Books by Contributors

These are the books that our invited designers, commentators, and guest contributors have written.

Nonfiction, Graphic Design

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Writing and Research for Graphic Designers	Heller, Steven	Rockport Publishers
Words into Pictures	Gill, Bob	Images Publishing
Women of Design	Gomez-Palacio, Bryony et al.	HOW Books
Women in Graphic Design 1890–2012	Breuer, Gerda et al.	JOVIS
Women Holding Things	Kalman, Maira	Harper Design
Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey	Brook, Tony et al.	Unit Editions
Where Would the Button Be without the Button Hole?	Tscherny, George	RIT Press
What’s the Big Idea?	Lois, George	Doubleday
What We See When We Read	Mendelsund, Peter	Random House
Watching Words Move	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Chronicle Books
Vignelli From A to Z	Vignelli, Massimo	Images Publishing
The Vignelli Canon	Vignelli, Massimo	Lars Müller Publishers
Vietato l’Ingresso agli addetti al lavoro	Romanelli, Marco	Edizioni Corraini
Vaughan Oliver: Visceral Pleasures	Poynor, Rick	Booth-Clibborn
Unspecial Effects for Graphic Designers	Gill, Bob	Graphis
Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design	Poynor, Rick	Moravian Gallery
Umberto Riva: muovendo dalla pittura	Danese, Bruno et al.	Association Jacqueline Vodoz et Bruno Danese
Über Schrift	Spiekermann, Erik	Hermann Schmidt
Typology	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Typography Sketchbooks	Heller, Steven et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Typography Now Two: Implosion	Poynor, Rick	Booth-Clibborn
Typography Now: The Next Wave	Poynor, Rick et al.	Booth-Clibborn
Typographica	Poynor, Rick	Princeton Architectural Press
Typographic Universe	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
Typewise	Hinrichs, Kit et al.	North Light Books
Type Tells Tales	Heller, Steven et al.	Yale University Press
Type Speaks	Heller, Steven et al.	Abrams
Type Only	Sinclair, Mark et al.	Unit Editions
Type on Screen	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
20th Century Classic Cars	Heimann, Jim et al.	TASCHEN
TM: Trademarks Designed by Chermayeff & Geismar	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist	Bierut, Michael et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
33	Wurman, Richard Saul	Greenway Communications
Thinking with Type	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Things I have learned in my life so far, Updated Edition	Sagmeister, Stefan	Abrams
Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far	Sagmeister, Stefan	Abrams
Teaching Graphic Design History	Heller, Steven	Allworth Press
Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing	Fox, Mark et al.	The Monacelli Press
Symbol (Mini Edition)	Bateman, Steven et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Symbol	Hyland, Angus et al.	Laurence King Publishing
The Swastika	Heller, Steven	Allworth Press
Suspects, Smokers, Soldiers, and Salesladies: Collages by Ivan Chermayeff	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Lars Müller Publishers
Supernew Supergraphics	Brook, Tony et al.	Unit Editions
Supergraphics—Transforming Space	Brook, Tony et al.	Unit Editions
Sundance Film Festival A to Z	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Stylepedia	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Studio Culture	Brook, Tony et al.	Unit Editions
Studentenfutter	Spiekermann, Erik	Context GmbH
Streamline	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works	Spiekermann, Erik	Adobe Press
Stop Stealing Sheep, 4th edition	Spiekermann, Erik	TOC
Some People Can’t Surf: The Graphic Design of Art Chantry	Lasky, Julie	Chronicle Books
Skin: Substance, Surface, and Design	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Sketch	Rashid, Karim	Frame Publishers
Shazam!	Kidd, Chip et al.	Abrams
Shadow Type	Heller, Steven et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Seymour: The Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast	Chwast, Seymour	Chronicle Books
Seymour Chwast: At War with War	Chwast, Seymour	Pushpin Editions
Seymour Chwast: Inspiration and Process in Design	Heller, Steven	Princeton Architectural Press
Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design	Bierut, Michael	Princeton Architectural Press
Self-Portrait as Your Traitor	Millman, Debbie et al.	HOW Books
Scripts	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media, and Visual Culture	Helfand, Jessica	Princeton Architectural Press
Scrapbooks: An American History	Helfand, Jessica	Yale University Press
The Savage Mirror	Heller, Steven et al.	Watson-Guptill
Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material	Sagmeister, Stefan et al.	Abrams
Ricostruzione teorica di un artista: Bruno Munari	Danese, Bruno et al.	Association Jacqueline Vodoz et Bruno Danese
Rhyme & Reason: A Typographic Novel	Spiekermann, Erik	H. Berthold
Reinventing the Wheel	Helfand, Jessica	Princeton Architectural Press
The Push Pin Graphic	Chwast, Seymour	Chronicle Books
The Principles of Uncertainty	Kalman, Maira	Penguin
Poster Man: 50 Years of Iconic Graphic Design	Chwast, Seymour et al.	Schiffer Publishing
Pino Tovaglia: La regola che corregge l’emozione (Pino Tovaglia: The Rule that Corrects Emotion)	Pitis, Massimo	Edizioni Corraini
The Pentagram Papers	Hinrichs, Kit et al.	Chronicle Books
Pen and Mouse	Hyland, Angus et al.	Watson-Guptill
Paul Rand: American Modernist	Helfand, Jessica	Winterhouse Editions
Paul Rand	Heller, Steven	Phaidon Press
Paradigmaticità delle arti decorative	Danese, Bruno et al.	Association Jacqueline Vodoz et Bruno Danese
