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