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- cuda
everyone has their own favorites,
but there are always a few that really inspires you and you can read it over and over and over again and still able to get more out of them."Flatnessisgod", "Buro Destruct"(the blue and orange cover) , "Noise Four" , and "Swiss Graphic Design" have been getting me going for a while.
then ofcouse, LIFE itself is inspiring , but that's not my point here.You favorite book(s)??
- Bluejam0
Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons...
...unf®©king believable. Everytime.
- Biofreak0
anything by steven heller.
just got his new book Cuba Style. not as inspiring as his others for me personally, but still... you cant beat his books with a stick.
- SLD0
shawn wolfes "uncanny" rocks my socks... and i found a "print" mag from a year back or so that has helped me a bit
- Blofeldt0
A History of Graphic Design:
Philip B Meggs
- Biofreak0
damn, i need to write somma these down. this is good shiz.
- Bluejam0
Steve Heller is great.
His story* on how he became a designer is pure class. They should make a film 'bout that.*Read The Graphic Design Reader
- matt240
End of Print - Carson
- jayb0
uncanny is great,
My favorite is Lifestyle
by Bruce Mau.everybody should also read
Mutations by Rem Koolhas,
a great study of where the
world is headed.
- BonSeff0
meggs has wrote a ton good design books
- cuda0
I bought "Life style" by Bruce Mao a while ago.
I was all excited when I bought it, but it wasn't that inspiring, it's like a personal journal of his deign.
not that it's not great, but besides a amazing cover idea, there's something lacking inside.. but I can't pin point what's that exactly.
It's not even the topic here, but I just feel like bringing it up anyway..
any feedback on this?
- hupp0
Yeah- I was all excited about Life Style because of S,M,L,XL and I found the collaboration interesting. But in a way I felt that the book was trying too hard and much of it was filling the space to create a hefty book. However, it reamins to be an interesting book.
I find some monographs interesting like Soak, Wash, Spin or whatever it was from Tolleson.
I often carry about a small book on the architect, Tadao Ando, The Colours of Light.
I find the big book on Rand and excellent resource and Lars Muller's book on L. Muller-Brockman.
The Harvard project, on building cities is fantastic. Foster On, On Foster is also very interesting as it is quite personal.
Design, Writing, Research - is thought provoking but I wont read all of it.
And I am off to replace my much missed, Grid Systems right now from a fantastic book store - William Stout. Though, if you're in London, Magma Books (magmabooks.com) is equally as great.
Keep suggesting others, I'd like to buy more books.
dn
- hupp0
This is a funny slant on Bruce Mau -
- WildPony0
Steven Heller is very cool. I think he's written over 70 design books.
As for some of my fav graphic design books:
Elements of Typographic Style
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…
Conceptual Blockbusting
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…
A History of Graphic Design
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…
Paul Rand: From Lascaux to Brooklyn
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido…i could go on and on...books rule.
- cuda0
books rule, but they kills my wallet............
- Biofreak0
word cuda.
if i dont spend mine all on beer, then i go to the bookstore, buy something take it home and get drunk whilst reading it. heheh.
man, you guys have really killed my wallet today. ive been writing these down to check into. thanks a lot assholes. =)
- cuda0
I like design books that shows me the artist's/firm's process to the solution.
All the reseraching and sketching and refining and conflicts with client and ultimately finding a solution that satisify both ends.
Knowing other designers' way of sloving problems helps me in a great way.
and it's amazing to see how all the rough sketches develope into the final design.
any good books like that out there?
- cuda0
for a while I was also hooked on those motion graphics DVDs I was buying GAS BOOK and FLIPS and all those plus design books and porns.
I'm so glad I'm done with those DVDs.
Now I can afford to eat out .
- Dolan0
The Futura 2000 book rocks hard. Paul Rand books. Neville Brody book #1. John Maeda.
