7 Must-Read Graphic Design Books to Boost Your Career

1 – Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers

This volume provides guidelines and rules for the function and uses for grid systems from 8 to 32 grid fields which can be used for the most varied of projects, the three-dimensional grid being treated as well. Exact directions for using all of the grid systems possible presented are given to the user, showing examples of working correctly on a conceptual level.

7 must read graphic design books to boost your career
<strong><em>by Josef Müller Brockmann<em><strong>

2 – Oh, Sh*t… What Now?: Honest Advice for New Graphic Designers

This book is a comprehensive and insightful guide to anything and everything that is of use to those looking to break into the creative industries, sharing experiences, ideas, advice, criticism, and encouragement. With sections covering education, portfolios, jobs/freelancing, working process, and personal development, this straight-talking, funny, and frequently irreverent guide is a must-read for all creative arts students.

7 must read graphic design books to boost your career
<strong><em>by Craig Oldham<em><strong>

3 – How to

In his entertaining voice, the artist walks us through each from start to finish, mixing historic images, preliminary drawings (including full-size reproductions of the notebooks he has maintained for more than thirty-five years), working models and rejected alternatives, as well as the finished work. Throughout, he provides insights into the creative process, his working life, his relationship with clients, and the struggles that any design professional faces in bringing innovative ideas to the world.

7 must read graphic design books to boost your career
<strong><em>by Michael Bierut<em><strong>

4 – How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul

This new, expanded edition brings this essential text up to date with new chapters on professional skills, the creative process, and global trends that include social responsibility, ethics, and the rise of digital culture. How to Be a Graphic Designer offers clear, concise guidance along with focused, no-nonsense strategies for setting up, running, and promoting a studio; finding work; and collaborating with clients.

7 must read graphic design books to boost your career
<strong><em>by Adrian Shaughnessy<em><strong>

5 – Interaction of Color

Josef Albers’s classic Interaction of Color is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this influential book presents Albers’s singular explanation of complex color theory principles.

7 must read graphic design books to boost your career
<strong><em>by Josef Albers<em><strong>

6 – Powered by Design: An Introduction to Problem Solving with Graphic Design

Now more than ever, the graphic design industry needs a book that teaches the foundations and theories of design while simultaneously speaking to the topics of history, ethics, and accessibility in order to make designs that are the most effective for all people.

7 must read graphic design books to boost your career
<strong><em>by Renée Stevens<em><strong>

7 – Thinking with Type

Ellen Lupton provides clear and focused guidance on how letters, words, and paragraphs should be aligned, spaced, ordered, and shaped. The book covers all typography essentials, from typefaces and type families, to kerning and tracking, to using a grid.

7 must read graphic design books to boost your career
<strong><em>by Ellen Lupton<em><strong>
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