Designers

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.
132 designers
Zeisel, Eva Product/Industrial Design United States 2
Fox, Mark Graphic Design United States 10
Yabu, George Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design Canada, United States 6
Pennoyer, Peter Architecture United States 16
Castle, Wendell Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Green, Nancye Graphic Design United States 33
Holl, Steven Architecture United States 27
Glaser, Milton Graphic Design United States 19
Tigerman, Stanley Architecture United States 17
Adler, Jonathan Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Sagmeister, Stefan Graphic Design United States 13
Olivares, Jonathan Product/Industrial Design United States 6
Dykers, Craig Architecture Norway, United States 26
Chermayeff, Ivan Graphic Design United States 22
Viemeister, Tucker Product/Industrial Design United States 4
Koeth, Alice Calligraphy United States 6
Tsao, Calvin Architecture United States 6
Solomonoff, Galia Architecture United States 17
Sorkin, Michael Architecture United States 38
Ratti, Carlo Architecture Italy, United States 14
Predock, Antoine Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 18
Formosa, Dan Product/Industrial Design United States 15
Esslinger, Hartmut Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Lignano, Giuseppe Architecture Italy, United States 13
Geismar, Tom Graphic Design United States 17
Heller, Steven Graphic Design United States 59
Freelon, Philip Architecture United States 11
VanderLans, Rudy Graphic Design United States 22
Scher, Paula Graphic Design United States 23
Dubbeldam, Winka Architecture United States 12
Bernett, Jeffrey Product/Industrial Design United States 8
Maeda, John Graphic Design United States 11
Bohlin, Peter Architecture United States 16
Frattini Magnusson, Emanuela Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 11
Bilhuber, Jeffrey Interior Design United States 14
Tscherny, George Graphic Design United States 11
Chwast, Seymour Graphic Design United States 16
Berke, Deborah Architecture United States 19
Kalman, Maira Graphic Design United States 30
Denari, Neil Architecture United States 22
Morla, Jennifer Graphic Design United States 10
Mendelsund, Peter Graphic Design United States 17
Ruddick, Margie Landscape Design United States 10
Bridges, Sheila Interior Design United States 10
Georgis, William Architecture, Interior Design United States 6
Tihany, Adam Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 9
Rockwell, David Architecture, Interior Design, Scenic Design United States 15
Eisenman, Peter Architecture United States 25
Bierut, Michael Graphic Design United States 21
Ambasz, Emilio Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 7
Diffrient, Niels Product/Industrial Design United States 20
Tsien, Billie Architecture United States 10
Sussman, Deborah Graphic Design, Interior Design United States 14
McKown, Zack Architecture United States 6
Miller, Abbott Graphic Design United States 23
Brown, Tim Product/Industrial Design United States 15
Norten, Enrique Architecture, Urban Design Mexico, United States 13
Caan, Shashi Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United Kingdom, United States 11
Helfand, Jessica Graphic Design United States 14
Moss, Eric Owen Architecture United States 51
Hardy, Hugh Architecture United States 11
Krakoff, Reed Fashion Design United States 12
Libeskind, Daniel Architecture United States 35
Scofidio, Ricardo Architecture, Urban Design United States 14
Idenburg, Florian Architecture United States 14
Magnusson, Carl Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Meyers, Victoria Architecture United States 17
Diller, Elizabeth Architecture, Urban Design United States 14
Haviv, Sagi Graphic Design United States 9
Gill, Bob Graphic Design United States 26
Mizrahi, Isaac Fashion Design United States 13
Wurman, Richard Saul Architecture, Graphic Design United States 18
Scott Brown, Denise Architecture, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design United States 49
Piscuskas, David Architecture United States 17
Biber, James Architecture United States 19
Rock, Michael Graphic Design United States 13
Pushelberg, Glenn Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design Canada, United States 5
Lehrer, Warren Graphic Design United States 33
Baird, Penny Drue Interior Design France, United States 15
Oldham, Todd Architecture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 37
Kundig, Tom Architecture United States 7
de Bretteville, Sheila Levrant Graphic Design United States 7
Graves, Michael Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Marantz, Paul Lighting Design United States 9
Jenks, Lisa Fashion Design, Jewelry Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 26
Licko, Zuzana Graphic Design United States 10
Silvetti, Jorge Architecture, Urban Design United States 18
Rowley, Cynthia Fashion Design United States 14
Hannah, Bruce Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Manfredi, Michael Architecture United States 14
Robertson, Jaquelin Architecture United States 31
McCurry, Margaret Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 28
Barry, Barbara Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 1
Meier, Richard Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 40
Lois, George Graphic Design United States 24
Pelli, Cesar Architecture United States 6
Venturi, Robert Architecture, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design United States 49
Rucci, Ralph Fashion Design United States 16
de la Torre, Ernest Interior Design United States 6
Balmori, Diana Landscape Design, Urban Design United States 26
Jacobsen, Hugh Newell Architecture United States 11
Rashid, Karim Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 17
Sachs, Richard Bicycle Building United States 26
Carbone, Ken Graphic Design United States 19
Easton, David Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 21
Lynn, Greg Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 32
Goldberg, Carin Graphic Design United States 37
Gang, Jeanne Architecture United States 19
Hampton, Alexa Interior Design United States 72
Riehm, Juergen Architecture United States 18
Tolla, Ada Architecture Italy, United States 13
Cooper, Alexander Architecture United States 21
Lin, Maya Architecture United States 5
Fisher, Jules Lighting Design United States 5
Hodgetts, Craig Architecture, Graphic Design United States 17
Riley, Terence Architecture United States 24
Beers, Jeffrey Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 8
Vignelli, Massimo Graphic Design United States 36
Duany, Andrés Architecture, Urban Design United States 11
Mayne, Thom Architecture United States 10
Fili, Louise Graphic Design United States 36
Williams, Tod Architecture United States 9
Burrows, Stephen Fashion Design United States 9
Weeks, David Product/Industrial Design United States 5
Holm, Jens Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design Denmark, United States 13
Wassmann, Christian Architecture United States 13
Anderson, Gail Graphic Design United States 27
Krishnamurthy, Prem Graphic Design United States 8
Sui, Anna Fashion Design United States 13
Hinrichs, Kit Graphic Design United States 55
Kidd, Chip Graphic Design United States 17
St. Clair, Temple Jewelry Design United States 17