Inspiration
Stolen from the greats. You're welcome.
Designing Programmes Karl Gerstner, 1964
Grid Systems in Graphic Design Josef Müller-Brockmann, 1981
Interaction of Color Josef Albers, 1963
The Elements of Typographic Style Robert Bringhurst, 1992
A Designer's Art Paul Rand, 1985
Thinking with Type Ellen Lupton, 2004
Ways of Seeing John Berger, 1972
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Edward Tufte, 1983
Graphic Design Manual Armin Hofmann, 1965
Typography Emil Ruder, 1967
Colour and Culture John Gage, 1993
The Art of Color Johannes Itten, 1961
Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams Klaus Klemp & Keiko Ueki-Polet, 2009
Ten Principles of Good Design Cees W. de Jong, 2017
The New Vision László Moholy-Nagy, 1932
Point and Line to Plane Wassily Kandinsky, 1926
Pedagogical Sketchbook Paul Klee, 1925
The New Art — The New Life: The Collected Writings Piet Mondrian, 1986
Principles of Neo-Plastic Art Theo van Doesburg, 1925
The Ideal Book William Morris, 1893
The Decorative Arts: Their Relation to Modern Life William Morris, 1878
Typography, Advertising, Book Design Max Bill, 1999
New Design in Painting Richard Paul Lohse, 1975
Designing Design Kenya Hara, 2007
White Kenya Hara, 2008
Ikko Tanaka: A Pioneer of Japanese Graphic Design Ikko Tanaka & Gian Carlo Calza, 1997
The Vignelli Canon Massimo Vignelli, 2009
Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far Stefan Sagmeister, 2008
Women of Design Jessica Walsh & Sagmeister & Walsh, 2019
Perverse Optimist Tibor Kalman & Peter Hall & Michael Bierut, 1998
The End of Print David Carson & Lewis Blackwell, 1995
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody Neville Brody & Jon Wozencroft, 1988
New Alphabet Wim Crouwel, 1967
The Secret Lives of Colour Kassia St Clair, 2016
Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox Victoria Finlay, 2002
Blue: The History of a Color Michel Pastoureau, 2001
Design of the 20th Century Charlotte & Peter Fiell, 1999
1000 Chairs Charlotte & Peter Fiell, 1997
Norman Foster: A Global Architecture Norman Foster, 2013
The New Brutalism: Ethic or Aesthetic? Reyner Banham, 1966
Béton Brut: Brutalist Buildings Around the World Agata Toromanoff, 2021
Beauty Stefan Sagmeister & Jessica Walsh, 2018