Top 5 Graphic Design Books You Must Own

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What makes you buy a design book? For inspiration? To learn new skills? There are an amazing array of design books out there, but here is my all time top 5 recommendations. What are yours?

How to Be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul
by Adrian Shaughnessy

Everything you need to know to survive as a graphic designer from AS, Ex-Intro.

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It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be
by Paul Arden

Bite-sized inspiration by the late and great PA. Not just for creatives.

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Logo
by Michael Evamy

Great collection of logos with lots of new but also many historically relevant.
Best part: the logos are all pure black and white.

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A Smile In The Mind
by Beryl McAlhone and David Stuart

This book explores witty thinking, looking at clever ideas rather than funny drawing,
and gathering together the best examples of graphic wit since the 1960s. Work is
included from more than 300 designers in the US, Britain, Europe and Japan.

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The Art Of Looking Sideways
by Alan Fletcher

An inspired, eye-opening, colorful explosion of a book about the world and
everything that is in it. It deserves to be treated as an immediate classic.