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10 must-read graphic design books for 2024

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Get inspired, encounter new ideas and refresh your design skills with our curated list of 10 books every graphic designer should read this year. And there's nothing like sitting down with a good book to gain insights, ideas, and guidance from some of the profession's most respected authorities.

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New book highlights how much graphic designers can learn from the small ads of yesteryear

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Hamish Smyth discusses the making of the book Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns and why it's a must-read for designers in 2023. Now, they're returning to their publishing roots with their latest book, Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns. The typography mixes styles, but it all works well together.

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15+ Best Graphic Design Books in 2023

Just Creative

Our daily routines have long included graphic design. In this article, we’ve compiled a selection of the best books for graphic designers in 2023. Whether you’re starting or have been in the industry for years, there are a variety of books you can reference. The demand for these experts has remained strong over time.

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Big Type: Counterprint's new book explores graphic design where type plays the leading role

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If you think about the typography trends of recent years, one, in particular, stands out. So it's great to see a new book from Counterprint devoted to this very subject. As you'd expect from its title, Big Type explores graphic design and identity work where the emphasis is on, well, big type. What inspired the book?

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Cover Series For Jon Ronson Books

Designer Daily

With good use of white space, playing with form and counter-form, and creative use of typography, these covers by Ala Uddin are almost textbook examples of various design techniques. The post Cover Series For Jon Ronson Books appeared first on Designer Daily: graphic and web design blog.

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Books About Food: Hit Instagram account launches new website that will be the 'IMDb of cookbooks'

Creative Boom

Popular Instagram account Books About Food has amassed a following of thousands by carefully curating the best food books you may have missed. If you're after some creative culinary inspiration, you need to follow Books About Food. Sadly, the book was quite hefty, meaning Jamin could not fit it into his hand luggage.

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Print's not dead: the best magazines for graphic design inspiration

Creative Boom

For graphic designers especially, print magazines offer a source of inspiration that's tangible and immersive and presents content in a completely different visual way to digital. Eye Magazine Eye Magazine delves deep into the world of graphic design and visual culture. It’s academic yet accessible.

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