Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field

By Helen Armstrong

Digital Design Theory: Readings from the Field (Design Briefs)

Princeton Architectural Press

Designing Design

By Kenya Hara

This Means This, This Means That: A User's Guide to Semiotics

By Sean Hall

The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0: 20th Anniversary Edition

By Robert Bringhurst

Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students

By Ellen Lupton

Typography: Macro and Microaesthetics

By Willi Kunz

Design School: Type: A Practical Guide for Students and Designers

By Richard Poulin

Why Fonts Matter

By Sarah Hyndman

Typographic Design: Form and Communication

By Rob Carter, Philip B. Meggs, Ben Day, Sandra Maxa, Mark Sanders

A Type Primer (2nd Edition)

By John Kane

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition)

By Erik Spiekermann, E.M Ginger

About Face: Reviving the Rules of Typography

By David Jury

Marks of Excellence: The History and Taxonomy of Trademarks

By Per Mollerup

Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team, 4th Edition

By Alina Wheeler

Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methods in Graphic Design (Required Reading Range)

By Russell Bestley, Ian Noble

Graphic Design Thinking (Design Briefs)

By Ellen Lupton, Jennifer Cole Phillips

A Designer's Research Manual, 2nd edition, Updated and Expanded: Succeed in design by knowing your clients and understanding what they really need

By Jenn Visocky O'Grady, Ken Visocky O'Grady

Basics Graphic Design 02: Design Research: Investigation for successful creative solutions

By Neil Leonard, Gavin Ambrose

The Storm of Creativity: A Storm's Eye View (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)

By Kyna Leski

Envisioning Information

By Edward R. Tufte

Dear Data

By Giorgia Lupi, Stefanie Posavec

Designing Interactions (MIT Press)

By Bill Moggridge

Computers as Theatre (2nd Edition)

By Brenda Laurel

Theories and Practice in Interaction Design (Human Factors and Ergonomics)

CRC Press

Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming (The MIT Press)

By Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby

The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition

By Don Norman

Ex-formation

By Kenya Hara

White

By Kenya Hara