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The Best Graphic Design Books to Buy

Inkbot Design

100 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers: Insider Secrets on Working Smart and Staying Creative. This book contains quotes from noteworthy designers, both past and present, working in fields ranging from graphic design, fashion, architecture, typography, and industrial design. −$35.05. Buy on Amazon.

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Don Norman and the Emotional Side of Design

Inkbot Design

” Sale Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things Norman, Don A. Author) English (Publication Language) 272 Pages – 05/11/2005 (Publication Date) – Basic Books (Publisher) −$6.10 $11.89 Buy on Amazon Why Does Emotional Design Matter?

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Dot Dot Dot Is the Most Influential Design Magazine You’ve Never Heard Of

Eye on Design

This rigorous meta-analysis immediately inserted Dot Dot Dot into the lineage of design journalism and set the tone for its entire run of 20 issues which were released biannually from 2000 to 2010. Certainly, if you were a particular type of designer in the early 2000s, Dot Dot Dot was the most exciting publication you could find.

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Design in Conversation: Stephanie Hosein, Jeff Shaw, Jordan Rice, and Omar Gandhi

Azure Magazine

Last fall, I visited the elegant KPMB-designed Harrison McCain Pavilion at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton. In October, the Beaverbrook unveiled “Omar Gandhi Architects,” a months-long exhibit — which ran until early 2024 — chronicling the work of the eponymous Halifax- and Toronto-based firm.

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The 25 Most Famous Graphic Designers of All Time

Inkbot Design

1 Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design Hardcover Book Jennifer Bass (Author) English (Publication Language) 428 Pages – 11/09/2011 (Publication Date) – Laurence King Publishing (Publisher) −$37.49 $47.51 He may not have a cape, but he has saved many a book from obscurity with his superhuman design skills!

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Women You Should Know in Graphic Design History

Tuts Plus

A visionary in the 1950s, she made use of graphic design to create clean and efficient directional signs in many major airports and stations, as well as Madison Square Garden. She was trained at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture, and her first job was working alongside industrial designer George Nelson.

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AZ Awards 2020: Meet the Jury!

Azure Magazine

Luca Nichetto and his new collection for Bernhardt Design. The prolific furniture and product designer Luca Nichetto graduated from the Università Iuav di Venezia in 1998 and began his career in industrial design the very next year.