Design Books for Laymen
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- kota
A coworker of mine was asking me today about design books and I was left a little bit at a loss. What he needs is a sort of Malcolm Gladwell or Oliver Sacks type of book about design. Some top down ideas, some specific case exploration, but really a book for normies about design. Dunno why I am blanking on 'em guess I went to design school instead.
- utopian0
Quite a few here:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/664141…
http://www.qbn.com/topics/556869…
- d_rek0
Maybe hook him up with a few issues of comm arts?
I dunno.. they're all just pretty picture books in the end. Find the one with the prettiest pictures and go: "Now THIS is design!"
Haha.. or if you want to put him to sleep you could give him that Muller-Brockman book about grids.
- ETM0
- kota0
Yeah, he wants something non-specific. For instance, something like Ellen Lupton's type book would be perfect if he wanted something just on type.
- fourth0
My first design class I was required to buy this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Crisp-Grap…
It's short, to the point, and the straight up fundamentals of design in a concise manner. Still like to pull it off the shelf from time to time.
- graybu0
A Smile in the Mind is a classic for witty thinking and clever ideas —
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Smile-Mi…Problem Solved is another gem —
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Problem-…They were two of the most helpfull books I read in design school anyway.
