books?
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i believe this is cina's booklist that i had found somewhere, anyways its pretty good list:
DESIGN:
'pioneer of swiss design' josef muller-brockmann (swiss designer)*
'dutch graphic design' broos, hefting (history of dutch design)
'experience' perkins, ardill, caddy (more inspirational than design)
'design: vignelli' massimo vignelli (rare)
'complete works' herbert bayer (bauhaus)
'his work' armin hofmann
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HISTORY:
'a history of graphic design' phillip meggs (various, history of design)**
'graphic design in america' walker art center
'graphic design, a concise history' richard hollis
'the thames and hudson encyclopedia of graphic design and designers' alan and isabella livingston
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GRIDS:
'grid systems (in graphic design)' josef muller-brockmann (the best book on grids, rare)*
'typography' emil ruder (swiss teacher on type and grids, very rare)*
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TYPOGRAPHY:
'typography' wolfgang weingart (swiss typographer)
'typography' friedl, ott, stein (various, history of type)*
'twentieth-century type (remix)' lewis blackwell (various, typography)
'typographic communications today' gottschall (typography)
'typographic design: form and communication' carter, day, meggs (typography)
'basic typography: design with letters' ruedi ruegg (typography)
'typography: macro + micro aesthetics' willi kunz (swiss, typography)
'the elements of typographic style' robert bringhurst *
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LOGOS:
'marks of excellence' per mollerup
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COLOR:
'theory and use of color' luigina de grandis
'the basic law of color theory' harald kueppers
'interaction of color' josef albers *
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THEORY:
'ways of seeing' john berger*
'design without boundaries' rick poynor
'looking closer' (series)
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INFORMATION DESIGN:
'information design' richard saul wurman
edward tufte, any