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WE ASKED SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP DESIGN SCHOOLS TO SHARE THEIR FAVORITE BOOKS. HERE'S WHAT THEY RECOMMEND FOR YOUR SUMMER READING LIST. INNOVATION BY DESIGN 35 Books Every Designer Should Read It doesn’t matter if you’re a student of design, or just someone who hears the term "design thinking" and stays quiet at meetings while noting to Google it later. There’s always more you can learn about design to benefit whatever you do. So we reached out to professors at seven of the world’s top design schools to ask what books they recommend for getting your feet wet in design. Each school submitted five books that span design disciplines, from industrial design to graphic design to interior design and more. We combined them into this reading list, links to Amazon and all. Let your summer beach reading start here. SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Thinkertoys (Michael Michalko) A workbook for better brainstorming. SCAD

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Page 1: 35 Books Every Designer Should Read _ Co

WE ASKED SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP

DESIGN SCHOOLS TO SHARE THEIR

FAVORITE BOOKS. HERE'S WHAT THEY

RECOMMEND FOR YOUR SUMMER

READING LIST.

INNOVATIONBY DESIGN 35 Books Every

DesignerShould Read

It doesn’t matter if you’re a student of

design, or just someone who hears the

term "design thinking" and stays quiet at

meetings while noting to Google it later.

There’s always more you can learn about

design to benefit whatever you do.

So we reached out to professors at seven

of the world’s top design schools to ask

what books they recommend for getting

your feet wet in design. Each school

submitted five books that span design

disciplines, from industrial design to

graphic design to interior design and

more. We combined them into this

reading list, links to Amazon and all. Let

your summer beach reading start here.

SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART ANDDESIGN

Thinkertoys (Michael Michalko)

A workbook for better brainstorming.

SCAD

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Design Basics (S. Pentak and A. Lauer)

A textbook to teach you the fundamentals

of 2-D graphic design.

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for

Life (Twyla Tharp with Mark Reiter)

Choreographer and creative Twyla Tharp

explains how to develop and hone

creativity.

Visual Notes for Architects and Designers

(Norman Crowe and Paul Laseau)

Learn how sketching like an architect can

sharpen your thinking (and make for some

awesome Moleskines).

Geometry of Design: Studies in

Proportion and Composition (Kimberly

Elam)

Why is a Braun blender or Barcelona chair

beautiful? The geometry. This paperback

breaks it down.

PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN

The Industrial Design Reader (Carma

Gorman)

A paperback history on the origins of

industrial design.

Design in the USA (Jeffrey Meikle)

Where do hit products meet necessary

products in American culture? A history

book and design philosophy book in one.

History of Modern Design (David

Raizman)

Strap in. This history textbook spans the

Parsons

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evolution of decorative arts, industrial

design, and graphic design from the 18th

to 20th century.

Design Studies: A Reader (Hazel Clark

and David Brody)

A collection of essays examining the

"history, methods, theory, visuality,

identity, consumption, labor,

industrialization, new technology,

sustainability, and globalization" of design.

Design as Future-Making (Susan Yelavich

and Barbara Adams)

How will design shape our future? (You’ve

gotta buy the book to find out.)

PRATT INSTITUTE

Product Design (Rodgers and Milton)

An explanation of what product designers

really do, from concept to manufacture.

The Design Process (Karl Aspelund)

A thesis breaking down the seven

universal stages of design: identification;

conceptualization; exploration and

refinement; definition and modeling; and

communication on the way to

production.

Toward a New Interior: An Anthology of

Interior Design Theory (Lois Weinthal)

Interior design, presented through the

lens of essays on architecture, film, and

fashion.

Graphic Design: Now in Production (Ian

Pratt

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Albinson and Rob Giampietro)

The field of modern day graphic design,

explored in work published since the year

2000.

The New Basics (Ellen Lupton and

Jennifer Cole Phillips)

Learn graphic design with a focus on

visual clarity and information hierarchy.

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

Thoughts on Design (Paul Rand)

Originally published as an essay in 1947,

Thoughts on Design is still fiercely

relevant to today's designers.

Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist (Peter

Hall and Michael Bierut)

This joint work designed by Pentagram

partner Michael Bierut and edited by

writer Peter Hall pays tribute to the

graphic design of Tibor Kalman. It appears

to be out of print.

Design as Art (Bruno Munari)

A highly readable paperback by 20th-

century icon Bruno Munari, exploring the

designs all around us.

Thinking With Type (Ellen Lupton)

Master typographic layouts with this

instructional book filled with dos and

don’ts.

The Visual Display of Quantitative

Information (Edward Tufte)

From the godfather of data visualization,

CCA

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this book features 250 graphics and

charts, complete with Tufte’s explanations

of why visual ideas work or don’t.

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS

Drawing is Thinking (Milton Glaser)

Explore 180 pages of drawings without

words by one of the most famed graphic

designers of all time.

Graphic Design: A Concise History

(Richard Hollis)

This affordable paperback charts the

history of graphic design with plenty of

pretty pictures to illustrate it.

Type and Image: The Language of

Graphic Design Paperback (Philip B.

Meggs)

An annotated argument that graphic

design isn’t just part of the way we

communicate, but a unique language

unto itself.

