Chosen Books

Invited designers and commentators have chosen these as the books that inspire them and that have shaped their worldview or their ideas about design.
103 books
A Treasury of Scandinavian Design Zahle, Erik Comments:
Sori Yanagi Design Yanagi, Sori (Munemichi)
Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago Wingler, Hans
Modernism: Designing a New World, 1914–1939 Wilk, Christopher
Industrial Design, Unikate, Serienerzeugnisse Wichmann, Hans
Bart van der Leck van Kooten, Toos
Russian Decorative Arts 1917-1937 Tolstoy, Vladimir
Design After Modernism: Beyond the Object Thackara, John
Les Créateurs du temps Takahashi, Kazuyuki
Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams Suntory Museum,
The Language of Things Sudjic, Deyan
Shaping Things Sterling, Bruce
Clapton’s Guitar St. John, Allen
An Introduction to Design and Culture in the Twentieth Century Sparke, Penny
As Long as It’s Pink Sparke, Penny
Scritto di notte (Written at Night) Sottsass, Ettore
The Furniture of Poul Kjaerholm Sheridan, Michael
Acquired of the Angels Schmidt, Paul William
The Roots of Modern Design Schaefer, Herwin
100 Best Bikes Sardar, Zahid
Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi: Best of Friends Sadao, Shoji et al.
Archtop Guitars Pensa, Rudy
Antonio de Torres: Guitar Maker—His Life & Work Romanillos, Jose L.
Art Deco Jewelry Raulet, Sylvie
Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures and Successes of New Design Radice, Barbara
American Design Ethic Pulos, Arthur J.
An Illustrated History of Furnishing Praz, Mario
Dunbar: Fine Furniture of the 1950s Piña, Leslie
Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius Pevsner, Nikolaus
Mackintosh to Mollino Ostergard, Derek E.
Alexander Girard Oldham, Todd et al.
The Art of Papercraft Ogawa, Kiroshi
Enzo Mari Mari, Enzo et al.
The Design of Everyday Things Norman, Donald
Josef Hoffmann Designs Noever, Peter
Eames Design Neuhart, John et al.
Problems of Design Nelson, George
The Soul of a Tree Nakashima, George
Alec Issigonis Nahum, Andrew
Donald Judd Furniture: Retrospective Judd, Donald et al.
Jean Royère Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris,
Designing Interactions Moggridge, Bill
Sentinel Mead, Syd
The Survival of the Bark Canoe McPhee, John
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things McDonough, William et al.
The Violin Maker Marchese, John
Disegno industriale: Un riesame (Industrial Design: A Review) Maldonado, Tomás
The Box Levinson, Marc
Designer: No Name Lenskog, Torbjörn
Enfolding Life (生活與承載) Lau, Freeman
A Century of Automotive Style Lamm, Michael et al.
The Shape of Time Kubler, George
Women Designers in the USA, 1900–2000 Kirkham, Pat
Charles and Ray Eames Kirkham, Pat
Donald Judd: Raume Spaces Judd, Donald et al.
Kelly Johnson, Clarence L. "Kelly"
Furniture from British India and Ceylon Jaffer, Amin
Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft Jackson, Paul A.
20th Century Pattern Design: Textile and Wallpaper Pioneers Jackson, Lesley
Katachi Iwamiya, Takeji
In Praise of Slowness Honoré, Carl
Design Since 1945 Hiesinger, Kathryn
Toothpicks and Logos Heskett, John
Designing Design Hara, Kenya
The Magic of a People Girard, Alexander
Super Normal Fukasawa, Naoto et al.
Design Activism Fuad-Luke, Alastair
Bookmarks (Georgetti, Le Mostre) Ferreri, Marco
A Fine Line Esslinger, Hartmut
Design 1935–1965: What Modern Was Eidelberg, Martin
Phaidon Design Classics Editors of Phaidon Press,
Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding Duncan, Alastair et al.
Designing for People Dreyfuss, Henry
Eureka! de Bono, Edward
Richard Sachs: Bicycle Maker Czerula, Nick et al.
One Gear Cossu, Matteo
Hidden Forms Clivio, Franco et al.
Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision, 1925–1950 Clark, Robert J.
Russian Furniture: The Golden Age 1780–1840 Chenevière, Antoine
Emotionally Durable Design Chapman, Jonathan
Jean-Michel Frank Chanaux, Adolphe et al.
By Design Caplan, Ralph
Perché un libro su Enzo Mari (Why Write a Book on Enzo Mari) Burkhardt, François et al.
Les Années “25” Brunhammer, Yvonne
Eliot Noyes Bruce, Gordon
Marianne Brandt Brockhage, Hans et al.
La Crisi della Qualità (The Quality Crisis) Branzi, Andrea
Wiener Werkstätte, Design in Vienna 1903-1932 Brandstätter, Christian
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec Bouroullec, Ronan et al.
Irma Boom: Biography in Books Boom, Irma
Jean Puiforcat Bonneville, Françoise de
KGID Bohm, Florian
Hans J. Wegner Bernsen, Jens
Maarten van Severen Bekaert, Gert
Purdey’s Beaumont, Richard
The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Baroni, Daniele
That Shop in Via Montenapoleone Barbiellini Amidei, Gaspare et al.
Design by Choice Banham, Reyner et al.
Enzo Mari—Sixty Paperweights: The Intellectual Work Ascari, Alessio et al.
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution Anderson, Chris
Italy: The New Domestic Landscape Ambasz, Emilio
The World as Design Aicher, Otl
Eileen Gray Adam, Peter
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