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