Meggs' History of Graphic Design (Philip

B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis)

From the creation of written language to

the rise of interactive design, this textbook

takes you through the history of graphic

design and includes 1,500 illustrative

photos.

Anatomy of Design: Uncovering the

Influences and Inspiration in Modern

Graphic Design (Steven Heller and Mirko

Ilic)

SVA

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Everything is derivative. This paperback

examines 50 graphic designs, breaking

down what influenced each project.

INSTITUTE OF DESIGN—ILLINOISINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

The Design of Everyday Things (Don

Norman)

An industry classic explaining how to

design products for real human use.

Change by Design (Tim Brown)

A primer on the idea of "design thinking,"

and working from inspiration to

innovation.

Designing for Growth (Jeanne Liedtke)

Another book on design thinking—this

one filled with question lists and exercises

to get you going.

Next Generation Business Strategies for

the Base of the Pyramid (Ted London and

Stu Hart)

An argument that businesses should

develop cheaper goods made for the

entire world, and how to make these

products catch on.

Vision in Motion (Laszlo Moholy-Nagy)

Part of the original Bauhaus school, László

Moholy-Nagy illustrates where design, art,

and science meet. Currently out of print, it

can be a bit difficult to get your hands on.

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

IIT

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World Changing: A User’s Guide for the

21st Century (Alex Steffen)

A book spanning the world of

sustainability, from the locavore

movement to eco-friendly homes.

Humble Masterpieces: 100 Everyday

Marvels of Design (Paola Antonelli)

MoMA curator Paola Antonelli pays

homage to 100 pieces of design brilliance,

from Band-Aids to Post-Its.

In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex

World (John Thackara)

"We're filling up the world with

technology and devices, but we've lost

sight of an important question: What is

this stuff for? What value does it add to

our lives?"

Sustainable Design: Explanations in

Theory and Practice (Stuart Walker)

A call to think about design differently,

considering sustainability first and

foremost in the process.

Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology

of the Creative Eye (Rudolf Arnheim)

Originally published in 1974, this book

explores where art and psychology

collide.

RISD

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June 25, 2015 | 7:30AM

S I G N I NA D D N E W C O M M E N T

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22 COMMENTS

2 DAYS AGO

Speaking of design... You know those left-right

clickable arrows next to the photos in this article?

Why can't someone just put them in one consistent

location instead of having to reposition the mouse

at every click? THAT is bad UI design.

B O N G B O N G

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2 DAYS AGO

Try any of these:

http://www.articul8publishing.com/

K N O W Y O U R O N I O N S

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3 DAYS AGO

You're free to share your recommendations! tkanks

a lot http://seokar.com

S E O K A R

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7 DAYS AGO

"The Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox" has been

highly praised as a design book. It has been

published around the world in 10 languages, but

the U.S. English edition was self-published, so it's

not well-known in the United States. Disclosure: I

am the book's author, Richard Fobes

C P S O L V E R

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8 DAYS AGO

You don't become a great designer by only reading

about design. Try a few selections from this list:

http://www.nocturnaldesign.com/cm/content/bra

nding_bookshelf.asp

And, this list:

http://www.nocturnaldesign.com/blog/?p=64

K E N P E T E R S

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8 DAYS AGO

Missing from this mix are the following requisites

M O N I R O M

Typographic Design: Form and Communication,6th Edition

Crisp: Notes on Graphic Design and VisualCommunication

History of Graphic Design (Phil Meggs)•

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8 DAYS AGO

The most important one (for me) is not cited:

Design for the Real World, Victor Papanek. It should

be the first book read by a designer.

R O B E R T O P E R E I R A

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7 DAYS AGO

asif that's not cited. These guys are utterly

clueless.

C A L L U M N A S H

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8 DAYS AGO

Little beats excellent literature.

Was Tufte among the duplicates? I’m surprised that

Envisioning Information hasn‘t made it, which I’d

deem “primus inter pares.”

J E N S O L I V E R M E I E R T

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8 DAYS AGO

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud Not

directly about design but relevant.

http://scottmccloud.com/2-print/1-uc/

B E R T O A L V A R O

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7 DAYS AGO

Definitely a good read and insight into how

people process images.

M O N I R O M

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8 DAYS AGO

https://www.facebook.com/StandardOfGood

M A G S H U M

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8 DAYS AGO

https://www.facebook.com/StandardOfGood

M A G S H U M

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8 DAYS AGOP A U L J E N G E L

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Victor Papanek should absolutely be on that list

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8 DAYS AGO

"We asked some of the worlds best design schools

..."

These schools are miraculously all based in the

USA. Is that US-chauvinism or just a case of punchy

writing? Either way - I think a more global

approach would have been good to diversify the

list.

P H A N

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8 DAYS AGO

(Telling comment below by JReinwand)

Interestingly, not one by Victor Papanek, nor any

books not specifically about design or design

theory. As a graduate instructor in design, I find that

just as much is often learned about design --and

the design process--from books outside the

definition of ' design book'..

I N D D

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8 DAYS AGO

You're free to share your recommendations!

M A R K W I L S O N

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8 DAYS AGO

Is this list edited to exclude duplicate suggestions?

Interesting if they didn't overlap at all and curious if

they did.

J R E I N W A N D

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