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Books
This is a list of books that I've been collecting from different "must-read books for ..." articles. Definitely need to read at least half of the list.
List
100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design
Steven Heller
Beauty
Stefan Sagmeister
Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus and Later
Johaness Itten
Design Basics
David Lauer
Design Is a Job
Mike Monteiro
Design Is Storytelling
Ellen Lupton
Design, Form and Chaos
Paul Rand
Designing Type
Karen Cheng
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Steve Krug
Flexible Visual Systems
Martin Lorenz
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
James C. Collins
Graphic Design: The New Basics
Ellen Lupton
Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design
John Clifford
Grid systems in graphic design
Josef Muller-Brockmann
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal
How To See
George Nelson
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
Josh Seiden
Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities
David Airey
Ogilvy on Advertising
David Ogilvy
Paul Rand: A Designer's Art
Paul Rand