General Books


David Busch's Nikon D300 Guide to Digital SLR Photography Best Price: $18.54 As a seasoned Nikon dSLR camera user (D70, D70s, D80, D100, D200, and the D300) and digital...	Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs) Best Price: $8.78 A nice book for bathroom reading, but hardly a desk reference or textbook caliber tome. Look for...	Envisioning Information Best Price: $24.82 Nutshell review - This is a beautiful resource on presenting information in a myriad of ways...	Designing Brand Identity: A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining Strong Brands Best Price: $25.61 Since graduating with a communication design bachelor, I have felt I missed out on the...	Things I have learned in my life so far Best Price: $26.40 This isn't a book, but a series of mini books in a cool package. Design - dozen or so mini...



Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual Best Price: $18.76 Amazing book by Timothy. It's perfect for young designers, unlike myself, who need to learn...	Layout Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Building Pages in Graphic Design Best Price: $15.68 When I first got this book, I thought it was going to be more in the layout like a textbook that...	Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines (Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines) Best Price: $21.91 So much information that it will take a lot of time to read it all, but it is so well written...	The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) Best Price: $12.37 The ten laws are: 1. REDUCE - The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful...	Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design Best Price: $21.94 I bought this book as a gift for someone else, but after seeing it in person I'm thinking of...



Universal Principles of Design Best Price: $24.47 What's great about this book is it's organization and brevity. The authors articulate the design...	World War Hulk: Marvel Universe Best Price: $12.87 The only goog part of this World War Hulk tie in, is the x-men part, where Wolverine, colossus,...	Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop Best Price: $15.49 This book excellent for graphic designers and anyone who needs to create professional appealing...	How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul Best Price: $11.67 I found this book most valuable in every aspect. You will learn a lot from this guy's and his...	Logo Design Workbook: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Logos Best Price: $15.68 A great and interesting book to read if you want to design logo's (or just your own, like I...

LogoLounge 4: 2000 International Identities by Leading Designers Best Price: $31.50 This book, like the other LogoLounge's, is very helpful. It shows different logos and always...	The Art of Looking Sideways Best Price: $26.15 The product was shipped the next day and got to me quickly. The book is awesome and was in...	Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents Best Price: $22.04 I bought this for my 14 year old daughter and would recommend this for any urban artist. It...	Picture This: How Pictures Work Best Price: $5.20 I can't say I'm overly well versed in composition, namely because most books on the subject are...	Artist Trading Card Workshop: Create, Collect, Swap Best Price: $4.95 This was my first ATC book and gives good ideas, guidelines, techniques. Kind of neat- a...

Graphic Design: The New Basics Best Price: $22.96 When Ellen Lupton released her wonderful book, "Thinking with Type," I adopted as a...	The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type Best Price: $14.06 This book was the course material for a beginning graphic design class I took. It was very...	Color Design Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design Best Price: $25.08 I own dozens of graphic design books and the Color Design Workbook is one of the most useful...	Meggs' History of Graphic Design Best Price: $49.98 This is an excellent textbook and well worth the price. It's more like a history of art and...	Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain Best Price: $10.94 After reading the reviews and product description, I was looking forward to some fresh...

Graphics Alive Best Price: $26.19 content and images - fantastic! LOVE IT! love it! everything i expected and MORE! book...	Color Index 2: Over 1500 New Color Combinations. For Print and Web Media. CMYK and RGB Formulas. Best Price: $15.65 This product is a jewel for all designers alike. It eliminates all some time in the theory...	Letterhead and Logo Design 9 Best Price: $18.81 I bought this book for the letterhead samples as I recently purchases Tres Logos but after...	1,000 Graphic Elements: Details for Distinctive Designs Best Price: $25.08 A comprehensive display for the experienced and novice alike. Open up your world by seeing the...	Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design Best Price: $15.68 I highly recommend all of Timothy Samara's books for budding designers to keep on their bookshelf.

