Books Read (Sep ‘08—present)

Universal Methods of Design

Bella Martin and Bruce Hanington

3 stars

Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data

Stephen Few

5 stars

Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems

Steve Krug

4 stars

Notes on the Synthesis of Form

Christopher Alexander

5 stars

Design: A Very Short Introduction

John Heskett

3 stars

Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design

Khoi Vinh

3 stars

Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

Klaus Klemp

4 stars

Grid Systems in Graphic Design

Josef Muller-Brockmann

4 stars

I Wonder

Marian Bantjes

4 stars

The Vignelli Canon

Massimo Vignelli

4 stars

Unspecial Effects for Graphic Designers

Bob Gill

3 stars

Typographic Systems of Design

Kimberly Elam

4 stars

Art Direction Explained, At Last!

Steven Heller

4 stars

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School

Matthew Frederick

5 stars

Designers Don’t Read

Austin Howe

4 stars