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.
180 designers
Bernard, Pierre Graphic Design France 6
Rashid, Karim Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 17
Holm, Jens Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design Denmark, United States 13
St. Clair, Temple Jewelry Design United States 17
Coward, Tom Architecture United Kingdom 16
Rock, Michael Graphic Design United States 13
Maeda, John Graphic Design United States 11
Lynn, Greg Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 32
Hyland, Angus Graphic Design United Kingdom 26
Munari, Cleto Product/Industrial Design Italy 14
Hinrichs, Kit Graphic Design United States 55
Geismar, Tom Graphic Design United States 17
Crasset, Matali Product/Industrial Design France 6
Idenburg, Florian Architecture United States 14
Moussavi, Farshid Architecture United Kingdom 9
Carbone, Ken Graphic Design United States 19
Fili, Louise Graphic Design United States 36
Ratti, Carlo Architecture Italy, United States 14
Balmori, Diana Landscape Design, Urban Design United States 26
Silvetti, Jorge Architecture, Urban Design United States 18
Bridges, Sheila Interior Design United States 10
Zucchi, Cino Architecture, Landscape Design, Urban Design Italy 15
Riley, Terence Architecture United States 24
Miller, Abbott Graphic Design United States 23
Deganello, Paolo Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design Italy 17
Gill, Bob Graphic Design United States 26
Scofidio, Ricardo Architecture, Urban Design United States 14
Zeisel, Eva Product/Industrial Design United States 2
Gang, Jeanne Architecture United States 19
Thun, Matteo Architecture, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design Italy 7
Holl, Steven Architecture United States 27
Kalman, Maira Graphic Design United States 30
Freelon, Philip Architecture United States 11
Dykers, Craig Architecture Norway, United States 26
Tsao, Calvin Architecture United States 6
Bouroullec, Ronan Product/Industrial Design France 11
Tsien, Billie Architecture United States 10
Tolla, Ada Architecture Italy, United States 13
Solomonoff, Galia Architecture United States 17
Brown, Tim Product/Industrial Design United States 15
Pearce, Harry Graphic Design United Kingdom 11
Skibsted, Jens Martin Product/Industrial Design Denmark 9
Koeth, Alice Calligraphy United States 6
Formosa, Dan Product/Industrial Design United States 15
Sachs, Richard Bicycle Building United States 26
Tscherny, George Graphic Design United States 11
Pushelberg, Glenn Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design Canada, United States 5
Manfredi, Michael Architecture United States 14
Caan, Shashi Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United Kingdom, United States 11
Bickford-Smith, Coralie Graphic Design United Kingdom 10
Sempé, Inga Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design France 11
Mendelsund, Peter Graphic Design United States 17
Sussman, Deborah Graphic Design, Interior Design United States 14
Olivares, Jonathan Product/Industrial Design United States 6
Green, Nancye Graphic Design United States 33
Dubbeldam, Winka Architecture United States 12
Licko, Zuzana Graphic Design United States 10
Anderson, Gail Graphic Design United States 27
Riehm, Juergen Architecture United States 18
Adjaye, David Architecture United Kingdom 18
Crouwel, Wim Graphic Design The Netherlands 4
Chermayeff, Ivan Graphic Design United States 22
Hampton, Alexa Interior Design United States 72
Viemeister, Tucker Product/Industrial Design United States 4
Ruddick, Margie Landscape Design United States 10
Bohlin, Peter Architecture United States 16
de Bretteville, Sheila Levrant Graphic Design United States 7
Zwick, Carola Interaction Design, Product/Industrial Design Germany 16
Giovannoni, Stefano Product/Industrial Design Italy 12
Haviv, Sagi Graphic Design United States 9
Bakker, Gijs Jewelry Design, Product/Industrial Design The Netherlands 13
Easton, David Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 21
Krakoff, Reed Fashion Design United States 12
Biber, James Architecture United States 19
Lois, George Graphic Design United States 24
Meyers, Victoria Architecture United States 17
Burrows, Stephen Fashion Design United States 9
Pei, Guo Fashion Design China 5
Pallasmaa, Juhani Architecture Finland 18
Tigerman, Stanley Architecture United States 17
Tihany, Adam Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 9
Mizrahi, Isaac Fashion Design United States 13
Wurman, Richard Saul Architecture, Graphic Design United States 18
Scher, Paula Graphic Design United States 23
Glaser, Milton Graphic Design United States 19
Williams, Tod Architecture United States 9
Ban, Shigeru Architecture Japan 3
Lacovara, Vincent Architecture, Urban Design United Kingdom 16
Sui, Anna Fashion Design United States 13
Krishnamurthy, Prem Graphic Design United States 8
Barry, Barbara Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 1
Bierut, Michael Graphic Design United States 21
Beers, Jeffrey Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 8