100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design	Heller, Steven et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Obey the Giant: Life in the Image World	Poynor, Rick	Birkhäuser
Nudging Graphic Design	VanderLans, Rudy	Princeton Architectural Press
Now is Better	Sagmeister, Stefan	Phaidon Press
No More Rules: Graphic Design and Postmodernism	Poynor, Rick	Yale University Press
New Vintage Type	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
New Ornamental Type	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
New Modernist Type	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
Multiple Signatures	Rock, Michael	Rizzoli International Publications
Morla : Design	Morla, Jennifer	Letterform Archive
More Logos A to Z	Fili, Louise	Louise Fili
More Dark Than Shark	Poynor, Rick et al.	Faber & Faber
The Moderns	Heller, Steven et al.	Abrams
Mixing Messages	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Minimum Means, Maximum Meaning	Tscherny, George	Southeast University Press
Milton Glaser: POP	Heller, Steven et al.	The Monacelli Press
Milton Glaser: Graphic Design	Glaser, Milton	Overlook Press
Merz to Emigre and Beyond	Heller, Steven	Phaidon Press
Marian Bantjes: Pretty Pictures	Bantjes, Marian	Metropolis Books
Maps	Scher, Paula	Princeton Architectural Press
Make It Bigger	Scher, Paula	Princeton Architectural Press
Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines	Glaser, Milton et al.	Columbia University Press
Made You Look	Sagmeister, Stefan	Abrams
Made with FontFont	Spiekermann, Erik et al.	BIS Publishers
Looking Closer 3: Critical Writings on Graphic Design	Bierut, Michael et al.	Allworth Press
Looking Back: Freeman Lau’s Poster Design (倒後看- 劉小康海報設計)	Lau, Freeman	Kan & Lau Design Consultants (靳與劉設計顧問)
Logos A to Z Three	Fili, Louise	Louise Fili
Logos A to Z	Fili, Louise	Louise Fili
LogoMania	Gill, Bob	Rockport Publishers
Illustration: Aspects and Directions	Gill, Bob et al.	Reinhold
Lella and Massimo Vignelli: Design is One	Vignelli, Massimo et al.	Images Publishing
The Left-Handed Designer	Chwast, Seymour	Abrams
Kid Made Modern: All About Fabric Printing	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Embroidery	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Dye	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Collage	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Ken Garland	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Unit Editions
John Rombola: Eclectic Eccentric	Vienne, Véronique	Allworth Press
John Margolies: Roadside America	Margolies, John et al.	TASCHEN
Jan van Toorn: Critical Practice	Poynor, Rick	nai010 Publishers
Ivan Chermayeff Collages	Chermayeff, Ivan	Abrams
Italian Art Deco	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
It Is What It Is	Rock, Michael	2x4, Inc.
Iron Fists	Heller, Steven	Phaidon Press
Innovators of American Illustration	Heller, Steven	Van Nostrand Reinhold
Information Architects	Wurman, Richard Saul et al.	Graphis
Information Anxiety 2	Wurman, Richard Saul	Que
Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
In Search of the Miraculous	Glaser, Milton et al.	Overlook Press
Illustration	Gill, Bob	Images Publishing
Identify	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Print Publishing
I Wonder	Bantjes, Marian	The Monacelli Press
I Heart Design	Heller, Steven	Rockport Publishers
How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer	Millman, Debbie	Allworth Press
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Princeton Architectural Press
How Posters Work	Lupton, Ellen	Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Highway	Polster, Bernd et al.	Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Herb Lubalin	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Unit Editions
Hello, I am Erik	Erler, Johannes	Gestalten
Handwritten	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
Hand to Eye	Hyland, Angus et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Hall of Femmes: Tomoko Miho	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Ruth Ansel	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Paula Scher	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Lella Vignelli	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Janet Froelich	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Carin Goldberg	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Growing Up Underground	Heller, Steven	Princeton Architectural Press
Graphic Wit	Heller, Steven et al.	Watson-Guptill
Graphic Thought Facility: Resourceful Design	Ryan, Zoë	Art Institute of Chicago; distributed by Yale University Press
Graphic Style	Heller, Steven et al.	Abrams
The Graphic Edge	Poynor, Rick	Booth-Clibborn
Graphic Design: Visual Comparisons	Gill, Bob et al.	Reinhold
Graphic Design: A User’s Manual	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Laurence King Publishing
Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Graphic Design as a Second Language	Gill, Bob	Images Publishing
The Graphic Design Portfolio: How to Make a Good One	Scher, Paula	Watson-Guptill
Graphic Design: Now in Production	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Walker Art Center; distributed by D.A.P.
Graphic Design: The New Basics	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Graphic Design Made Difficult	Gill, Bob	Van Nostrand Reinhold
Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age	Rothschild, Deborah et al.	Yale University Press
The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days	Kidd, Chip	Abrams
Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design	Kidd, Chip	Workman
German Modern	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
George Lois on His Creation of the Big Idea	Lois, George	Assouline
George Lois: The Esquire Covers @ MoMA	Lois, George	Assouline
