Books by Contributors

These are the books that our invited designers, commentators, and guest contributors have written.

Nonfiction, Graphic Design

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Jan van Toorn: Critical Practice	Poynor, Rick	nai010 Publishers
It Is What It Is	Rock, Michael	2x4, Inc.
The Art of Advertising: George Lois on Mass Communication	Lois, George	Abrams
The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days	Kidd, Chip	Abrams
Graphic Style	Heller, Steven et al.	Abrams
Ivan Chermayeff Collages	Chermayeff, Ivan	Abrams
The Left-Handed Designer	Chwast, Seymour	Abrams
Made You Look	Sagmeister, Stefan	Abrams
The Moderns	Heller, Steven et al.	Abrams
Sagmeister: Another Book About Promotion and Sales Material	Sagmeister, Stefan et al.	Abrams
Shazam!	Kidd, Chip et al.	Abrams
Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far	Sagmeister, Stefan	Abrams
Things I have learned in my life so far, Updated Edition	Sagmeister, Stefan	Abrams
Type Speaks	Heller, Steven et al.	Abrams
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works	Spiekermann, Erik	Adobe Press
Design Disasters	Heller, Steven et al.	Allworth Press
Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits	Millman, Debbie	Allworth Press
Design Connoiseur	Heller, Steven et al.	Allworth Press
The Education of An Art Director	Heller, Steven et al.	Allworth Press
How To Think Like A Great Graphic Designer	Millman, Debbie	Allworth Press
John Rombola: Eclectic Eccentric	Vienne, Véronique	Allworth Press
Looking Closer 3: Critical Writings on Graphic Design	Bierut, Michael et al.	Allworth Press
The Swastika	Heller, Steven	Allworth Press
Teaching Graphic Design History	Heller, Steven	Allworth Press
Alexander Girard	Oldham, Todd et al.	AMMO Books
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life	Oldham, Todd et al.	AMMO Books
Charley Harper’s Animal Kingdom	Harper, Charley et al.	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Collage	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Dye	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Embroidery	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Kid Made Modern: All About Fabric Printing	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Sundance Film Festival A to Z	Oldham, Todd	AMMO Books
Graphic Thought Facility: Resourceful Design	Ryan, Zoë	Art Institute of Chicago; distributed by Yale University Press
Paradigmaticità delle arti decorative	Danese, Bruno et al.	Association Jacqueline Vodoz et Bruno Danese
Ricostruzione teorica di un artista: Bruno Munari	Danese, Bruno et al.	Association Jacqueline Vodoz et Bruno Danese
Umberto Riva: muovendo dalla pittura	Danese, Bruno et al.	Association Jacqueline Vodoz et Bruno Danese
George Lois: The Esquire Covers @ MoMA	Lois, George	Assouline
George Lois on His Creation of the Big Idea	Lois, George	Assouline
Obey the Giant: Life in the Image World	Poynor, Rick	Birkhäuser
Made with FontFont	Spiekermann, Erik et al.	BIS Publishers
Design Without Boundaries: Visual Communication in Transition	Poynor, Rick	Booth-Clibborn
The Graphic Edge	Poynor, Rick	Booth-Clibborn
Typography Now: The Next Wave	Poynor, Rick et al.	Booth-Clibborn
Typography Now Two: Implosion	Poynor, Rick	Booth-Clibborn
Vaughan Oliver: Visceral Pleasures	Poynor, Rick	Booth-Clibborn
David Adjaye’s Geo-Graphics	Adjaye, David	BOZAR
Archaeology of the Digital	Lynn, Greg	Sternberg Press
CMYK (从设计到产业 :刘小康的CMYK创意学, Simplified Chinese Version)	Lau, Freeman	China Renmin University Press
Born Modern	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
British Modern	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Cover Story	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Deco España	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Dutch Moderne	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Euro Deco	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
French Modern	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
German Modern	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Italian Art Deco	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
The Pentagram Papers	Hinrichs, Kit et al.	Chronicle Books
The Push Pin Graphic	Chwast, Seymour	Chronicle Books
Seymour: The Obsessive Images of Seymour Chwast	Chwast, Seymour	Chronicle Books
Some People Can’t Surf: The Graphic Design of Art Chantry	Lasky, Julie	Chronicle Books
Streamline	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Stylepedia	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Typology	Heller, Steven et al.	Chronicle Books
Watching Words Move	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Chronicle Books
Mag Men: Fifty Years of Making Magazines	Glaser, Milton et al.	Columbia University Press
Studentenfutter	Spiekermann, Erik	Context GmbH
How Posters Work	Lupton, Ellen	Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Artist & Alphabet	Koeth, Alice et al.	David R. Godine
What’s the Big Idea?	Lois, George	Doubleday
Emigre 43	VanderLans, Rudy	Drukkerij Rosbeek
Design Nord-Est: Renata Bonfanti, Fulvio Bianconi, Mario Pinton, Gastone Rinaldi, Carlo Scarpa, Gino Valle	Romanelli, Marco et al.	Editrice Abitare Segesta
Pino Tovaglia: La regola che corregge l’emozione (Pino Tovaglia: The Rule that Corrects Emotion)	Pitis, Massimo	Edizioni Corraini
Vietato l’Ingresso agli addetti al lavoro	Romanelli, Marco	Edizioni Corraini
Aperto Vetro	Romanelli, Marco	Electa
Departures: Five Milestone Font Families by Emigre	VanderLans, Rudy	Emigre
CMYK (設入點 : 劉小康的CMYK創意學, Traditional Chinese Version)	Lau, Freeman	Enrich Publishing
More Dark Than Shark	Poynor, Rick et al.	Faber & Faber
FontBook: Digital Typeface Compendium	Spiekermann, Erik et al.	FontShop International
