List of Design Books Reviewed

Here are some book reviews and previews of graphic design books. They are arranged chronologically.

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Advertising

• The A-Z of Visual Ideas: How to Solve Any Creative Brief (2011)
• Graphis Advertising Annual 2010 (2010)
• Big Format Advertising (2010)
• D&AD 2010: The Best Advertising and Design In the World (2009, preview)
• Advertising Now! TV Commercials (2008, preview)
• A History of Advertising (2008, preview)
• Creative Advertising (2008)
• Graphis Advertising Annual 2007 (2007)
• Advertising Now. Print (2006, preview)
• Advertising Now. Online (2006, preview)

Asian

• Inspirations From The East: Modern Chinese Design (2009)

Biography

• Born Modern: The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig (2010)

Branding

• B&D: Brand's Expression / Design is Smiling (2010)

Brochures

• The Best of Brochure Design 11 (2010)
• New Absolute Appeal: Direct Mail Design (2010)
• The Best of the Best of Brochure Design: Volume II (2010)
• The Best of Brochure Design 9 (2008)

Business cards

• Mini Graphics: Maximum Impact in a Mini Format (2010)
• My Own Business Card (2009)
• The Best of Business Card Design 8 (2008)

Catalog

• Graphis Design Annual 2010 (2009, preview)
• Young Graphic Designers Americas (2008)
• The Big Book of Graphic Design (2008)
• Graphis Design Annual 2008 (2008)
• Young European Graphic Designers (2007)

Colour

• Playing with Color: 50 Graphic Experiments for Exploring Color Design Principles (2013)
• Color Design Workbook 2008 (2008)
• The New Big Book of Color (2006)

Corporate/Brand Identity

• Brand Identity Now! (2009, preview)
• American Corporate Identity 2008 (2008)
• Business Graphics (2007)
• Global Corporate Identity 3 (2007)
• Graphis Annual Reports 2006 (2006)

Crafting

• Papercraft 2: Design and Art With Paper (2011, preview)

Disc art

• 1000 Music Graphics (2008)
• CD-Art: Innovation in CD Packaging Design (2008)

Fashion

• 1000 Poses in Fashion (2010)
• Fashion Designers' Sketchbooks (2010)
• The Beautiful: Illustrations for Fashion and Style (2010)
• Fashion Design Handbook (2009)
• Fashion Source: Poses (2008)
• New Fashion Illustration (2006)

Graphic Design

• Graphic Design School: A Foundation Course for Graphic Designers Working in Print, Moving Image and Digital Media (2017)
• Graphic Design Rants and Raves by Steven Heller (2017)

Illustration

• Territory 11 (2010)
• Vector Graphics and Illustration (2011)

Infographics

• Visual Storytelling: Inspiring a New Visual Language (2011)
• Information Design Workbook (2008)
• Malofiej 11

Installation Art

• Art & Agenda: Political Art and Activism (2011)
• Book Art (2011)
• Doppelganger (2011)
• The Beautiful Struggle: The Art of Dzine (2011)
• A Touch of Code: Interactive Installations and Experiences (2011)
• Span (2008)

Logos

• Logo-a-gogo: Branding Pop Culture (2018)
• Logo Life: Life Histories of 100 Famous Logos (2012)
• Brand Identity Essentials: 100 Principles for Designing Logos and Building Brands (2010)
• Los Logos: Compass (2010, preview)
• Pentagram Marks (2010)
• Lord of the Logos: Designing the Metal Underground (2010, preview)
• Los Logos (2009)
• Tres Logos (2009)
• Dos Logos (2009)
• Logo Design Vol. 2 (2009, preview)
• Los Logos (2009, preview)
• Really Good Logos Explained (2008)
• Logo Lounge 4 (2008)
• Masters of Design Logos & Identity (2008)
• Logo Design Vol. 1 (2007, preview)
• Letterhead & Logo Design 10 (2007)
• Identity Crisis (2007)
• Logo Lounge 2 (2007)
• Logos by Michael Evamy (2007)
• Logo Savvy (2007)
• Color Management for Logos (2006)
• Dos Logos (2004, preview)

Magazines

• The Modern Magazine: Visual Journalism in the Digital Era (2013)

