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

A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein

Living with Complexity
Don Norman

The Monocle Guide to Better Living
Gestalten

Pentagram: Living by Design
Thames & Hudson

Soft Minimal: Norm Architects
Gestalten

Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style
Abrams Books

Atlas Of Brutalist Architecture
Phaidon

Herman Miller: A Way of Living
Phaidon

Japanese Interiors
Phaidon
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