A short selection of the things I've been reading lately. Lots of focus on design theory and practice including the proverbially overused "design thinking." This list includes some favorite rereads as well as some books I've just read for the first time but now seem destined to be dusted off and brought back out to read in the future.
Change By Design | Tim Brown
Design Writing Research | Ellen Lupton and Abbott Miller
The Fountainhead | Ayn Rand
How to Think Like a Graphic Designer | Debbie Millman
Grid Systems in Graphic Design | Josef Müller-Brockmann
The Elements of Typographic Style | Robert Bringhurst
Type: The Secret History of Letters | Simon Loxley
How to be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul | Adrian Shaughnessy
And finally, while not a book, I think it only fair to mention my reading of the rad magazine,
Uppercase. This quarterly magazine deserves a separate blog post (at a future date) but for now, it's safe to say this inspiring magazine is one not to miss and one I eagerly turn to and recharge my creativity with.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
by Matthew Marosz
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