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Designing with Type, 5th Edition: The Essential Guide to Typography, authored by James Craig and Irene Korol Scala, is a comprehensive and indispensable resource for typography enthusiasts. With updated content and full-color images, the book covers fundamental principles, historical developments, and practical aspects of typography, emphasizing its importance in conveying meaning and emotions. It explores the role of technology in contemporary typography and delves into the artistry and aesthetics of design, offering valuable guidance on effectively incorporating type in various mediums.
Do the F*cking Work: Lowbrow Advice for High-Level Creativity is a candid and straightforward guide that emphasizes the importance of taking action, overcoming creative blocks, embracing discomfort, and cultivating the discipline to unlock one's creative potential. The book encourages readers to actively seek inspiration, embrace failure, take risks, and surround themselves with a supportive community.
Compiled by Jesse Reed and Hamish Smith, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graphics Standards Manual is a meticulously crafted brand book that details the graphic design standards of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The manual was originally published in 1975 and has since become an iconic artifact of American design.
Thinking With Type is the go-to guide to learning and using typography in visual communication. This book focuses on the essentials like typefaces, typesetting, hierarchy, alignment, and using the grid.
Bringing together advice from over 90 of the world’s most iconic creative directors, The Eye brings readers behind the scenes how some of the most influential readers succeed in their fields.
Marking their 21st year in the design industry, Stockholm Design Lab compiled their work to create a monograph that features over 550 pages of work, inspiration, and insight in their creative processes and portfolio.
How To is Michael Bierut's monograph of his work at Vignelli Associates and Pentagram as well as his manifesto. This book features over 35 of his projects ranging in brand identities, poster designs, and experience design, and publication design. Bierut shares his design philosophy as well as his process through each project. How To is one of the most important books in the industry and there’s no secret as to why.
Run! Studio! Run! is a creative business guide written by the Creative Director, Eli Altman. This guide focuses on helping creative leaders look at their business’ critically, and honestly, to help them do the work they want to do.
Make it Now is a blend of monograph, advice, and auto-biography by graphic designer, Anthony Burrill. This is his second of four books, and includes examples of his work and stories from his life up until 2016. Make it Now offers advice on various topics like finding inspiration, communication, and creating self-initiated work. Burrille weaves his personal experience throughout the advice that provides a glimpse into his life and career.
Recommendation Lists
Typography is an important foundation of graphic design. It is one of the first principles students new to graphic design learn. It is vital to the practice and there is so much to learn about it. From the design of the characters, their purposes, the types of typefaces, and using them in layouts. There is no doubt that it takes lots of time, practice, and experience before any designer can call themself a typographic master. Reading books on typography can help speed up that process just a bit. Here is the list of typography books every graphic design student needs to read:
Finding time to read is difficult. Everyone knows it's essential and has an incredible impact on health. It boosts intelligence, relieves stress, increases empathy, and it can even make people live longer. As a visual designer myself, I have had difficulty finding the time to read. But over the years, I've discovered these five tips that encouraged me to develop a reading habit where I read every day.