Because you clearly have money to spend this Holiday season, I have put together a list of some of the best books of 2008. If you prefer not to buy, I do strongly recommend paying your local bookstore a visit and lingering. All these titles have also been added to our growing (albeit slowly) archive of recommendations.
For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis by Aubrey Powell, Storm Thorgerson
Daniel Eatock Imprint: Works 1975-2007 by Daniel Eatock
Graphic Thought Facility (A+D Series) by Zoe Ryan
Peter Saville: Estate 1-127 by Peter Saville
My work is not my work: Pierre Bernard - Design for the public domain by by Hugues Boekraad
Reasons to be Cheerful: The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles by Paul Gorman
Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography by Christopher Burke
Otto Neurath by by Nader Vossoughian
Iron Fists: Branding the 20th-Century Totalitarian State by Steven Heller
The Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design Into Goods That Sell by Steven Heller, Lita Talarico
The Essential Principles Of Graphic Design by Debbie Millman
For Sale: 200 Innovative Packaging Designs by John Foster
NEVER SLEEP: Graduating to Graphic Design by Andre Andreev, Dan Covert
The Printmaking Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques by by Ann d’Arcy Hughes, Hebe Vernon-Morris
Latin American Graphic Design by Julius Wiedemann, Felipe Taborda
Fully Booked: Cover Art and Design for Books by M. Hubner, R. Klanten
Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design by R. Klanten, N. Bourquin, S. Ehmann, F. van Heerden, T. Tissot
Playful Type: Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts by R. Klanten, H. Hellige
Classique: Cover Art for Classical Music by Horst Scherg, Robert Klanten
Iron Fists is one book on the top of my list. As well as:
Typo. Desk Reference
Medium is the Message
Women of Design (something tells me you might already have this one)
It's Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be
Outliers
On Dec.11.2008 at 09:30 AM