Sketch	Rashid, Karim	Frame Publishers
Hello, I am Erik	Erler, Johannes	Gestalten
Emigre No: 70: The Look Back Issue	VanderLans, Rudy	Gingko Press
Designing:	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Graphis
Information Architects	Wurman, Richard Saul et al.	Graphis
Unspecial Effects for Graphic Designers	Gill, Bob	Graphis
33	Wurman, Richard Saul	Greenway Communications
Rhyme & Reason: A Typographic Novel	Spiekermann, Erik	H. Berthold
Hall of Femmes: Carin Goldberg	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Janet Froelich	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Lella Vignelli	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Paula Scher	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Ruth Ansel	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Hall of Femmes: Tomoko Miho	Bouabana, Samira et al.	Hall of Femmes/Oyster Press
Batman Animated	Kidd, Chip et al.	Harper and IT Books
Women Holding Things	Kalman, Maira	Harper Design
Conundrums	Pearce, Harry	HarperCollins
Über Schrift	Spiekermann, Erik	Hermann Schmidt
The Designer’s Guide to Astounding Photoshop Effects	Heller, Steven et al.	HOW Books
The Essential Principles of Graphic Design	Millman, Debbie	HOW Books
Self-Portrait as Your Traitor	Millman, Debbie et al.	HOW Books
Women of Design	Gomez-Palacio, Bryony et al.	HOW Books
Graphic Design as a Second Language	Gill, Bob	Images Publishing
Illustration	Gill, Bob	Images Publishing
Words into Pictures	Gill, Bob	Images Publishing
Lella and Massimo Vignelli: Design is One	Vignelli, Massimo et al.	Images Publishing
Vignelli From A to Z	Vignelli, Massimo	Images Publishing
Becoming a Graphic Designer	Heller, Steven	John Wiley & Sons
Women in Graphic Design 1890–2012	Breuer, Gerda et al.	JOVIS
Looking Back: Freeman Lau’s Poster Design (倒後看- 劉小康海報設計)	Lau, Freeman	Kan & Lau Design Consultants (靳與劉設計顧問)
Enfolding Life (生活與承載)	Lau, Freeman	Kan & Lau Design Consultants (靳與劉設計顧問)
Suspects, Smokers, Soldiers, and Salesladies: Collages by Ivan Chermayeff	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Lars Müller Publishers
The Vignelli Canon	Vignelli, Massimo	Lars Müller Publishers
Art Direction Explained, At Last!	Heller, Steven et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Bob Gill, so far.	Gill, Bob	Laurence King Publishing
C/ID: Visual Identity and Branding for the Arts	Hyland, Angus et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Hand to Eye	Hyland, Angus et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Symbol	Hyland, Angus et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Graphic Design: A User’s Manual	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Laurence King Publishing
100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design	Heller, Steven et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Symbol (Mini Edition)	Bateman, Steven et al.	Laurence King Publishing
Morla : Design	Morla, Jennifer	Letterform Archive
A Designer’s Guide to Italy	Fili, Louise	Louise Fili
Logos A to Z	Fili, Louise	Louise Fili
Logos A to Z Three	Fili, Louise	Louise Fili
More Logos A to Z	Fili, Louise	Louise Fili
Bob Gill’s Portfolio	Gill, Bob	Lund Humphries
Marian Bantjes: Pretty Pictures	Bantjes, Marian	Metropolis Books
Uncanny: Surrealism and Graphic Design	Poynor, Rick	Moravian Gallery
Brno Echo	Miller, J. Abbott	Moravian Gallery
Typewise	Hinrichs, Kit et al.	North Light Books
Art Is Work	Glaser, Milton	Overlook Press
Drawing Is Thinking	Glaser, Milton	Overlook Press
In Search of the Miraculous	Glaser, Milton et al.	Overlook Press
Milton Glaser: Graphic Design	Glaser, Milton	Overlook Press
Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan	Kidd, Chip	Pantheon
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon	Bernstein, Dennis et al.	Paper Crown Press
American Typeplay	Heller, Steven et al.	PBC International
And the Pursuit of Happiness	Kalman, Maira	Penguin
The Elements of Style (illustrated)	Strunk, William et al.	Penguin
The Principles of Uncertainty	Kalman, Maira	Penguin
Beauty	Sagmeister, Stefan et al.	Phaidon Press
Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!)	Lois, George	Phaidon Press
Design/Writing/Research: Writing on Graphic Design	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Phaidon Press
Iron Fists	Heller, Steven	Phaidon Press
Merz to Emigre and Beyond	Heller, Steven	Phaidon Press
Paul Rand	Heller, Steven	Phaidon Press
Now is Better	Sagmeister, Stefan	Phaidon Press
“Dialog”	Carbone, Ken et al.	Pointed Leaf Press
Cover	Mendelsund, Peter	powerHouse Books
Abbott Miller: Design and Content	Miller, J. Abbott	Princeton Architectural Press
The ABC’s of Bauhaus: The Bauhaus and Design Theory	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Changing Faces	Tscherny, George	Princeton Architectural Press
Designing Pornotopia: Travels in Visual Culture	Poynor, Rick	Princeton Architectural Press
Dimensional Typography	Miller, J. Abbott	Princeton Architectural Press
D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
D.I.Y. Kids	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Elegantissima	Fili, Louise et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
The End	VanderLans, Rudy	Princeton Architectural Press
Graphic Design: The New Basics	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Growing Up Underground	Heller, Steven	Princeton Architectural Press
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Princeton Architectural Press
Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Make It Bigger	Scher, Paula	Princeton Architectural Press
Maps	Scher, Paula	Princeton Architectural Press
