The Graphic Design Reference and Specification Book by 
Graphic Design Referenced: : a visual guide to the language, applications, and history of graphic design by 
Graphic Design Solutions by 
Graphic Design Thinking by
"A 'must have' in the design arsenal."--Cat Normoyle, Professor of Graphic Design, East Carolina University "Provides enough thinking techniques to break out of even the worst creative rut."--Creative Woman's Circle Legendary designer Ellen Lupton demystifies the creative process in another essential graphic design book.Graphic Design Thinking explores a variety of techniques to stimulate fresh thinking to arrive at compelling and viable solutions. Each approach is explained with a brief narrative text followed by a variety of visual demonstrations and case studies. Lupton's hands-on, close-up approach, made famous with Thinking with Type, makes the creative process accessible to anyone and removes the myth that creativity is an in-born talent. Presents a wide range of methods applicable to any brainstorming scenario. * Techniques are grouped around the three basic phases of the design process: defining the problem, inventing ideas, and creating form * From informal strategies that are ideal for quick, seat-of-the-pants thinking, to formal research methods * Learn to approach problems through focus groups, interviewing, brand mapping, and co-design Includes discussions with leading professional designers. Art Chantry, Ivan Chermayeff, Jessica Helfand, Steven Heller, Abbott Miller, Christoph Niemann, Paula Scher, and Martin Venezk reveal how they get ideas and overcome blocks to creativity. Graphic Design Thinking is directed at working designers, design students, and anyone who wants to apply inventive thought patterns to everyday creative challenges in the design process.
Meggs' History of Graphic Design by 
Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans : 365 Graphic Design Commandments by
Written by four leading graphic designers, Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans distills decades of experience into 365 rules that cover the essentials of the trade, giving novice designers everywhere an invaluable platform from which to progress. From the perspective of both the client and the designer, this is the insiders account of how graphic design works. And for more experienced designers, individual entries will either bring forth knowing nods of agreement or screeches of derision, depending on whether or not you love or hate hyphenation, have a pathological fear of beige or think baseline grids are boring.
Handbook of Illustration by
This guide provides easy-to-follow instructions, hands-on exercises, and examples to guide budding illustrators from the development of fundamental drawing and painting skills to the creation of high-quality art for advertising, editorial, and technical use. More than 100 problems help readers to put into practice what they have learnt.
The Typography for Screen: Type in Motion by
Best examples and uses of typography in motion for the digital environment. Typography for the Screen features a wealth of creative typography projects for the digital screen, such as motion graphics, webpage design, and conceptual experiments, and explores typographic application in visual and information hierarchies within the digital screen environment. Exclusive interviews with designers and design studios integrate different knowledge and design philosophies, constituting a true source of inspiration for designers and students. It includes QR codes with links to the designers' videos and webpages with examples of the fonts they use.
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