Michael Bierut

Graphic Designer / United States / Pentagram

Michael Bierut’s Book List

Among my favorite authors are George Lois, Paul Rand, Tom Wolfe.

7 books
S. Neil Fujita

The book in my high school library that launched me on my career at the age of 15, by the man who designed the Columbia Records logo and the book cover for Mario Puzo’s 1968 novel The Godfather.

Jerry Della Femina

Real-time account of the advertising world of the “Mad Men” years (along with George, Be Careful and Where the Suckers Moon—also on my list).

Real-time account of the advertising world of the “Mad Men” years (along with From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor and Where the Suckers Moon—also on my list).

Armin Hofmann

One of two books I owned when I graduated from high school that have almost identical titles but couldn't be more different. (See also Milton Glaser: Graphic Design.)

One of two books I owned when I graduated from high school that have almost identical titles but couldn't be more different. (See also Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice.)

Paul Rand

His first book and still the most concise and accessible.

Randall Rothenberg

Real-time account of the advertising world of the ironic 1990s (along with From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor and Where the Suckers Moon—also on my list).

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