidd, Chip | Graphic Design | United States | 16 |
| Anderson, Gail | Graphic Design | United States | 24 |
| Gill, Bob | Graphic Design | United States | 26 |
| Sussman, Deborah | Graphic Design, Interior Design | United States | 14 |
| VanderLans, Rudy | Graphic Design | United States | 22 |
| Green, Nancye | Graphic Design | United States | 33 |
| Lois, George | Graphic Design | United States | 24 |
| de Bretteville, Sheila Levrant | Graphic Design | United States | 7 |
| Carbone, Ken | Graphic Design | United States | 19 |
| Kalman, Maira | Graphic Design | United States | 26 |
| Goldberg, Carin | Graphic Design | United States | 37 |
| Haviv, Sagi | Graphic Design | United States | 9 |
| Vignelli, Massimo | Graphic Design | United States | 36 |
| Maeda, John | Graphic Design | United States | 11 |
| Scher, Paula | Graphic Design | United States | 22 |
| Hodgetts, Craig | Architecture, Graphic Design | United States | 17 |
| Oldham, Todd | Architecture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design | United States | 37 |
| Wurman, Richard Saul | Architecture, Graphic Design | United States | 16 |
| Hinrichs, Kit | Graphic Design | United States | 55 |
| Chwast, Seymour | Graphic Design | United States | 14 |
| Mendelsund, Peter | Graphic Design | United States | 15 |
| Geismar, Tom | Graphic Design | United States | 17 |
| Miller, Abbott | Graphic Design | United States | 21 |
| Licko, Zuzana | Graphic Design | United States | 10 |
