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Design books worth keeping

From UX fundamentals to design systems — a hand-picked shelf for working designers.

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Logo Modernism
Branding & Logo

Logo Modernism

Jens Müller & R. Roger Remington

A sweeping visual survey of modernist trademark and logo design from 1940-1980.

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Web Style Guide
Web Design

Web Style Guide

Patrick J. Lynch & Sarah Horton

A foundational, freely-readable guide to designing and building usable websites.

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Designing Brand Identity
Branding & Logo

Designing Brand Identity

Alina Wheeler

An essential, step-by-step guide to the whole brand identity process.

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Know Your Onions: Graphic Design
Graphic Design

Know Your Onions: Graphic Design

Drew de Soto

A fast, practical, no-fluff crash course in thinking and working like a graphic designer.

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Design Systems
Design Systems

Design Systems

Alla Kholmatova

A practical guide to creating design systems and pattern libraries that scale.

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Hardboiled Web Design
Web Design

Hardboiled Web Design

Andy Clarke

Andy Clarke’s take on progressive, standards-based web design with attitude.

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Universal Principles of Design
Graphic Design

Universal Principles of Design

William Lidwell, Kritina Holden & Jill Butler

A cross-disciplinary reference of 125 concepts every designer should know.

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Bulletproof Web Design
Web Design

Bulletproof Web Design

Dan Cederholm

Building flexible, resilient web pages that adapt to users and devices.

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Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
Graphic Design

Meggs’ History of Graphic Design

Philip B. Meggs & Alston W. Purvis

The definitive, richly illustrated history of the graphic design discipline.

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Designing with Web Standards
Web Design

Designing with Web Standards

Jeffrey Zeldman & Ethan Marcotte

Jeffrey Zeldman’s influential case for standards-based, accessible, future-friendly web design.

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Graphic Design: The New Basics
Graphic Design

Graphic Design: The New Basics

Ellen Lupton & Jennifer Cole Phillips

A modern, principle-driven foundation course in visual form and composition.

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How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things…
Graphic Design

How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things…

Michael Bierut

Pentagram’s Michael Bierut on the craft and thinking behind a legendary design career.

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Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks
UI Design

Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks

Luke Wroblewski

Everything about designing usable, high-converting web forms.

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The Non-Designer’s Design Book
Graphic Design

The Non-Designer’s Design Book

Robin Williams

The beginner-friendly classic teaching the four core principles of good visual design.

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Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything
Graphic Design

Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything

Aaron James Draplin

A mid-career survey and pep talk from one of America’s most recognizable designers.

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Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type
Graphic Design

Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type

Kimberly Elam

A clear introduction to using typographic grids, part of Kimberly Elam’s design briefs series.

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Color: A Workshop for Artists and Designers
Color

Color: A Workshop for Artists and Designers

David Hornung

A structured, studio-based approach to understanding and mixing color.

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Color Design Workbook
Color

Color Design Workbook

Sean Adams & Terry Lee Stone

A real-world guide to using color effectively in graphic and brand design.

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