Mixing Messages	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Nudging Graphic Design	VanderLans, Rudy	Princeton Architectural Press
Reinventing the Wheel	Helfand, Jessica	Princeton Architectural Press
Screen: Essays on Graphic Design, New Media, and Visual Culture	Helfand, Jessica	Princeton Architectural Press
Seventy-nine Short Essays on Design	Bierut, Michael	Princeton Architectural Press
Seymour Chwast: Inspiration and Process in Design	Heller, Steven	Princeton Architectural Press
Shadow Type	Heller, Steven et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Skin: Substance, Surface, and Design	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Thinking with Type	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist	Bierut, Michael et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
TM: Trademarks Designed by Chermayeff & Geismar	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Type on Screen	Lupton, Ellen	Princeton Architectural Press
Typographica	Poynor, Rick	Princeton Architectural Press
Typography Sketchbooks	Heller, Steven et al.	Princeton Architectural Press
Identify	Chermayeff, Ivan et al.	Print Publishing
Seymour Chwast: At War with War	Chwast, Seymour	Pushpin Editions
Information Anxiety 2	Wurman, Richard Saul	Que
What We See When We Read	Mendelsund, Peter	Random House
Graphic Design: Visual Comparisons	Gill, Bob et al.	Reinhold
Illustration: Aspects and Directions	Gill, Bob et al.	Reinhold
Where Would the Button Be without the Button Hole?	Tscherny, George	RIT Press
Barnbrook Bible	Barnbrook, Jonathan	Rizzoli International Publications
Chip Kidd, Book One: Work 1986–2006	Kidd, Chip	Rizzoli International Publications
Design: Vignelli	Vignelli, Massimo et al.	Rizzoli International Publications
Multiple Signatures	Rock, Michael	Rizzoli International Publications
The Anatomy of Design	Heller, Steven et al.	Rockport Publishers
Brand Bible: The Complete Guide to Building, Designing and Sustaining Brands	Millman, Debbie	Rockport Publishers
Writing and Research for Graphic Designers	Heller, Steven	Rockport Publishers
I Heart Design	Heller, Steven	Rockport Publishers
LogoMania	Gill, Bob	Rockport Publishers
George, Be Careful	Lois, George	Saturday Review Press
Poster Man: 50 Years of Iconic Graphic Design	Chwast, Seymour et al.	Schiffer Publishing
Design: una storia italiana	Romanelli, Marco	Skira
Minimum Means, Maximum Meaning	Tscherny, George	Southeast University Press
Highway	Polster, Bernd et al.	Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Catalog	Goldberg, Carin	Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Alex Steinweiss: The Inventor of the Modern Album Cover	Reagan, Kevin et al.	TASCHEN
Digipop	Rashid, Karim	TASCHEN
FUSE 1-20	Brody, Neville et al.	TASCHEN
John Margolies: Roadside America	Margolies, John et al.	TASCHEN
20th Century Classic Cars	Heimann, Jim et al.	TASCHEN
Handwritten	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
New Modernist Type	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
New Ornamental Type	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
New Vintage Type	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
Scripts	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
Typographic Universe	Heller, Steven et al.	Thames & Hudson
Covering the ’60s	Lois, George	The Monacelli Press
I Wonder	Bantjes, Marian	The Monacelli Press
Milton Glaser: POP	Heller, Steven et al.	The Monacelli Press
Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing	Fox, Mark et al.	The Monacelli Press
Stop Stealing Sheep, 4th edition	Spiekermann, Erik	TOC
Essays: Scratching the Surface	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Unit Editions
FHK Henrion	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Unit Editions
Herb Lubalin	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Unit Editions
Ken Garland	Shaughnessy, Adrian	Unit Editions
Studio Culture	Brook, Tony et al.	Unit Editions
Supergraphics—Transforming Space	Brook, Tony et al.	Unit Editions
Supernew Supergraphics	Brook, Tony et al.	Unit Editions
Type Only	Sinclair, Mark et al.	Unit Editions
Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey	Brook, Tony et al.	Unit Editions
Borrowed Design: Use and Abuse of Historical Form	Heller, Steven et al.	Van Nostrand Reinhold
Graphic Design Made Difficult	Gill, Bob	Van Nostrand Reinhold
Innovators of American Illustration	Heller, Steven	Van Nostrand Reinhold
Graphic Design: Now in Production	Lupton, Ellen et al.	Walker Art Center; distributed by D.A.P.
Batman Collected	Kidd, Chip	Watson-Guptill
Forget All the Rules You Ever Learned About Graphic Design, Including the Ones in This Book	Gill, Bob	Watson-Guptill
The Graphic Design Portfolio: How to Make a Good One	Scher, Paula	Watson-Guptill
Graphic Wit	Heller, Steven et al.	Watson-Guptill
Pen and Mouse	Hyland, Angus et al.	Watson-Guptill
The Savage Mirror	Heller, Steven et al.	Watson-Guptill
Becoming a Digital Designer	Heller, Steven et al.	John Wiley & Sons
Emigre (The Book)	VanderLans, Rudy et al.	John Wiley & Sons
Paul Rand: American Modernist	Helfand, Jessica	Winterhouse Editions
Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design	Kidd, Chip	Workman
Chip Kidd	Vienne, Véronique	Yale University Press
Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design Since the Sixties	Poynor, Rick	Yale University Press
David King Designer: Activist, Visual Historian	Poynor, Rick	Yale University Press
Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age	Rothschild, Deborah et al.	Yale University Press
No More Rules: Graphic Design and Postmodernism	Poynor, Rick	Yale University Press
Scrapbooks: An American History	Helfand, Jessica	Yale University Press
Type Tells Tales	Heller, Steven et al.	Yale University Press

