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Last month, I received an email message from someone setting up a new graphic design department at a university.
Written by Terri Stone on November 5, 2007
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Last month, I received an email message from someone setting up a new graphic design department at a university. Her design library budget was limited, so she was looking for must-have book recommendations. While it was a hard question to answer because "must-have" depends on the goals of the program and the students, I told her five that I wouldn't want to be without:
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst.
Grid Systems by Josef Müller-Brockman.
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy.
Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton.
The Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler.
To read what others recommended and add your own titles, go to the VoxBox responses page.
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Must Have Book!
The Mac is Not a Typewriter by Robin Williams
Should be required reading for EVERYONE with a keyboard and not just Graphic Designers. Anyone who refuses to read it should be beaten with a rolled up copy until they capitulate!
Five books and a magazine for a new graphic design program
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst; The Non-Designers Design Book by Robin Williams; Universal Principles of Design by Lidwell, Holden and Butler; The Big Book of Design Ideas by David Carter; Color Index by Jim Krause; Before & After Magazine
Desert Island Reading
I recommend "Graphically Speaking" by Mark Beach
My list of five
Nigel French - InDesign Type: Professional Typography
David Bergsland - Introduction to Digital Publishing
Dan Margulis - Profession Photoshop
Robin Williams, Sandee Cohen - Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book
Leslie Cabarga - Logo, Font & Lettering Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Construction and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols
Desert Island Reading picks
The Elements of Typographic Style by R. Bringhurst
The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press
A History of Graphic Design by Philip Meggs
Anatomy of a Typeface by Alexander Lawson
Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students by Ellen Lupton
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Desert Island Reading - five books I recommend for a new graphic
In no particular order:
- "Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color" (Eiseman) / Grafix Press
- "Style manual: for authors, editors and printers" - Sixth edition 2002 (Australian Government Department of Finance and Administration) / Wiley Australia
- Any or all in the "Wow! Book" series / Peachpit Press
- "Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)" (Lupton) / Princeton Architectural Press
- "Universal Principles of Design" (Lidwell, Holden & Butler) / Rockport Publishers
Also Useful:
- "The CSS Anthology - 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks" (Andrew) / Sitepoint
- "Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual" (Muller-Brockman) / Hastings House Publishers
Good reading!
Andrew MacFarlane