Pennoyer, Peter Architecture United States 16
Berke, Deborah Architecture United States 19
Heikkinen, Mikko Architecture Finland 6
Baird, Penny Drue Interior Design France, United States 15
Van Duysen, Vincent Architecture, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design Belgium 7
Jenks, Lisa Fashion Design, Jewelry Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 26
Cooper, Alexander Architecture United States 21
Hecht, Sam Product/Industrial Design United Kingdom 6
Robertson, Jaquelin Architecture United States 31
Spiekermann, Erik Graphic Design Germany 22
Yim, Rocco Architecture Hong Kong 9
Crouwel, Mels Architecture The Netherlands 16
Raby, Fiona Architecture, Interaction Design, Product/Industrial Design United Kingdom 10
Kidd, Chip Graphic Design United States 17
Ritchie, Ian Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design United Kingdom 48
Piscuskas, David Architecture United States 17
Vignelli, Massimo Graphic Design United States 36
Denari, Neil Architecture United States 22
Frattini Magnusson, Emanuela Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 11
Lacroix, Christian Fashion Design France 27
Hodgetts, Craig Architecture, Graphic Design United States 17
Shearcroft, Geoff Architecture United Kingdom 16
Mayne, Thom Architecture United States 10
VanderLans, Rudy Graphic Design United States 22
McCurry, Margaret Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 28
Lignano, Giuseppe Architecture Italy, United States 13
Eisenman, Peter Architecture United States 25
Helfand, Jessica Graphic Design United States 14
Frenkler, Fritz Product/Industrial Design Germany 5
Ng, Ed Interior Design Hong Kong 6
Sorkin, Michael Architecture United States 38
Fisher, Jules Lighting Design United States 5
Libeskind, Daniel Architecture United States 35
Pitis, Massimo Graphic Design Italy 17
Jacobsen, Hugh Newell Architecture United States 11
Bilhuber, Jeffrey Interior Design United States 14
Lehrer, Warren Graphic Design United States 33
Marantz, Paul Lighting Design United States 9
de la Torre, Ernest Interior Design United States 6
Castle, Wendell Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Hannah, Bruce Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Foster, Norman Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United Kingdom 52
Fox, Mark Graphic Design United States 10
Magnusson, Carl Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Goldberg, Carin Graphic Design United States 37
Graves, Michael Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Lau, Freeman Graphic Design, Product/Industrial Design China 16
Moss, Eric Owen Architecture United States 51
Oldham, Todd Architecture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 37
Mayer H., Jürgen Architecture, Cultural Interpretation, Urban Design Germany 21
Venturi, Robert Architecture, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design United States 49
Morrison, Jasper Product/Industrial Design United Kingdom 18
Froud, Daisy Cultural Interpretation United Kingdom 16
Fujimoto, Sou Architecture Japan 7
Massaud, Jean-Marie Architecture, Product/Industrial Design France 6
Predock, Antoine Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 18
Scott Brown, Denise Architecture, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design United States 49
Diller, Elizabeth Architecture, Urban Design United States 14
Kundig, Tom Architecture United States 7
Georgis, William Architecture, Interior Design United States 6
Diffrient, Niels Product/Industrial Design United States 20
Yabu, George Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design Canada, United States 6
Dunne, Anthony Interaction Design, Product/Industrial Design United Kingdom 10
Chwast, Seymour Graphic Design United States 16
Morla, Jennifer Graphic Design United States 10
Adler, Jonathan Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Ambasz, Emilio Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 7
Rowley, Cynthia Fashion Design United States 14
Rucci, Ralph Fashion Design United States 16
Bangle, Chris Car Design Italy 11
Weeks, David Product/Industrial Design United States 5
Rockwell, David Architecture, Interior Design, Scenic Design United States 15
Esslinger, Hartmut Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Barnbrook, Jonathan Graphic Design United Kingdom 11
Wassmann, Christian Architecture United States 13
Meier, Richard Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 40
Lin, Maya Architecture United States 5
Bernett, Jeffrey Product/Industrial Design United States 8
de Vries, Nathalie Architecture, Urban Design The Netherlands 18
Norten, Enrique Architecture, Urban Design Mexico, United States 13
Bakker, Aldo Product/Industrial Design The Netherlands 11
Hardy, Hugh Architecture United States 11
Heller, Steven Graphic Design United States 59
McKown, Zack Architecture United States 6
Pelli, Cesar Architecture United States 6
Sagmeister, Stefan Graphic Design United States 13
Duany, Andrés Architecture, Urban Design United States 11