George, Be Careful	Lois, George	Saturday Review Press
David Adjaye’s Geo-Graphics	Adjaye, David	BOZAR
FUSE 1-20	Brody, Neville et al.	TASCHEN
French Modern	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Forget All the Rules You Ever Learned About Graphic Design, Including the Ones in This Book	Gill, Bob	Watson-Guptill
FontBook: Digital Typeface Compendium	Spiekermann, Erik et al.	FontShop International
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon	Bernstein, Dennis et al.	Paper Crown Press
FHK Henrion	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Unit Editions
Euro Deco	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
The Essential Principles of Graphic Design	Millman, Debbie	HOW Books
Essays: Scratching the Surface	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Unit Editions
Enfolding Life (生活與承載)	Lau, Freeman	Kan & Lau Design Consultants (靳與劉設計顧問)
The End	VanderLans, Rudy	Princeton Architectural Press
Emigre No: 70: The Look Back Issue	VanderLans, Rudy	Gingko Press
Emigre 43	VanderLans, Rudy	Drukkerij Rosbeek
Emigre (The Book)	VanderLans, Rudy et al.	John Wiley & Sons
The Elements of Style (illustrated)	Strunk, William et al.	Penguin
Elegantissima	Fili, Louise et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
The Education of An Art Director	Heller, Steven et al.	Allworth Press
Dutch Moderne	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Drawing Is Thinking	Glaser, Milton	Overlook Press
D.I.Y. Kids	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Dimensional Typography	Miller, J. Abbott	Princeton Architectural Press
Digipop	Rashid, Karim	TASCHEN
“Dialog”	Carbone, Ken et al.	Pointed Leaf Press
Designing Pornotopia: Travels in Visual Culture	Poynor, Rick	Princeton Architectural Press
Designing:	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Graphis
A Designer’s Guide to Italy	Fili, Louise	Louise Fili
The Designer’s Guide to Astounding Photoshop Effects	Heller, Steven et al.	HOW Books
Design: una storia italiana	Romanelli, Marco	Skira
Design/Writing/Research: Writing on Graphic Design	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Phaidon Press
Design Without Boundaries: Visual Communication in Transition	Poynor, Rick	Booth-Clibborn
Design: Vignelli	Vignelli, Massimo et al.	Rizzoli International Publications
Design Nord-Est: Renata Bonfanti, Fulvio Bianconi, Mario Pinton, Gastone Rinaldi, Carlo Scarpa, Gino Valle	Romanelli, Marco et al.	Editrice Abitare Segesta
Design Disasters	Heller, Steven et al.	Allworth Press
Design Connoiseur	Heller, Steven et al.	Allworth Press
Departures: Five Milestone Font Families by Emigre	VanderLans, Rudy	Emigre
Deco España	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
David King Designer: Activist, Visual Historian	Poynor, Rick	Yale University Press
Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)	Lois, George	Phaidon Press
Covering the ’60s	Lois, George	The Monacelli Press
Cover Story	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Cover	Mendelsund, Peter	powerHouse Books
Conundrums	Pearce, Harry	HarperCollins
Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design Since the Sixties	Poynor, Rick	Yale University Press
CMYK (設入點 : 劉小康的CMYK創意學, Traditional Chinese Version)	Lau, Freeman	Enrich Publishing
CMYK (从设计到产业 :刘小康的CMYK创意学, Simplified Chinese Version)	Lau, Freeman	China Renmin University Press
Chip Kidd, Book One: Work 1986–2006	Kidd, Chip	Rizzoli International Publications
Chip Kidd	Vienne, Véronique	Yale University Press
Charley Harper’s Animal Kingdom	Harper, Charley et al.	AMMO Books
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life	Oldham, Todd et al.	AMMO Books
Changing Faces	Tscherny, George	Princeton Architectural Press
Catalog	Goldberg, Carin	Stewart, Tabori & Chang
C/ID: Visual Identity and Branding for the Arts	Hyland, Angus et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Brno Echo	Miller, J. Abbott	Moravian Gallery
British Modern	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits	Millman, Debbie	Allworth Press
Brand Bible: The Complete Guide to Building, Designing and Sustaining Brands	Millman, Debbie	Rockport Publishers
Borrowed Design: Use and Abuse of Historical Form	Heller, Steven et al.	Van Nostrand Reinhold
Born Modern	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Bob Gill’s Portfolio	Gill, Bob	Lund Humphries
Bob Gill, so far.	Gill, Bob	Laurence King Publishing
Becoming a Graphic Designer	Heller, Steven	John Wiley & Sons
Becoming a Digital Designer	Heller, Steven et al.	John Wiley & Sons
Beauty	Sagmeister, Stefan et al.	Phaidon Press
Batman Collected	Kidd, Chip	Watson-Guptill
Batman Animated	Kidd, Chip et al.	Harper and IT Books
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan	Kidd, Chip	Pantheon
Barnbrook Bible	Barnbrook, Jonathan	Rizzoli International Publications
Artist & Alphabet	Koeth, Alice et al.	David R. Godine
The Art of Advertising: George Lois on Mass Communication	Lois, George	Abrams
Art Is Work	Glaser, Milton	Overlook Press
Art Direction Explained, At Last!	Heller, Steven et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Archaeology of the Digital	Lynn, Greg	Sternberg Press
Aperto Vetro	Romanelli, Marco	Electa
And the Pursuit of Happiness	Kalman, Maira	Penguin
The Anatomy of Design	Heller, Steven et al.	Rockport Publishers
American Typeplay	Heller, Steven et al.	PBC International
Alexander Girard	Oldham, Todd et al.	AMMO Books
Alex Steinweiss: The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover	Reagan, Kevin et al.	TASCHEN
The ABC’s of Bauhaus: The Bauhaus and Design Theory	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Abbott Miller: Design and Content	Miller, J. Abbott	Princeton Architectural Press

