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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

With so many design books out there, it can take time to identify the true gems worth investing your time into reading. To help, I've compiled this list of the 37 best design books covering various specialities – from typography and layout to UX and web design.

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5 Best Web Design Books for Website Development

Inkbot Design

1 Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) Krug, Steve (Author) English (Publication Language) 216 Pages – 12/24/2013 (Publication Date) – New Riders (Publisher) −$9.00 $36.00 Learning how to create clear and concise web page layouts.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

What is the Purpose of a Book Cover? The thinking on this has changed dramatically during the evolution of modern trade publishing since the 1900s. Once book jackets were intended simply to protect the valuable binding. Actually, before 1820, books were sold as unbound gathered pages. According to G.

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“Animal Farm” & the Evolution of the Dust Jacket

Thinking Design

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK COVER? The thinking on this has changed dramatically during the evolution of modern trade publishing since the 1900s. Once book jackets were intended simply to protect the valuable binding. Actually, before 1820, books were sold as unbound gathered pages. According to G.

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10 Fresh Font Pairings for Editorial Design in 2020

Shillington

Created as a bespoke typeface for the National Norwegian Design Awards, Visuelt was spawned from a more considered and constrained version of Apercu (see above). Released in 2014 by Colophon Foundry, this sans-serif has a distinctive tone of voice and is particularly striking when used in headlines. Ogg and Freight Text.

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5 Best UX Books to Elevate Your Design Skills

Inkbot Design

1 Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) Krug, Steve (Author) English (Publication Language) 216 Pages – 12/24/2013 (Publication Date) – New Riders (Publisher) −$9.00 $36.00 Sale Bestseller No. Sale Bestseller No. Sale Bestseller No.

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Design minimalism: aesthetic vs function

UX Collective

.” — Steve Krug “Don’t Make Me Think” by Steve Krug was one of the first reading materials recommended to me when I started as a Product Designer. While wireframing a new product or layout, I’d often asked myself “Do Icons need accompanying text?”. How Bad Product Design Services Can Cost Your Company a Fortune in Fees.