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The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)

by John Maeda

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

Pioneers of Modern Design by Nikolaus Pevsner

Concrete and Culture by Adrian Forty

Typographers on Type by Ruari McLean (editor)

Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships by Gail Greet Hannah

In Your Garden by Vita Sackville-West

New Trees by John Grimshaw and Ross Bayton

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Pioneers of Modern Design
by Nikolaus Pevsner

Concrete and Culture
by Adrian Forty

Typographers on Type
by Ruari McLean (editor)

Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships
by Gail Greet Hannah

In Your Garden
by Vita Sackville-West

New Trees
by John Grimshaw and Ross Bayton