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Best of the bunch!
Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Handbook for Graphic Artists, Typographers, and Exhibition Designers
Verlag Niggli; Bilingual edition (Oct 2001)
Grid Systems in Graphic design is a must for all graphic designers. Written by the swiss designer Verlag Niggli you can learn all the rules of the grid system including typography and apply them to your own designs for brilliant results! Highly Recommended
Tres Logos is a state of the art visual encyclopedia on the current state and evolution of Logo Design. Tres Logos is the third book of the fantastic series, if you're a graphic designer then you'd be mad not to this resource on your book shelf!!
How to Be a Graphic Designer: Without Losing Your Soul
Laurence King Publishing (Oct 2005)
Graphic designers constantly complain that there is no career manual to guide them through the profession. Now, design consultant and writer Adrian Shaughnessy draws on the wealth of his experience to provide just such a handbook.
1,000 Type Treatments - From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to Perfection
Rockport Publishers Inc (31 Jul 2005)
The ability to wield typography is one of those things that is a clear indication of a talented designer. This book contains a collection of 1,000 instances of thoughtful type usage along with credits that note what fonts were used in the design.
1000 Graphic Elements
1000 Graphic Elements - Details for distinctive designs
Rockport Publishers Inc (2 Sep 2004)
Often it is the small details that make a piece shine - similar to the way that unique buttons on a white shirt can give it an entirely new look. This book explores 1,000 of the embellishments available to graphic designers across all kinds of projects, from books to brochures, invitations to menus, CDs to annual reports.
