Essential reading for designers, shelved in one place.
48 books

A Dictionary of Color Combinations Vol. 1
Sanzo Wada

A Dictionary of Color Combinations Vol. 2
Sanzo Wada

A New Program for Graphic Design
David Reinfurt

A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein

Architectural Logos
Counter-Print

The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst

Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Armin Hofmann

Graphic Design: The New Basics
Ellen Lupton, Jennifer Cole Phillips

Grid Systems in Graphic Design
Josef Müller-Brockmann

IBM: Graphic Design Guide from 1969 to 1987
Paul Rand

Japanese Graphic Design
Wang Shaoqiang

Know Your Onions: Graphic Design
Drew de Soto

Living with Complexity
Don Norman

Logo Beginnings
Jens Mueller

Logo Design Love
David Airey

Logo Modernism
Jens Müller, R. Roger Remington

Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis, Sandra Maxa, Mark Sanders

Passenger Information System: Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways
Josef Müller-Brockmann
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