At UnderConsideration headquarters our bookshelves are lined with too many design books, and when we find ourselves in bookstores our first order of business is to browse the design section for new arrivals. Here are some of the books we own or wish we did. For a complete list of all recommended books click here.

Updates for February 2011

Victore or, Who Died and Made You Boss? by James Victore

I Wonder by Marian Bantjes

Born Modern: The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig by Steve Heller, Elaine Lustig Cohen

Unimark International: The Design of Business and the Business of Design by Jan Conradi

Emigre No. 70 the Look Back Issue: Selections from Emigre Magazine 1-69. Celebrating 25 Years of Graphic Design by Rudy VanderLans

Art of McSweeney's by McSweeney's

Penguin 75: Designers, Authors, Commentary (the Good, the Bad…) by Paul Buckley

Stereographics: Graphics in New Dimensions by Viction

Beer: A Genuine Collection of Cans by Dan Becker, Lance Wilson

Box Bottle Bag: The World's Best Package Designs from TheDieline.com by Andrew Gibbs

Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design by R. Klanten, H. Hellige

Naive: Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design by by R. Klanten, H. Hellige

Rock Paper Show: Flatstock Volume One by Geoff Peveto

Dynamic Identities in Cultural and Public Context by Ulrike Felsing

Uncorporate Identity by Metahaven

Pentagram Marks by Pentagram Partners

Brand Identity Essentials: 100 Principles for Designing Logos and Building Brands by Kevin Budelmann, Yang Kim, Curt Wozniak

Recycling and Redesigning Logos: A Designer's Guide to Refreshing & Rethinking Design by Michael Hodgson

Designers' Identities by Liz Farrelly

iheartlogos Season One by iheartlogos

Designing Obama by Scott Thomas

Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers by Steven Heller, Lita Talarico

Design School Confidential: Extraordinary Class Projects From the International Design Schools, Colleges, and Institutes by Steven Heller, Lita Talarico

Studio Culture: The Secret Life of a Graphic Design Studio by Adrian Shaughnessy, Tony Brook

Graphic Design: A User's Manual by Adrian Shaughnessy

Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books by Jason Godfrey

The Story of Graphic Design: From the Invention of Writing to the Birth of Digital Design by Patrick Cramsie

Rework by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality by Scott Belsky

Volume: Writings on Graphic Design, Music, Art, and Culture by Kenneth FitzGerald

The Blue Lady's New Look and Other Curiosities: Posts from the Crossroads of Design and Marketing by Silas Amos