• The best books on Design - Designing Design by Kenya Hara
  • The best books on Design - The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) by John Maeda
  • The best books on Design - Design: The Invention of Desire by Jessica Helfand
  • The best books on Design - Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships by Gail Greet Hannah
  • The best books on Design - Super Normal: Sensations of the Ordinary by Jasper Morrison & Naoto Fukasawa

The best books on Design, recommended by Kevin G. Bethune

When we think of design, we often think of objects, typefaces and graphic art. In fact, Kevin G. Bethune argues, design is an essential human activity that goes far beyond that to encompass designing institutions and social structures, a continuum that extends from the material world to our civic existence and the ways in which we collaborate to solve problems and achieve collective ends.

  • The Best Books for Graphic Designers - Interaction of Color: 50th Anniversary Edition by Josef Albers
  • The Best Books for Graphic Designers - The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0: 20th Anniversary Edition by Robert Bringhurst
  • The Best Books for Graphic Designers - Meggs' History of Graphic Design 6th Edition by Philip B. Meggs
  • The Best Books for Graphic Designers - A Designer's Art by Paul Rand
  • The Best Books for Graphic Designers - The Modern Poster by Stuart Wrede

The Best Books for Graphic Designers, recommended by Linda Secondari

What does it take to be a good graphic designer in our media-saturated age? Linda Secondari, member of the Executive Board of the Graphic Artists Guild, gives us a glimpse of her reference library, five must-have volumes for every design aspirant and those whose work relies on effective visual communication. That she is a book designer by trade is, of course, grist to our mill here at Five Books.