Design is a broad term. There is literally design in almost everything and all parts of life. There is fashion design, interior design, graphic design, and much much more. The books we feature here delve into the art of creativity and design. Creativity and design go hand and hand. You can’t have one without the other. So here are some of our favorite books on design. These books are the kind for the designer’s bookshelf. They help to ignite the creativity inside of each of us. Sometimes, we all need a little spark to ignite the inner design process, don’t we?
This book gives designers real world practices if they intend on being in the design business after school. It includes practices you will only see in the real world. Every industry has rules that you only learn as you work with other designers and this book is the one to teach that. It provides tips and experiences that you learn years after working in the field which helps designers have an advantage. You can use the authors experiences to advance your career instead of having to learn by experience.
This book features graphic design psychology points and ideas. This book is practical and is written with a humorous perspective. The authors writing style is whimsical and clearly written with illustrations. The illustrations show practical steps in the graphic design process. The book is well thought out and explained with its direct and objective teachings. It outlines the process in graphic design and it is quite possibly one of the BEST books about graphic design.
This is a broad book covering all type of design from, media and web design to interior design. It gives ideas on various different projects. The purpose of this book is to expand any designers thought flow. It gives 80 challenges for the environments that you are in to open up your creative thought. This is a good book for a designers books shelf, as it gives alot of visuals and comes from various angles of design.
This book offers 1,000 designer ideas for interior designers. Using this books this helps interior designers or the homeowner in arranging their rooms into minimalistic, simple, and livable environments. The way a room is designed can encourage you as well as your family to spend more time in it because design creates an aura of either relaxation or disarray. If you are going for relaxation in the home, this book should fill you with ideas to create it.
This book takes a delve into the lives of Charles and Ray Eames. It is a very visual book that makes for a good coffee table book. It is an authentic primary source as it is written by Charles, Ray or their family members of the Eames family. It gives many illustrations of architecture designs and how the Eames’ were inspired. This book won’t bore you with its exciting depictions.
