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.
Read MoreThings I Have Learned in My Life so Far by Stefan Sagmeister is a collection of his own personal maxims that he has accrued throughout his life. Each maxim is constructed into a piece of typographic work, and is separated into its own signature, resulting in a collection of booklets housed in a laser cut slip case that can be interchanged, mixed, and matched to create new cover designs.
Read MoreGrid Systems by Kimberly Elam is an overview and step-by-step guide on organizing typography within a gridded composition. This book contains over 100 visuals ranging between diagrams and design samples that epitomize the vast amount of layouts working with a simple grid can produce. Elam delves into all of the possible combinations one can create with a simple 3x3 grid in order to help design novices understand the importance and variability of the grid.
Read MoreWritten by London-based designer, Adrian Shaughnessy focuses on the how-to’s of becoming a successful graphic designer from thinking skills, education, getting a job, establishing a career, owning a studio, and where design is headed towards the future. he also features several interviews with several prolific graphic designers at the end of the book. Shaughnessy’s writing is concise, insightful, and logically charming, making this book easy to read, hard to put down, and informational no matter what stage of your career you’re in.
Read MoreWhat We See When We Read is a fully illustrated exploration of what humans see while we are reading. It focuses on how we visualize the narrative, characters, and our senses while reading fiction. Written by Peter Mendelsund, Associate Art Director of Alfred A. Knopf Publishing, this book delves into the theory of the phenomenology of what our minds do while exploring the words of our favorite books.
Read MoreHow to Have Great Ideas focuses on curating a collection of idea generative activities that can spark inspirational ideas in any creative individual. Written for designers of any background, Ingledew mixes theory and practice to help, literally, anyone come up with ideas.
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