A collection of books on the subject of design.

Curated by Bridger Tower at WIP

44 books

new-program-for-graphic-design

A *New* Program for Graphic Design

David Reinfurt

primer-of-visual-literacy

A Primer of Visual Literacy

Donis A Dondis

artandvisualperception

Art and Visual Perception

Rudolf Arnheim

Atomic Design

Atomic Design

Brad Frost

beautifulevidences

Beautiful Evidences

Edward Tufte

creativeconfidence

Creative Confidence

Tom Kelley, David Kelley

designasart

Design as Art

Bruno Munari

designforcommunication

Design for Communication

Elizabeth Resnick

designingdesign

Designing Design

Kenya Hara

designingprogrammes

Designing Programmes

Karl Gerstner

dieterrams

Dieter Rams: The Complete Works

Klaus Klemp

dontmakemethink

Don't Make Me Think

Steve Krug

emotionaldesign

Emotional Design

Don Norman

grahicdesignmanual

Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice

Armin Hofmann

Cover of the Grid Systems for Graphic Design book

Grid Systems in Graphic Design

Josef Müller-Brockmann

theprocess

Identity Designed: The Process

David Airey

Cover for the Interaction of Color

Interaction of Color

Josef Albers

itsnothowgoodyouare

It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be

Paul Arden

knowyouronions

Know Your Onions: Graphic Design

Drew de Soto

laws-of-ux

Laws of UX

Jon Yablonski

lessandmore

Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

Dieter Rams, Klaus Klemp, Keiko Ueki-Polet

livingwithcomplexity

Living with Complexity

Don Norman

logobeginnings

Logo Beginnings

Jens Mueller

logodesignlove

Logo Design Love

David Airey

logomodernism

Logo Modernism

Jens Müller, R. Roger Remington

massivechange

Massive Change

Bruce Mau

principlesofformanddesign

Principles of Form and Design

Wucius Wong

shikake

Shikake

Naohiro Matsumura

thecreativeact

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

thedesignbook

The Design Book

Phaidon

Cover of The Design of Everyday Things

The Design of Everyday Things

Don Norman

designersdictionaryofcolor

The Designer's Dictionary of Color

Sean Adams

elementsoftypographicstyle

The Elements of Typographic Style

Robert Bringhurst

languageofgraphicdesign

The Language of Graphic Design

Richard Poulin

lawsofsimplicitiy

The Laws of Simplicity

John Maeda

warofart

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

thinkingwithtype

Thinking with Type

Ellen Lupton

thoughtsondesign

Thoughts on Design

Paul Rand

universalprinciplesofux

Universal Principles of UX

Irene Pereyra

userfriendly

User Friendly

Cliff Kuang, Robert Fabricant

somethingsoff

Virgil Abloh. Icons

virgil-abloh

visualgrammar

Visual Grammar

Christian Leborg

visualthinking

Visual Thinking

Rudolf Arnheim

work for money, design for love cover

Work for Money, Design for Love

David Airey