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A playful, eye-opening invitation to see the hidden artistry in the mundane objects that shape our daily lives. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Design as art.
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- lighthearted
- contemplative
- 01
Ways of Seeing
John Berger · 1972
A radical, mind-altering lens that permanently changes how you look at art, advertising, and the world around you.
- 02
The Vignelli Canon
Massimo Vignelli
A masterclass in visual clarity that feels like sitting in the studio of a modernist design legend.
- 03
Design is Storytelling
Ellen Lupton
A vibrant, visual playbook that transforms the way you look at the objects and interfaces around you.
- 04
Change by design
Brown, Tim · 2009
An empowering, pragmatic guide that reframes complex challenges as opportunities for human-centered design.
- 05
The Design of Future Things
Don Norman · 2007
A fascinating, consumer-oriented exploration of how we interact with the increasingly intelligent machines that populate our daily lives.
- 06
Information is Beautiful
David McCandless
A visually stunning antidote to information overload that transforms complex data into beautiful, digestible art.
- 07
About Looking
John Berger · 1980
A quiet, piercing invitation to slow down and interrogate the profound meaning hidden in our everyday acts of observation.
- 08
History Of Beauty
Umberto Eco · 2004
A lavish, intellectual stroll through the galleries of human history, guided by a master philosopher.
- 09
Art and visual perception
Rudolf Arnheim
A paradigm-shifting masterclass that rewires your brain to understand exactly why and how we find meaning in visual forms.
- 10
Things That Make Us Smart
Don Norman · 1993
A fascinating, accessible exploration of how the tools we build end up shaping the way we think.
- 11
Judge This
Chip Kidd
A witty, fast-paced tour through the hidden visual language of our everyday lives.
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Emotional Design
Donald A. Norman · 2005
A fascinating lens that permanently alters how you look at the objects surrounding you, revealing the hidden emotional conversations between humans and things.
