 | Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design, 2nd Edition by Steven D. Heller
Buy used from: $9.88 Get to know the writings of Steven Heller; art director at the New York Times. He knows his stuff.
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 | Visual Workout: Creativity Workbook by Robin Landa
Buy new: $33.99 / Used from: $25.99 Designers should still be able to sketch an idea. Here is a book that features great 'pencil' exercises for designers at all levels.
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 | Graphic Design Solutions, 2E by Robin Landa
Buy used from: $4.42 Great overview of graphic design broken down into easily digested parts.
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 | Thinking Creatively by Robin Landa
Buy used from: $2.13 Excellent guide for inspiring creative ideas.
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 | Creative Jolt by Denise Anderson
Buy used from: $0.01 Vol 1 of 2-volume set of creative jolts for unblocking
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 | Creative Jolt Inspirations by Denise Anderson
Buy used from: $1.06 Vol 2 of 2-volume set of creative jolts for unblocking
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 | Idea Revolution: Guidelines and Prompts for Brainstorming Alone, in Groups or With Clients (Graphic Design) by Clare Warmke
Buy used from: $3.04 Many times we brainstorm alone; this helps.
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 | Creativity for Graphic Designers by Mark Oldach
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $8.60 Helpful guide in defining and communicating the message of your design.
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 | inspiration=ideas: A Creativity Sourcebook for Graphic Designers by Petrula Vrontikis
Buy used from: $12.51 Its title says it all: Inspiration=Ideas.
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 | Graphic Style: From Victorian to Digital by Steven Heller
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $9.47 If you don't know design history, you don't know design. This is one of the very best overviews of design history.
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 | Italian Art Deco: Graphic Design between the Wars by Steven Heller
Buy used from: $50.00 Heller on Italian Deco. Great!
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 | French Modern: Art Deco Graphic Design (Chronicle's Art Deco Design Series , Vol 5) by Steven Heller
Buy used from: $6.90 Heller on French Deco. Great!
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 | Dutch Moderne: Graphic Design from deStijl to Deco by Steven Heller
Buy used from: $7.33 Heller on Dutch Deco. Great!
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 | Streamline: American Art Deco by S. Heller
Buy used from: $8.49 Heller on American Deco. Great!
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 | Deco Espana: Graphic Design of the Twenties and Thirties by Steven Heller
Buy used from: $6.98 Heller on Spanish Deco. Great!
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 | Cuba Style: Graphics from the Golden Age of Design by S Heller
Buy new: $19.96 / Used from: $14.68 Heller on Cuban Deco. Great!
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 | German Modern: Graphic Design from Wilhelm to Weimar (Art Deco Design) by Steven Heller
Buy used from: $16.98 Heller on German deco. Great!
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 | Layout Index: Brochure, Web Design, Poster, Flyer, Advertising, Page Layout, Newsletter, Stationery Index by Jim Krause
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $6.99 Krause's little guides provide powerful inspiration in tight spots and tight deadlines.
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 | Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments by Jim Krause
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $2.99 Strapped with 'blank mind'? Open this little guide for logos and symbols to get you thinking.
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 | Colour Index by Jim Krause
Buy new: $26.47 / Used from: $28.98 What color works with what? A concise beginning look at color theory.
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 | The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $2.66 Williams's provides the basic design principles in an easy-to-get format -- PARC: ProximityAlignmentRepetitionContrast. Easy to understand. Helps one "talk the talk" simply and easily.
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 | The Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book (Non-Designer's Series) by Sandee Cohen
Buy used from: $5.74 Everything you ever wanted to know about resolution and scanning in down-to-earth language.
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 | Non-Designer's Type Book by Robin Williams
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $0.61 Good basic look at typography in simple easy-to-digest terms. Will hopefully give you the start you need to fall in love with typography.
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 | Robin Williams Design Workshop by Robin Williams
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $1.16 Good foundation book for new designers, especially if you have read her others listed above.
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 | The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $18.50 Must have! If you start school with this book, you might possibly have it digested by the time you graduate. The definitive creative brain dump.
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