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Our library is a curated selection
of design books — inspiring, educating, preserving ideas far beyond the limits
of the screen.
Books We Recommend
Typography:
A Manual of Design
(Emil Ruder, 1967)
Practice
Aesthetic Intelligence
(Pauline Brown, 2019)
Inspiration
The Vignelli Canon
(Massimo Vignelli, 2010)
Practice
Grid Systems
in Graphic Design
(Josef Müller-Brockmann, 1981)
Practice
Work for Money,
Design for Love
(David Airey, 2012)
Inspiration
Graphic Design Manual
(Armin Hofmann, 1965)
Practice
Interaction of Color
(Josef Albers, 1963)
Practice
Grid Systems: Principles
of Organizing Type
(Kimberly Elam, 2004)
Practice
The Debate
(Wim Crouwel, Jan Van Torn, 2015)
History
How To…
(Michael Bierut, 2015)
Works
In the Eye of the Storm:
Modernism in Ukraine
(Konstantin Akinsha... , 2022)
History
The Art of Color
(Johannes Itten, 1961)
Practice
Type: A Visual History
of Typefaces and Graphic Styles
(Alston W. Purvis..., 2009)
History
The Geometry of Type
(Stephen Coles, 2013)
Practice
The New Typography
(Jan Tschichold, 1928)
Practice
Year of Yes
(Shonda Rhimes, 2015)
Inspiration