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Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister

Now is Better

By Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: October 2023

Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope.

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Design Emergency: Building a Better Future by Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli

Design Emergency: Building a Better Future

By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022

Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes—Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology—the authors present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.

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Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman

Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People

By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022

Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.

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Milton Glaser: POP by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber

Milton Glaser: POP

By Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: March 2023

This collection of work from graphci design legend Milton Glaser’s Pop period features hundreds of examples of the designer’s work that have not been seen since their original publication, demonstrating the graphic revolution that transformed design and popular culture.

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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange

Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

By Alexandra Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: June 2022

Chronicles postwar architects’ and merchants’ invention of the shopping mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. Publishers Weekly writes, “Contending that malls answer ‘the basic human need’ of bringing people together, influential design critic Lange advocates for retrofitting abandoned shopping centers into college campuses, senior housing, and ‘ethnocentric marketplaces’ catering to immigrant communities. Lucid and well researched, this is an insightful study of an overlooked and undervalued architectural form.”

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Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition) by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller

Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition)

By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Publisher: Letterform Archives Books
Published: October 2023

This facsimile edition of Die Fläche, recreates every page of the formative design periodical in full color and at original size, accompanied by essays that contextualize the work, highlighting contributions by pathbreaking women, innovative lettering artists, and key practitioners of the new “surface art,” including Rudolf von Larisch, Alfred Roller, and Wiener Werkstätte founders Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann.

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