Designers

Invited designers (including architects, fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers, landscape architects, product designers, urban designers, and other design professionals) have chosen books that inspire them and that have shaped their worldview or their ideas about design.
132 designers
Rashid, Karim Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 17
Holm, Jens Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design Denmark, United States 13
St. Clair, Temple Jewelry Design United States 17
Rock, Michael Graphic Design United States 13
Maeda, John Graphic Design United States 11
Lynn, Greg Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 32
Hinrichs, Kit Graphic Design United States 55
Geismar, Tom Graphic Design United States 17
Idenburg, Florian Architecture United States 14
Carbone, Ken Graphic Design United States 19
Fili, Louise Graphic Design United States 36
Ratti, Carlo Architecture Italy, United States 14
Balmori, Diana Landscape Design, Urban Design United States 26
Silvetti, Jorge Architecture, Urban Design United States 18
Bridges, Sheila Interior Design United States 10
Riley, Terence Architecture United States 24
Miller, Abbott Graphic Design United States 23
Gill, Bob Graphic Design United States 26
Scofidio, Ricardo Architecture, Urban Design United States 14
Zeisel, Eva Product/Industrial Design United States 2
Gang, Jeanne Architecture United States 19
Holl, Steven Architecture United States 27
Kalman, Maira Graphic Design United States 30
Freelon, Philip Architecture United States 11
Dykers, Craig Architecture Norway, United States 26
Tsao, Calvin Architecture United States 6
Tsien, Billie Architecture United States 10
Tolla, Ada Architecture Italy, United States 13
Solomonoff, Galia Architecture United States 17
Brown, Tim Product/Industrial Design United States 15
Koeth, Alice Calligraphy United States 6
Formosa, Dan Product/Industrial Design United States 15
Sachs, Richard Bicycle Building United States 26
Tscherny, George Graphic Design United States 11
Pushelberg, Glenn Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design Canada, United States 5
Manfredi, Michael Architecture United States 14
Caan, Shashi Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United Kingdom, United States 11
Mendelsund, Peter Graphic Design United States 17
Sussman, Deborah Graphic Design, Interior Design United States 14
Olivares, Jonathan Product/Industrial Design United States 6
Green, Nancye Graphic Design United States 33
Dubbeldam, Winka Architecture United States 12
Licko, Zuzana Graphic Design United States 10
Anderson, Gail Graphic Design United States 27
Riehm, Juergen Architecture United States 18
Chermayeff, Ivan Graphic Design United States 22
Hampton, Alexa Interior Design United States 72
Viemeister, Tucker Product/Industrial Design United States 4
Ruddick, Margie Landscape Design United States 10
Bohlin, Peter Architecture United States 16
de Bretteville, Sheila Levrant Graphic Design United States 7
Haviv, Sagi Graphic Design United States 9
Easton, David Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 21
Krakoff, Reed Fashion Design United States 12
Biber, James Architecture United States 19
Lois, George Graphic Design United States 24
Meyers, Victoria Architecture United States 17
Burrows, Stephen Fashion Design United States 9
Tigerman, Stanley Architecture United States 17
Tihany, Adam Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 9
Mizrahi, Isaac Fashion Design United States 13
Wurman, Richard Saul Architecture, Graphic Design United States 18
Scher, Paula Graphic Design United States 23
Glaser, Milton Graphic Design United States 19
Williams, Tod Architecture United States 9
Sui, Anna Fashion Design United States 13
Krishnamurthy, Prem Graphic Design United States 8
Barry, Barbara Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 1
Bierut, Michael Graphic Design United States 21
Beers, Jeffrey Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 8
Pennoyer, Peter Architecture United States 16
Berke, Deborah Architecture United States 19
Baird, Penny Drue Interior Design France, United States 15
Jenks, Lisa Fashion Design, Jewelry Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 26
Cooper, Alexander Architecture United States 21
Robertson, Jaquelin Architecture United States 31
Kidd, Chip Graphic Design United States 17
Piscuskas, David Architecture United States 17
Vignelli, Massimo Graphic Design United States 36
Denari, Neil Architecture United States 22
Frattini Magnusson, Emanuela Architecture, Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 11
Hodgetts, Craig Architecture, Graphic Design United States 17
Mayne, Thom Architecture United States 10
VanderLans, Rudy Graphic Design United States 22
McCurry, Margaret Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 28
Lignano, Giuseppe Architecture Italy, United States 13
Eisenman, Peter Architecture United States 25
Helfand, Jessica Graphic Design United States 14
Sorkin, Michael Architecture United States 38
Fisher, Jules Lighting Design United States 5
Libeskind, Daniel Architecture United States 35
Jacobsen, Hugh Newell Architecture United States 11
Bilhuber, Jeffrey Interior Design United States 14
Lehrer, Warren Graphic Design United States 33
Marantz, Paul Lighting Design United States 9
de la Torre, Ernest Interior Design United States 6
Castle, Wendell Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Hannah, Bruce Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Fox, Mark Graphic Design United States 10
Magnusson, Carl Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Goldberg, Carin Graphic Design United States 37
Graves, Michael Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Moss, Eric Owen Architecture United States 51
Oldham, Todd Architecture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 37
Venturi, Robert Architecture, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design United States 49
Predock, Antoine Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 18
Scott Brown, Denise Architecture, Product/Industrial Design, Urban Design United States 49
Diller, Elizabeth Architecture, Urban Design United States 14
Kundig, Tom Architecture United States 7
Georgis, William Architecture, Interior Design United States 6
Diffrient, Niels Product/Industrial Design United States 20
Yabu, George Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design Canada, United States 6
Chwast, Seymour Graphic Design United States 16
Morla, Jennifer Graphic Design United States 10
Adler, Jonathan Interior Design, Product/Industrial Design United States 16
Ambasz, Emilio Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 7
Rowley, Cynthia Fashion Design United States 14
Rucci, Ralph Fashion Design United States 16
Weeks, David Product/Industrial Design United States 5
Rockwell, David Architecture, Interior Design, Scenic Design United States 15
Esslinger, Hartmut Product/Industrial Design United States 12
Wassmann, Christian Architecture United States 13
Meier, Richard Architecture, Product/Industrial Design United States 40
Lin, Maya Architecture United States 5
Bernett, Jeffrey Product/Industrial Design United States 8
Norten, Enrique Architecture, Urban Design Mexico, United States 13
Hardy, Hugh Architecture United States 11
Heller, Steven Graphic Design United States 59
McKown, Zack Architecture United States 6
Pelli, Cesar Architecture United States 6
Sagmeister, Stefan Graphic Design United States 13
Duany, Andrés Architecture, Urban Design United States 11