Books, books, books

Every year I've made a list of design books I've been buying, and this year has been a very good year for the book industry thanks to me. All these books are recommendations from designers I follow or know and the kind of content I'm really interested in.

Since I'll be moving back to Spain in July, I wanted to get as many books as possible. The reason is that many of these books are not translated or sold from Spain, so shipping costs can get very expensive. I thought it'd be best to buy the books I always wanted to buy plus recommendations from friend designers and people I admire. These are the books I've bought between September 2017 and March 2018.


Modern Design:

· Helvetica Forever: Story of a Typeface - Lars Muller
· Logo Modernism - Jens Muller

· The Best of Brochure Design 7: v. 7 - Wilson Harvey

· 30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typogra Sche Monatsblatter: TM RSI SGM 1960-90 - Roland Fruh

· 100 Years of Swiss Graphic Design - Christian Brandle

· Ornament and Crime - Adolf Loos

· Logotype - Michael Evamy

· Grid Systems in Graphic Design - Josef Mülller-Brockmann

· Josef Muller-Brockmann Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design - Lars Muller

· Why a Man Should be Well Dressed - Adolf Loos

Typography:

· How to Draw Type and Influence People: An Activity Book - Sarah Hyndman

· Why Fonts Matter - Sarah Hyndman
· Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface - Lars Muller

· Type Matters! - Jim Williams

· Detail in Typography - Jost Hochuli

· The New Typography - Jan Tschichold
· I love Type 07 Helvetica - Victionary

Design of Business:

· Brand Dominance: How to Create a Disruptive Social Brand - Aaron Pierson

· ZAG: The Number One Strategy of High-performance Brands - Marty Neumeier
· Nice to Meet You Too - Victionary
· Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action - Simon Sinek
· Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose - Tony Hsieh

Business of Design:

· Know Your Onions: Graphic Design: How to Think Like a Creative, Act Like a Businessman and Design Like a God - Drew de Soto
· It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be - Paul Arden
· 101 Things I Learned In Business School - Michael Preis
· Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers - Alexander Osterwalder
· Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert Cialdini
· Creative Strategy and the Business of Design - Douglas Davis

· The Win Without Pitching Manifesto - Blair Enns
· How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

· Guerrilla Marketing - Jay Levinson

· Damn Good Advice - George Lois
· 7 Strategies For Wealth And Happiness - Jim Rohn
· Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want - Alexander Osterwalder
· The Compound Effect - Darren Hardy
· The Decision Book: Fifty models for strategic thinking - Mikael Krogerus
· The Power of Self-confidence - Brian Tracy

Others

· Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition (Design Briefs) - Elam, Kimberley

· A Dictionary of Color Combinations
· Psychology of colours - Eva Heller

Books I might buy before the year ends:

Pricing Creativity - Blair Enns
Core Kit - Chris Do
Client Objection kit - Chris Do