Design har alltid handlat om form och funktion. Få roller har påverkats så mycket av den digitala utvecklingen som rollen som designer. Framförallt är det möjligheterna att testa och designa utifrån användarbeteende som gjort att designrollen vuxit.

Kärt barn får många namn och nu kan även webbdesigner, interaktionsdesigner, UX designer och gränssnittsdesigner läggas till yrkeskategorin designer

Vi har kommit över en lista eller rättare sagt två listor. Båda listorna innehåller böcker som handlar om design. Den ena listan innehåller tidlösa klassiker och den andra listan innehåller nya böcker anpassade för dagens designarbete. Båda listorna har länkar till Amazon om vill beställa en bok.

Tidlösa klassiska designböcker

1. The Vignelli Canon av Massimo Vignelli
2. Less But Better av Dieter Rams
3. Thoughts on Design av Paul Rand
4. Grid Systems in Graphic Design av Josef Müller-Brockmann
5. Interaction of Color av Josef Albers
6. A5/05: Lufthansa and Graphic Design: Visual History of an Airplane av Jens Müller
7. The Graphic Artist and His Design Problems av Josef Müller-Brockmann
8. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information av Edward R. Tufte
9. The Art of Looking Sideways av Alan Fletcher
10. The Laws of Simplicity av John Maeda
11. The Elements of Color av Johannes Itten
12. The Design of Everyday Things av Don Norman
13. TOKUJIN av Tokujin Yoshioka
14. Where Good Ideas Come From av Steven Johnson
15. Change by Design av Tim Brown
16. Thinking, Fast and Slow av Daniel Kahneman
17. The Monocle Guide to Better Living av Andrew Tuck
18. Living with Complexity av Donald A. Norman
19. The Paradox of Choice av Barry Schwartz
20. Paul Rand: Conversations with Students av Michael Kroeger
21. An Alphabetical Book About Nokia Pure av AAPO BOVELLAN
22. Creativity Inc. av Ed Catmull
23. The Geometry of Type av Erik Spiekermann
24. Information is Beautiful av David McCandless
25. Steve Jobs av Walter Isaacson
26. Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec av Ronan Bouroullec

Dagens designböcker

1. Visual Grammar av Christian Leborg
2. Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality av Scott Belsky
3. 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design av Steven Heller
4. Start With Why av Simon Sinek
5. Naoto Fukasawa av Bill Moggridge
6. Knowledge Is Beautiful av David McCandless
7. Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty av David Kadavy
8. Graphics Standard Manual New York City Transit Authority (MTA 2014 Limited Edition Facsimile Reprint) av Massimo Vignelli
9. Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships av Gail Greet Hannah
10. Geometry of Design av Kimberly Elam
11. How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul av Adrian Shaughnessy
12. Information Graphics av Sandra Rendgen
13. Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice av Armin Hofmann
14. A Designer’s Art av Paul Rand
15. Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture av Casey Reas
16. Visual Miscellaneum av David McCandless
17. The Next 100 Years av George Friedman
18. Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine av Donald A. Norman
19. Designed for Use av Lukas Mathis
20. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things av Don Norman
21. Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages av Alex Wright
22. The Power of Positive Thinking av Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
23. The Art of the Deal av Donald J. Trump
24. D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself av Ellen Lupton
25. Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors av Betty Edwards
26. I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 av Douglas Edwards
27. Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type av Kimberly Elam
28. Becoming Steve Jobs av Brent Schlender
29. Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions av Edward R. Tufte
30. Paul Rand av Steven Heller
31. Philographics: Big Ideas in Simple Shapes av Genis Carreras
32. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products av Nir Eyal
33. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
    av Peter Thiel
34. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street av John Brooks
35. Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible av Sophie Lovell
36. Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams av Klaus Klemp
37. Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design av Bill Buxton
38. Remote: Office Not Required av Jason Fried
39. Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City av Brad Feld
40. Reissue of the 1975 NASA Graphics Standards Manual
41. Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur av Brad Feld
42. Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age av Paul Graham
43. Buzzmarketing: Get People to Talk About Your Stuff av Mark Hughes
44. Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives av Nicholas A. Christakis
45. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind av Shunryu Suzuki
46. TM: The Untold Stories Behind 29 Classic Logos av Mark Sinclair
47. How to av Michael Bierut
48. Thinking with Type av Ellen Lupton
49. Logo Modernism av Jens Müller
50. Designing Brand Identity av Alina Wheeler
51. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future av Ashlee Vance
52. The Best American Infographics 2014 av Gareth Cook
53. Graphis Design Annual 2015 av B. Martin Pedersen
54. Typography 35 av Type Directors Club
55. D&AD 2013 av D&AD
56. Patterns of the Universe: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty av Alex Bellos
57. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
    av Philip E. Tetlock
58. Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead av Laszlo Bock

Tack Robin Raszka på Medium för listorna!

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