 | Design (Tom Peters Essentials) by Tom Peters
Buy used from: $2.25 a very quick read, this books helps to make "design" an important word to non designers, CEOs, etc...
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 | Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch
Buy used from: $7.58 better known as a movie director, David Lynch also has spent a large part of his life doing meditation, and has an interesting, pure way of looking at things
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 | The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $7.95 I read this french philosopher when I was back in school; he is emotional, subtle, and talks about space and form in a beautiful way.
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 | Charles Harper's Birds and Words by Charley Harper
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $14.70 A beautiful book of "mid-century" style silkscreens of birds. Charley Harper captures the essence of his subjects in a clean, fresh style.
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 | The Ice Palace That Melted Away: Restoring Civility and Other Lost Virtues to Everyday Life by Bill Stumpf
Buy used from: $0.01 The designer of the Aeron chair, Bill writes about design in a fun way.
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 | Erwin Hauer: Continua-Architectural Screen and Walls by Erwin Hauer
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $16.23 Architectural screens and walls, you have probably seen them before in mid-century spaces; very simple and elegant
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 | Design Directory: Germany by Marion Godau
Buy used from: $8.64 a pictoral review of german design, awesome
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 | Design Directory: Italy (Design Directories) by Claudia Neumann
Buy used from: $5.83 pictoral review of italian design, very good
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 | The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do by Clotaire Rapaille
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.48 A discussion of capitalism, emotions, and how people want or need to connect the two. Better than it sounds
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 | American Signs: Form and Meaning on Rte. 66 by Lisa Mahar
Buy new: $31.20 / Used from: $2.97 Historical and photographic review of signs along Route 66.
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