 | Graphic Design Solutions, Third Edition by Robin Landa
Buy new: $83.79 / Used from: $45.00 I learned out of this book and have taught college students out of it for 3 years. It's great for general knowledge.
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 | The Complete Graphic Designer: A Guide to Understanding Graphics and Visual Communication by Ryan Hembree
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $10.00 I love this book! It's a great resource for Brand ID information.
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 | Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs) by Ellen Lupton
Buy new: $12.08 / Used from: $9.25 Type is often times the most difficult aspect of design for students to grasp. This book has great tips, theory and exercise ideas.
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 | The Fundamentals of Typography by Gavin Ambrose
Buy new: $25.51 / Used from: $20.19 Once again, you can never learn too much about type!
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 | A Typographic Workbook: A Primer to History, Techniques, and Artistry by Kate Clair
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $8.00 The type book I learned from.
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 | Typographic Design: Form and Communication by Rob Carter
Buy new: $39.57 / Used from: $36.85 Another type book I used during school.
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 | Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs) by Kimberly Elam
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $11.57 The grid is an integral component to any design. Studying and understanding it is very important to layout. This book uses vellum overlays to show the grid systems of some great designs.
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 | Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $15.00 Another grid hit!
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 | Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color by Leatrice Eisemann
Buy new: $28.79 / Used from: $8.99 An excellent color theory book with Pantone swatches and color palettes.
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 | Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain by Stefan Mumaw
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $3.55 This book has some great exercises to get you thinking creatively. I use a lot of these in my classes.
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 | Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines (Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines) by Graphic Artists Guild
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $15.00 This is a must for any new designer. It helps with what to charge, how to draft contracts and estimates and how to handle all client related scenarios.
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 | The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly by David Meerman Scott
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $9.84 A great resource for marketing ideas and insight.
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 | Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design by Chen Design Associates
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $20.00 Digital type is dead (unless used properly). Draw it by hand!
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 | Logo, Font & Lettering Bible by Leslie Cabarga
Buy new: $17.42 / Used from: $17.40 I'm telling you, draw it!
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 | Los Logos (Logos Series)
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $39.34 The first of 4 Buro books centered around logos. This series has the best, most sound logos and is great for inspiration.
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 | Tres Logos
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $39.32 Third of the 4.
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 | Los Logos 4 (v. 4) by R. Klanten
Buy new: $46.57 / Used from: $57.25 The newest and best in my opinion. Has a killer cover made from gold silk.
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 | Package Design Now by Gisela Kozak
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $13.37 A great creative resource for ideas in package design.
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 | Design for Response: Creative Direct Marketing That Works by Leslie H. Sherr
Buy used from: $2.37 This book doesn't have a lot of information but the info it does have is great and the campaigns that are used as examples are great.
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 | Mail Me Art: Going Postal with the World's Best Illustrators and Designers by Darren Di Lieto
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $14.00 This book has some sweet direct mail pieces.
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 | JPG: Japan Graphics
Buy used from: $11.94 The Japanese are so far ahead of us in terms of design. They are grooming the future.
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 | Fadings: Graffiti to Design, Illustration and More by Siggi Schlee
Buy new: $34.20 / Used from: $17.95 A sweet resource book with everything from graf to sculpture to design. It's great for inspiration.
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 | The Design of Dissent: Socially and Politically Driven Graphics by Milton Glaser
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $13.30 Milton Glaser is the man. Learn from the master. This book has tons of impactful social and political designs.
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 | Helvetica
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $17.99 This movie is all about the most widely used font. It has insight from Massimo Vignelli and other industry heavy weights.
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 | Thank You for Smoking (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $2.26 I show this to my Marketing class. If you can sell like this guy, then you are a sick genius.
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