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

A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein

The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst

Living with Complexity
Don Norman

The New Typography
Jan Tschichold, Ruari McLean

Thinking with Type
Ellen Lupton

Typography: A Manual of Design
Emil Ruder

Helvetica Forever
Lars Müller Publishers

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

Artifacts: Porsche Motorsport
Type 7

Japanese Interiors
Phaidon
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