Books Every Designer Must Read Unless You are Dieter Rams

Being a designer is no child’s play, be it a web designer, graphic designer or a logo designer. You have to test yourself to the limits, have great attention to detail and push your creativity every day to get things done. Not to forget the latest trends and innovation in the world of design that keeps hitting us. In order to stay updated, constant learning is required.

Written by innovative minds for creative minds, the books listed are must-read for designers. Unless you are Dieter Rams, then you could write your own book on design. Read these books to jump into the world of design to broaden your horizons in designing.

Less, But Better: By Dieter Rams

The rational title of this book says it all. Published by the most influential and powerful designers of the twentieth century, Dieter Rams, the revised edition of this book has the potential to inform the designers regarding future ideas. Read this book to learn what can be done and achieved via good design in the modern times when cultural and technological developments are evolving more than ever. Inspirations from this book includes the purist and imperceptible design guide by Dieter Rams who have given various timeless principles that you can take into account to improve your work.

Interaction of Color: By Josef Albers

If you want to learn about colors, how they interact with each other and which ones agree to which colors, then this is your go-to book. All that you have learned about colors back in the college days is forgotten when you get into the practical world of web design. This book can be your definitive return towards the perception of color and form a clear insight about color interaction.

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information: By Edward R. Tufte

This comes as a must-read for graphic designers, newbies and professional. Including the theory and practice of data graphics, the book includes 250 illustrations of statistical graphics, charts and tables that provides a great deal of learning in terms of editing and improving the graphics. All that you need to know about design of data graphics is in this book.

The Elements of Color: By Johannes Itten

The book revolves around major work from Johannes Itten. Defining the art of color, the subjective feeling, usage, arrangement and conceiving color, it is perfect for learning all that you need to regarding color in theory and practical design possibilities. With an amazing understanding of color, Itten created some terrific color contrasts and his very own color circle that can help the designers in objective color principles.

The Design of Everyday Things: By Don Norman

Donald Norman, a cognitive scientist and usability engineer, narrated in this book how smart design can be the new frontier. Explaining logically and with great detail, the book contains powerful content regarding customer satisfaction and what frustrates them. Not to forget the fixes that are available, the little tweaks you can do to your work to make it extra ordinary.

Perhaps the greatest gift that world-class designers and those that shaped the world of design can give to us is the answer to the question how they did it. These books are classic legacies that are available for us to read, learn, rant and rave about. Grab them today and nourish your design skills with these books – your new-found inspiration into the world of design!