For designers, absorption, thinking, and design are indispensable. Instead of quickly skimming through exploding information, perusing books that have undergone time precipitation will make your creations more powerful!
For students studying abroad in art, in the process of making a portfolio, whether it is the production of the work itself or the layout involving the layout of the portfolio, a certain degree of design skills is required.
Now I will introduce you to 18 books that designers must see, you can collect them, and you can find inspiration when you have no inspiration!
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01 Psychology of Design
Read the psychology and do a good job of design. The author, Norman, has been named one of the most influential designers in the world by BusinessWeek. Solve design problems from a psychological perspective and discover your own program. Stop punishing yourself with design mistakes.
02 "Design Book for Everyone"
The design is actually quite simple. In this classic book that has been best-selling around the world for many years and has influenced a generation of designers, Robin Williams summarizes the secrets of design into the four basic principles of contrast, repetition, alignment and intimacy, and uses concise, humorous and vivid writing, accompanied by a large number of modified example illustrations and design exercises for before and after comparison, intuitively and clearly passed on to the reader.
03 Innovative Companies: Inspiration from Pixar
The founder and president of Pixar Animation Studios, for the first time, fully disclosed that Pixar has been innovating for 20 years and has been at the top of the industry. You can read the wonderful production stories of movies such as "Toy Story" and "Flying House" from this book, and understand the specific innovation management of Pixar.
04 Grid System in Graphic Design
A handbook of visual communication design for font arrangement and spatial design. Book design world titan Lu Jingren personally wrote a recommendation, best-selling 35 years of classic design textbooks, the first complete exposition of the grid theory of "Swiss Graphic Design Pioneers", a book that designers must read.
05 The Birth of Modeling: Image Cosmology
This design philosophy work is the crystallization of the cosmology of Yasuhira Sugiura, a giant in the Japanese design world, through this book, we can not only understand Mr. Sugiura's creative philosophy, how to discover the "prototype" with "spiritual power" from the form of the Senro stone elephant, and give new "life" to create a generation of Shapes of the Shōji Crown Group.
06 "Anatomy book of residential design"
Popular in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, the wisdom and ingenuity of residential design hidden in architecture are nakedly dissected. With more than 30 years of experience in Japanese professional architects, we have sorted out the most convenient and intimate residential design rules.
07 《Principle of Color Matching Design》
Design is no longer hard. This book introduces color design methods that should be handled when theory is not applicable; explains basic color knowledge and easy-to-use Photoshop techniques; and publishes thematic interviews with Japan's most active and authoritative designers.
08 "100 Principles of Game Design"
Contains insights and interpretations from the world-renowned game design community. It is easy to consult and provides a starting point for in-depth study of each topic. Each principle is accompanied by a picture caption, which is easy to understand and remember. Timeless topics include feedback loops, game mechanics, prototypes, economies of scale, user-centric design, and more.
09 "Apple's Chief Designer - Jonathan Biography"
Everyone thinks that the core of Apple lies in Jobs, but Jonathan behind the magnesium lamp is the key to Apple's difficulties. This is the first biography to focus on Apple's chief designer Jonathan Ive. His designs not only made Apple the most valuable company in the world, but also upended the entire industry.
10 "The Day's Errand: A Handbook of Dream Action Efficiency"
Procrastination kills designers. This book creatively designs the "Daily Action" Dream Action Efficiency Manual, concretizes and practices the spirit of "Letter to Garcia", and helps all people who have dreams but move too slowly to improve their action efficiency and complete their career dreams in the way of "Daily Travel".
11 "Color Composition"
The Bauhaus classic curriculum, color constitutes a pioneering work. The book "Color Composition" is the result of Joseph Albers's unique experiment in the research and teaching of color perception, and includes Albers's major color theories. The book has attracted a lot of attention since its inception and has so far been regarded as one of the most ingenious books in the field of color studies in the 20th century.
12 "Muji Design"
This book illustrates MUJI's product development process through meticulous interviews and surveys, exploring the principles it adheres to in product design, communication design, and store design, as well as MUJI's efforts to face the challenges of new cooperation models. It also includes in-depth interviews with four design masters, Kenya Hara, Naoto Fukasawa, Kazuko Koike, Takashi Sugimoto, and Masaaki Kanai, chairman of MUJI.
13 The Evolution of Type Design
5 font design evolution methods, 7 typical font evolution theories, 7 commercial font analysis, 29 creative font design analysis. The Evolution of Type Design is a reference tutorial on type design. Whether you're a beginner, a typography enthusiast, or a graphic designer, this book is perfect.
14 Design in Design
As the backbone of Japan's Mesozoic designers, Kenya Hara's designs reflect the essence of modern and contemporary Japanese design to some extent. What exactly is design? This book sums up Hara's design philosophy and the inheritance and development of his works.
15 Bauhaus
"The Bauhaus stands out because of its one-on-one workshop teaching system." The Bauhaus is a modern art education school in Germany that has had a key influence on the formation of modernist artistic styles, known worldwide for its "Bauhaus" style.
This book is the first monograph in China dedicated to the modern art movement, showing the magnificent, passionate and rebellious historical picture of the beginning of modern art in the early 20th century.
16《 Landscape Graphics 》
"A classic reference book for landscape image expression is an essential book for the rebirth of landscape." With the development of computer graphics, the precise and visual characteristics of CAD, Photoshop, Lumian, etc. almost overshadow the importance of basic hand-drawn representational drawings. However, although computer design can assist designers in drawing and thinking, it cannot replace the process of thinking in the human brain, and for designers, the ability to draw by hand is still necessary.
The book covers all the essentials of drawing, from sketches, preliminary sketches and concept maps to the basics of representation, flat, vertical, sectional drawings and much more. Arguably the ultimate guide to basic graphic drawing used by all landscape architects!
17 Design Methods and Strategies
"This is a design tool that everyone interested in design can read" This book summarizes all strategies and approaches according to the scope of their application – from preparing design projects, exploring and discovering design problems to developing creative concepts, evaluating decisions, showing and simulating. It can not only help designers reflect on their own positioning in the design process, but also more effectively and accurately assist designers to make reasonable use of methods to solve problems encountered.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to each design approach in concise language. Each introduction also contains limitations and points of attention to use, and is represented by case illustrations and illustrations. In short, it is a reader-centered design tool book.
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