 | The Story of Art: Pocket Edition by E.H. Gombrich
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $9.50 THE book to learn about art history from the very beginnings
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 | 30,000 Years of Art by Editors of Phaidon
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $14.95 To learn about art expressions by timeline, when what you want are big beautiful pictures
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 | Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs
Buy new: $61.15 / Used from: $41.50 The title says it all
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 | Analog In, Digital Out: Brendan Dawes on Interaction Design by Brendan Dawes
Buy new: $30.39 / Used from: $22.64 For those that also like to thinker with things, this book is great inspiration to look at things with another point of view and to merge the real and tangible world with the digital age. The projects this guy makes are great for any new media designer
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 | MTIV: Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer by Hillman Curtis
Buy new: $37.12 / Used from: $4.50 Hillman Curtis describes his process for creative inspiration, discovery and design approach.Formidable book for creative thinking, inspiration and process to boost your creativity
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 | Make It Bigger by Paula Scher
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $14.41 Paula's insight and advice are a great help for anyone wanting to enter the creative business. This book tells her story from the beginning and you learn how she learned the corporate game and found her style on the way
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 | Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
Buy new: $34.56 / Used from: $17.92 Technical book for those inclined to the information display field. Very good principles for infography and better visual display of information
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 | The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence by Betty Edwards
Buy new: $21.56 / Used from: $16.23 |
 | Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott Mccloud
Buy new: $16.52 / Used from: $7.75 THE book about sequential art and illustrative narrative
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 | 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style by Matt Madden
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $0.99 Nice little read
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 | Logo Design Workbook: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Logos by Noreen Morioka, Terry Stone Sean Adams
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $12.98 Great book to learn about logo design process
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 | Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung (German Edition) by Josef Muller-Brockmann
Buy new: $60.71 / Used from: $66.64 Dated but useful introduction to grid systems by the master
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 | Understanding Movies, 11th Edition by Louis Giannetti
Buy new: $76.35 / Used from: $39.00 THE book on movies, film making and such
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 | Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition by Josef Albers
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $6.07 Dated but useful information on color
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 | The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten
Buy new: $34.78 / Used from: $19.84 THE current book on color
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 | Real World Color Management (2nd Edition) by Bruce Fraser
Buy new: $40.94 / Used from: $29.70 THE book on Color Management
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