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Now is Better by Stefan Sagmeister

Now is Better

By Stefan Sagmeister
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: October 2023

Combining art, design, history, and quantitative analysis, transforms data sets into stunning artworks that underscore his positive view of human progress, inspiring us to think about the future with much-needed hope.

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Design Emergency: Building a Better Future by Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli

Design Emergency: Building a Better Future

By Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: May 2022

Rawsthorn and Antonelli tell the stories of the remarkable designers, architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists who are at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four themes—Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology—the authors present a unique portrait of how our great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from advances in science and technology.

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Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People by Debbie Millman

Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People

By Debbie Millman
Publisher: Harper Design
Published: February 22, 2022

Debbie Millman—author, educator, brand consultant, and host of the widely successful and award-winning podcast “Design Matters”—showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews, bringing together insights and reflections from today’s leading creative minds from across diverse fields.

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Milton Glaser: POP by Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber

Milton Glaser: POP

By Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, and Beth Kleber
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Published: March 2023

This collection of work from graphci design legend Milton Glaser’s Pop period features hundreds of examples of the designer’s work that have not been seen since their original publication, demonstrating the graphic revolution that transformed design and popular culture.

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Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange

Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

By Alexandra Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: June 2022

Chronicles postwar architects’ and merchants’ invention of the shopping mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. Publishers Weekly writes, “Contending that malls answer ‘the basic human need’ of bringing people together, influential design critic Lange advocates for retrofitting abandoned shopping centers into college campuses, senior housing, and ‘ethnocentric marketplaces’ catering to immigrant communities. Lucid and well researched, this is an insightful study of an overlooked and undervalued architectural form.”

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Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition) by Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller

Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 (Facsimile Edition)

By Diane V. Silverthorne, Dan Reynolds, and Megan Brandow-Faller
Publisher: Letterform Archives Books
Published: October 2023

This facsimile edition of Die Fläche, recreates every page of the formative design periodical in full color and at original size, accompanied by essays that contextualize the work, highlighting contributions by pathbreaking women, innovative lettering artists, and key practitioners of the new “surface art,” including Rudolf von Larisch, Alfred Roller, and Wiener Werkstätte founders Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann.

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