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The Elements of Typographic Style (Paperback)
by Robert Bringhurst (shelved 63 times as design)
avg rating 4.56 — 767 ratings — published 1992
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Envisioning Information (Hardcover)
by Edward R. Tufte (shelved 62 times as design)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,112 ratings — published 1990
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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Hardcover)
by Edward R. Tufte (shelved 61 times as design)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,359 ratings — published 1992
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The Design of Everyday Things (Paperback)
by Donald A. Norman (shelved 60 times as design)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,631 ratings — published 1988
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Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)
by Ellen Lupton (shelved 51 times as design)
avg rating 3.87 — 688 ratings — published 2004
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Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative (Hardcover)
by Edward R. Tufte (shelved 43 times as design)
avg rating 4.31 — 754 ratings — published 1997
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (2nd Edition)
by Steve Krug (shelved 37 times as design)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,444 ratings — published 2000
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Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through Design (Hardcover)
by William Lidwell (shelved 33 times as design)
avg rating 4.24 — 289 ratings — published 2003
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Designing Interactions (Hardcover)
by Bill Moggridge (shelved 29 times as design)
avg rating 3.96 — 287 ratings — published 2006
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How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul (Paperback)
by Adrian Shaughnessy (shelved 28 times as design)
avg rating 4.04 — 335 ratings — published 2005
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The Non-Designer's Design Book, Second Edition (Paperback)
by Robin P. Williams (shelved 23 times as design)
avg rating 4.08 — 246 ratings — published 1994
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (Paperback)
by Michael Braungart (shelved 21 times as design)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,080 ratings — published 2002
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Beautiful Evidence (Hardcover)
by Edward R. Tufte (shelved 20 times as design)
avg rating 4.11 — 610 ratings — published 2006
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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Second Edition (Paperback)
by Erik Spiekermann (shelved 19 times as design)
avg rating 3.66 — 234 ratings — published 1993
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D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks)
by Ellen Lupton (shelved 18 times as design)
avg rating 3.85 — 297 ratings — published 2006
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Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop (Paperback)
by Timothy Samara (shelved 18 times as design)
avg rating 3.90 — 178 ratings — published 2003
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Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design (Hardcover)
by Chen Design Associates (shelved 17 times as design)
avg rating 4.12 — 131 ratings — published 2006
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The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
by John Maeda (shelved 17 times as design)
avg rating 3.73 — 508 ratings — published 2006
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The End of Print (Paperback)
by Lewis Blackwell (shelved 17 times as design)
avg rating 4.17 — 91 ratings — published 1995
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The Art of Looking Sideways (Hardcover)
by Alan Fletcher (shelved 17 times as design)
avg rating 4.51 — 416 ratings — published 2001
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Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman (shelved 17 times as design)
avg rating 3.58 — 427 ratings — published 2003
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Grid Systems in Graphic Design (Hardcover)
by Josef Müller-Brockmann (shelved 16 times as design)
avg rating 4.50 — 181 ratings — published 1981
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Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs)
by Kimberly Elam (shelved 14 times as design)
avg rating 3.62 — 120 ratings — published 2004
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The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm (Hardcover)
by Tom Kelley (shelved 13 times as design)
avg rating 3.83 — 388 ratings — published 2001
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by Christopher Alexander (shelved 13 times as design)
avg rating 4.51 — 879 ratings — published 1977
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Hand Job: A Catalog of Type (Paperback)
by Michael Perry (shelved 13 times as design)
avg rating 4.39 — 191 ratings — published 2007
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How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer (Paperback)
by Debbie Millman (shelved 12 times as design)
avg rating 4.17 — 135 ratings — published 2007
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Meggs' History of Graphic Design (Hardcover)
by Philip B. Meggs (shelved 12 times as design)
avg rating 4.22 — 158 ratings — published 2005
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79 Short Essays on Design (Hardcover)
by Michael Bierut (shelved 12 times as design)
avg rating 4.17 — 221 ratings — published 2007
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The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition (Paperback)
by Edward R. Tufte (shelved 12 times as design)
avg rating 4.09 — 216 ratings — published 2003
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The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter)
by Dave Shea (shelved 12 times as design)
avg rating 3.94 — 282 ratings — published 2005
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Things I have learned in my life so far (Hardcover)
by Stefan Sagmeister (shelved 12 times as design)
avg rating 4.35 — 236 ratings — published 2008
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Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media (Turtleback)
by Jim Krause (shelved 12 times as design)
avg rating 4.00 — 139 ratings — published 2002
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Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition (Paperback)
by Kimberly Elam (shelved 11 times as design)
avg rating 3.71 — 86 ratings — published 2001
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Tibor Kalman, Perverse Optimist (Paperback)
by Peter Hall (shelved 11 times as design)
avg rating 4.48 — 136 ratings — published 1998
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Shaping Things (Mediaworks Pamphlets)
by Bruce Sterling (shelved 11 times as design)
avg rating 3.82 — 188 ratings — published 2005
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Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change (2nd Edition)
by Victor Papanek (shelved 11 times as design)
avg rating 4.25 — 83 ratings — published 1985
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Designing with Web Standards (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Zeldman (Goodreads author) (shelved 11 times as design)
avg rating 4.20 — 229 ratings — published 2003
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Designing Interfaces (Paperback)
by Jenifer Tidwell (shelved 10 times as design)
avg rating 3.84 — 212 ratings — published 2005
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Layout Index: Brochure, Web Design, Poster, Flyer, Advertising, Page Layout, Newsletter, Stationery Index (Turtleback)
by Jim Krause (shelved 10 times as design)
avg rating 3.58 — 113 ratings — published 2001
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Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments (Turtleback)
by Jim Krause (shelved 10 times as design)
avg rating 3.67 — 93 ratings — published 2000
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Chip Kidd: Book One: Work: 1986-2006 (Chip Kidd)
by Chip Kidd (shelved 10 times as design)
avg rating 4.41 — 284 ratings — published 2005
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Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises (Paperback)
by Architecture For Humanity (shelved 10 times as design)
avg rating 4.29 — 247 ratings — published 2006
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In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World (Paperback)
by John Thackara (shelved 10 times as design)
avg rating 3.94 — 89 ratings — published 2005
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (Paperback)
by Scott McCloud (shelved 9 times as design)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,102 ratings — published 1993
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Forms, Folds, and Sizes: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find (Turtleback)
by Poppy Evans (shelved 9 times as design)
avg rating 4.12 — 51 ratings — published 2004
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Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices (Voices That Matter)
by Dan Saffer (shelved 9 times as design)
avg rating 3.50 — 119 ratings — published 2006
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Maeda @ Media (Paperback)
by John Maeda (shelved 9 times as design)
avg rating 4.39 — 44 ratings — published 2000
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Dos Logos (Hardcover)
by Roland Muller (shelved 9 times as design)
avg rating 4.08 — 49 ratings — published 2004
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Graphic Design: A Concise History, Second Edition (World of Art)
by Richard Hollis (shelved 9 times as design)
avg rating 3.81 — 58 ratings — published 1994
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"In no way can we improve a normal pregnancy and labour in a healthy woman; we can only change it, but not for the better."
— G. J. Kloosterman
— G. J. Kloosterman
"Als een site is voorzien van een elegant design maar verder niet bruikbaar is, zal de site falen. Het omgekeerde is echter ook van toepassing! Als een site perfect bruikbaar is maar is voorzien van een volkomen ongeïnspireerd en oersaai non-design, zal hij eveneens falen."
— Peter Kassenaar (Handboek Website Usability)
— Peter Kassenaar (Handboek Website Usability)
