100 of the most popular books on graphic design
- Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)
- The Non-Designer’s Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice
- Meggs’ History of Graphic Design
- Graphic Design Solutions, Third Edition
- Graphic Design: The New Basics
- The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color (A Basic color library)
- Envisioning Information
- Universal Principles of Design
- Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines (Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines)
- Designing with Type: A Basic Course in Typography
- Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual
- Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
- An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers
- Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design
- Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team
- Layout Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Building Pages in Graphic Design
- Designing Brand Identity: A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining Strong Brands
- Graphic Design: A New History
- Interaction of Color
- Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs)
- Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition
- Picture This: How Pictures Work
- Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition)
- The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type
- Design Basics Index (Index Series)
- How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
- The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
- Forms, Folds and Sizes, Second Edition: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find
- Designer’s Color Manual: The Complete Guide to Color Theory and Application
- Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide
- Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design
- Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color
- Logo Design Workbook: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Logos
- Design Language
- Graphic Design Basics
- Getting It Printed: How to Work With Printers and Graphic Imaging Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule and Control Costs
- Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers (Design & Graphic Design)
- Exploring the Elements of Design (Design Exploration Series)
- Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships
- Exploring Typography (Design Exploration Series)
- Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain
- Graphic Design School, Third Edition
- Graphic Communications Today, 4E
- Basics of Design
- Building Design Portfolios: Innovative Concepts for Presenting Your Work (Design Field Guide)
- The Designer’s Guide To Marketing And Pricing: How To Win Clients And What To Charge Them
- Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media
- Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, Vol. 1
- Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design
- Introduction to Design (2nd Edition)
- Publication Design Workbook
- 1,000 Type Treatments: From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to Perfection
- Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design
- A Guide to Graphic Print Production
- Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids
- Layout Index: Brochure, Web Design, Poster, Flyer, Advertising, Page Layout, Newsletter, Stationery Index
- Picturing Texts
- Marks of Excellence
- Principles of Form and Design
- The Information Design Handbook
- Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers (3rd Edition)
- What is Graphic Design? (Essential Design Handbooks)
- The Designers Complete Index (Boxed Set)
- D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks)
- A Designer’s Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing Your Clients and What They Really Need (Design Field Guide)
- Logo, Font & Lettering Bible
- Typographic Systems of Design
- The Wayfinding Handbook: Information Design for Public Places
- Visual Literacy: A Conceptual Approach to Graphic Problem Solving
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Graphic Design
- The Business Side of Creativity: The Complete Guide to Running a Small Graphics Design or Communications Business (Third UpdatedEdition)
- How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
- The Designer’s Desktop Manual
- Graphic Design: A Concise History, Second Edition (World of Art)
- Package Design Workbook: The Art and Science of Successful Packaging
- Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer
- Letterhead and Logo Design 9 (Letterhead & LOGO Design (Quality)) (v. 9)
- Type Idea Index: The Designer’s Ultimate Tool for Choosing and Using Fonts Creatively
- The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics
- 1,000 Graphic Elements: Details for Distinctive Designs
- Decoding Design: Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication
- Looking Good in Print
- The Graphic Designer’s Guide to Portfolio Design
- Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments
- Creativity for Graphic Designers
- Designing Type
- Type Rules!
- The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business (Revised)
- Make It Bigger
- Design Matters: Logos 01: An Essential Primer for Today’s Competitive Market (v. 1)
- New Vintage Type: Classic Fonts for the Digital Age
- Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic Design Basics
- Green Graphic Design
- Creative Sparks: An Index of 150+ Concepts, Images and Exercises to Ignite Your Design Ingenuity
- Process Color Manual: 24,000 CMYK combinations for design, prepress, and printing
- The Designer’s Guide to Color Combinations
- AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design, Second Edition
- Designing Brand Experience: Creating Powerful Integrated Brand Solutions
- Information Design Workbook: Graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration plus 30 case studies
- Vector Graphics and Illustration: A Master Class in Digital Image-making
Further reading:
- What’s your favourite graphic design book? – David Airey