Newspaper

• The Best of Newspaper Design 30 (2009)
• The Best of Newspaper Design 29 (2008)
• The Best of Newspaper Design 28 (2007)

Outdoor display

• A Tech Guide for Signage (2015)
• Wayfinding Signage Graphics (2010)
• Left, Right, Up, Down: New Directions in Signage and Wayfinding (2010)

Package design

• Boxed and Labelled 2: New Approaches to Packaging Design (2011)
• Book of the Year Volume 3 (2011)
• 200 Best Packaging Design 2010/2011 (2010)
• New Package Design (2009)
• The Big Book of Bags, Tags and Labels (2009)
• New Page Design (2009, preview)
• Boxed and Labelled (2009, preview)
• Package Design Workbook (2008)
• Print and Production Finishes for Bags, Labels, and Point of Purchase (2008)
• Graphis Packaging 9 (2004)

Patterns

• Experimental Pattern Sourcebook: 300 Inspired Designs from Around the World (2010)
• Print and Pattern (2010)
• Constellations: An Inspirational Sourcebook of Repeat Patterns (2009)

Posters

• Japan - Nippon: Poster Collection 26 (2008)
• Color Design Workbook 2008 (2008)
• Graphis Poster Annual 2007 (2007)

Print and editorial

• Risomania: The New Spirit of Printing (2017)
• Turning Pages (2010, preview)
• Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design (2010, preview)
• 44th Publication Design Annual (2009)
• Playful Type: Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts (2009, preview)
• CMYK 2.0: A Cooperative Workflow for Photographers, Designers, and Printers (2009)
• 100 Habits of Successful Publication Designers (2008)
• Fully Booked (2008, preview)

Product design

• Beer: A Genuine Collection of Cans (2011, preview)
• The Story of Eames Furniture (2010, preview)
• Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams (2010, preview)
• Deconstructing Product Design (2009)
• 1000 New Eco Designs and Where to Find Them (2009)

Miscellaneous

• The Modernist (2011)
• 365 Days of Design: Creative Calendar Solutions (2011)
• Cutting Edges: Contemporary Collage (2011)
• My Green City (2011)
• The Form Book: Creating Forms for Printed and Online Use (2010)
• By Invitation Only (2010)
• Graphics Alive 2 (2010)
• Gallery: The World's Best Graphics Vol. 6 (2010)
• Data Flow 2 (2010, preview)
• Contemporary Graphic Design (2010, preview)
• Vintage T-Shirts (2010, preview)
• Go Faster: The Graphic Design of Racing Cars (2010, preview)
• Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design (2009)
• Celebration Graphics Sourcebook: Festive Designs from All Cultures (2009)
• Arabesque: Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia (2009, preview)
• Powershop 2: New Retail Design (2009, preview)
• Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics that People Understand (2009)
• Young German Design (2008)
• The Design Entrepreneur (2008)
• Design For Special Events (2008)
• Visualizing Ideas: From Scribbles to Storyboards (2006)
• Creativity 36 Annual Awards (2007)
• 1000 Restaurant Bar & Cafe Graphics (2007)
• Joel Desgrippes and Marc Gobe on Emotional Brand Experience (2007)
• The Big Book of Letterheads (2007)
• The Little Book of Big Promotions (2007)
• The Ultimate Graphic Element Collection (2006)
• Graphic Design Now (2005)
• Shigeo Fukuda Masterworks (2005)

Resource

• Neubau Welt (2010)
• The Designer's Graphic Stew: Visual Ingredients, Techniques, and Layout Recipes for Graphic Designers (2010)

T-Shirt

• Torso: T-Shirt Graphics Exposed (2010)
• Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World's Most Inspiring Online Design Community (2010, preview)

Typography

• Free Hand New Typography Sketchbooks (2018)
• Culture+Typography: How Culture Affects Typography (2015)
• Drawing Type: An Introduction to Illustrating Letterforms (2011)
• Typography Sketchbooks (2011)
• Type Navigator: The Independent Foundries Handbook (2011)
• Twenty-six Characters: An Alphabetical Book about Nokia Pure (2011)
• Alphabets: A Miscellany of Letters (2010)
• Playful Type 2 (2010, preview)
• Regular: Graphic Design Today (2010)
• Typography Today (2010)
• Retro Fonts (2010)