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50 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2020

Shillington

Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann. Originally published in 1999 and now in its 9th edition, this book is a classic guide to graphic design and layout technique, and a must-read for any modern-day student or working designer. Basic Designs 02: Layout by Gavin Ambrose & Paul Harris.

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The 50 Best Graphic Design Quotes Ever

Design Wizard

Coming from someone with such vast experience in design, it’s a valuable piece of advice that should be heeded. Scher started her career as a layout artist for Random House and gradually worked her way up to become the first female principal of Pentagram. Color is not just there to make a design look good, but to reinforce its message.

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59 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2022

Shillington

He picks apart how design can convince us of a certain way of thinking, in both an overt and covert manner. Through examples, not just from graphic design but also product design, industrial design and architecture, Adams illustrates how design can inspire, provoke, amuse, anger or reassure us and the reasons why it does this.