2008 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market Best Price: $11.12 well, you get what you pay for. It's a good resource for someone starting out who isn't ready to...	Design Matters: Logos 01: An Essential Primer for Today's Competitive Market (Design Matters) Best Price: $15.53 i just bought this book with "tres logos" and wow, this book is amazing. this one...	Collage Techniques: A Guide for Artists and Illustrators Best Price: $15.38 I was very disapointed in this book. I was under the impression that it would not only be...	Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs) Best Price: $7.98 The organization of the book seems a bit disjointed to me. I would have also liked to have seen...	Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments Best Price: $4.93 You may be a design superstar, but you need this. If not now, you will eventually and it will...

Area_2 Best Price: $56.70 A very thorough book for those looking for a wide variety of branding and design solutions.	New Master's of Poster Design: Poster Design for the Next Century Best Price: $18.79 A great compilation of modern graphic design in poster genre. A must-have for those who follow...	Piecebook: The Secret Drawings of Graffiti Writers Best Price: $18.61 i myself grew up a graffiti writer and are quite familiar to all those who contributed art work...	The Business Side of Creativity: The Complete Guide to Running a Small Graphic Design or Communications Business, Third Updated Edition Best Price: $20.84 I just received this book a couple of days ago and it has been the best book I bought rescently....	Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts Best Price: $24.94 Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts - does what it...

1,000 Type Treatments: From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to Perfection Best Price: $25.08 Good type books are hard to find for some reason, but this book is the best one i've found. My...	Graphic Design Solutions, Third Edition Best Price: $39.00 This book presents itself in a professional manner, but my copy had many typos in it which I...	The Designers Complete Index (Boxed Set) Best Price: $34.64 the designers complete index is a must have for all designers out there in the field. it...	The Designer's Guide To Marketing And Pricing: How To Win Clients And What To Charge Them Best Price: $12.88 When I first picked up this book it was because it was recommended to me by another designer...	Illusive 2: Contemporary Illustration and Its Context Best Price: $42.99 This is what you would happily expect...a book filled with page after page of astounding work...

Design Basics Index (Index Series) Best Price: $10.84 This book was mis-listed for one of my classes, but after buying it, I found myself taking it...	Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art Best Price: $18.78 Since ive loved skateboarding and art for many years, i was really glad to get my hands on this...	The Medium is the Massage Best Price: $7.99 This book is filled with un-artful pictures because it has nothing to say. A 3-year-old could...	Game Development Essentials: An Introduction Best Price: $42.53 Ordered this book for my husband's class. Not only did Amazon have it in stock, it was $20...	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel (The Complete Idiot's Guide) Best Price: $10.06 This had the usual "chock fulla" feel in the store but a closer reading indicates the...

Spectrum Presents: Frank Frazetta: Rough Work (Spectrum Presents) Best Price: $12.26 This sketchbook is an excellent guide into not only the mind of Frank Frazetta as he created his...	Art of Modern Rock: The Poster Explosion Best Price: $34.95 Art of Modern Rock features some incredible art drawn from great artists and is a must not just...	Decoding Design: Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication Best Price: $21.80 What really makes good design work? It's a question we as professional designers ask daily. For...	Building Design Portfolios: Innovative Concepts for Presenting Your Work (Design Field Guide) Best Price: $15.47 Porque me gustar?a que est? en espa?ol. Los datos que deberian incluir los dise?adores sobre su...	4000 Flower & Plant Motifs: A Sourcebook Best Price: $10.48 I'm an avid embroiderer, always looking for the perfect design to embellish a cardigan or...

Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung Best Price: $64.33 I had read several places that this was a classic. That doesn't mean anything in my book, but I...	Designing a Digital Portfolio (VOICES) Best Price: $22.67 Most artists can't do everything - usually they are somewhere in the middle of a chain of...	1,000 Bags, Tags, & Labels: Distinctive Designs for Every Industry (1000 Series) Best Price: $26.39 An exceptional representation of a large category. I recommend this to all in design and...

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