16 Best design books like The Designer's Dictionary of Type by Sean Adams

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The Designer's Dictionary of Type

By: Sean Adams

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Designer’s Dictionary of Type follows in the footsteps of The Designer’s Dictionary of Color, p…

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Cover of Type Matters! by Jim Williams, Ben Casey

1. Type Matters!

By: Jim Williams , Ben Casey

4.18

Format: 160 pages, Leather Bound

Once upon a time, only typesetters needed to know about kerning, leading, ligatures, and hanging pu… read more

Similar categories in Jim Williams's Type Matters! book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
Cover of Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung by None, Josef Muller-Brockmann

2. Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung

By: None , Josef Muller-Brockmann

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Das Werk eignet sich für das Arbeiten in der automatischen Text-/Bildgestaltung. Es zeigt Beispiele… read more

Similar categories in None's Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
"Every visual creative work is a manifestation of the character of the designer."

-None, Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung

"Every visual creative work is a manifestation of the character of the designer. It is a reflection of his knowledge, his ability, and his mentality."

-None, Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung

Cover of Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara

3. Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop

By: Timothy Samara

3.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

For designers working in every medium, layout is arguably the most basic, and most important, eleme… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Samara's Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
Cover of Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything by Aaron James Draplin

4. Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything

By: Aaron James Draplin

4.55

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Draplin Design Pretty Much Everything is a mid-career survey of work, case studies, inspiration, r… read more

Similar categories in Aaron James Draplin's Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
Cover of Design as Art by Patrick Creagh, Bruno Munari

5. Design as Art

By: Patrick Creagh , Bruno Munari

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari's Design as Art is an il… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of The Anatomy of Type by Stephen  Coles, Erik Spiekermann, Tony Seddon

6. The Anatomy of Type

By: Stephen Coles , Erik Spiekermann , Tony Seddon

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Students and professionals in any creative field can benefit from a good typographic eye. The Anato… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
Cover of Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug

7. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability

By: Steve Krug

4.30

Format: None pages, Paperback

Since Don't Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers ha… read more

Similar categories in Steve Krug's Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

8. The Sirens of Titan

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

2.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depr… read more

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9. The Elements of Typographic Style

By: Robert Bringhurst

3.63

Format: 416 pages,

This lovely, well-written book is concerned foremost with creating beautiful typography and is esse… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
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10. The Corrections

By: Jonathan Franzen

3.84

Format: 653 pages, Paperback

"The Corrections" is a grandly entertaining novel for the new century - a comic, tragic masterpiece… read more

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"To be so vigorous and healthy and yet so nothing. "

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"Brooklyn was like Philadelphia made better by its proximity to Manhattan."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"His problem consisted of a burning wish not to have done the things he'd done."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

"Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude."

-Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

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11. The Design of Everyday Things

By: Donald A. Norman

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti

12. Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

By: Michael Parenti

4.41

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, rev… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Ecology's implications for capitalism are too horrendous for the capitalist to contemplate."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

"Decentralized parochial autonomy is the graveyard of insurgency-which may be one reason why there has never been a successful anarcho-syndicalist revolution."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

"A joke circulating in Russia in 1992 went like this: Q. What did capitalism accomplish in one year that communism could not do in seventy years? A. Make communism look good."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

"...the [pure socialist] critics [of communist countries] seem unable to apply their own leadership genius to producing a successful revolutionary movement in their own country."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism

13. The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

By: Josh Kaufman

4.60

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Master the fundamentals, hone your business instincts, and save a fortune in tuition. The consensu… read more

Similar categories in Josh Kaufman's The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
Cover of Graphic Design School: The Principles and Practice of Graphic Design by David Dabner, Sandra Stewart, Eric Zempol

14. Graphic Design School: The Principles and Practice of Graphic Design

By: David Dabner , Sandra Stewart , Eric Zempol

3.92

Format: 292 pages, ebook

Graphic Design Schoolallows students to develop core competencies while understanding how these fun… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of A Secret History of Witches by None

15. A Secret History of Witches

By: None

4.33

Format: 268 pages, Audiobook

An ancient and dangerous power is being handed down from mother to daughter through some of the mos… read more

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Cover of HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites by Jon Duckett

16. HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites

By: Jon Duckett

3.44

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Every day, more and more people want to learn some HTML and CSS. Joining the professional web desig… read more

Similar categories in Jon Duckett's HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference

17. Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

By: Austin Kleon

4.75

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

In his New York Timesbestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock the… read more

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18. The Brand Gap

By: Marty Neumeier

3.92

Format: 594 pages,

THE BRAND GAP is the first book to present a unified theory of brand-building. Whereas most books o… read more

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19. Infinite Jest

By: David Foster Wallace

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America. Set in an addicts' ha… read more

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20. The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith

By: Gabrielle Bernstein

3.68

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In her latest book, The Universe Has Your Back,New York Timesbest-selling author Gabrielle Bernstei… read more

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21. Thinking with Type

By: Ellen Lupton

3.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

The organization of letters on a blank sheet--or screen--is the most basic challenge facing anyone … read more

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22. Empty Bottles Full of Stories

By: R.H. Sin

3.74

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

A joint poetry collection from the virally popular and bestselling poets r.h. Sin and Robert M. Dra… read more

Similar categories in R.H. Sin's Empty Bottles Full of Stories book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

23. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

Similar categories in Rick Rubin's The Creative Act: A Way of Being book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Cover of Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series Book 1) by Thibaut Meurisse

24. Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series Book 1)

By: Thibaut Meurisse

4.14

Format: 217 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever thought… …about your thoughts? Do you have a bias toward the negative? Understandi… read more

Similar categories in Thibaut Meurisse's Master Your Emotions: A Practical Guide to Overcome Negativity and Better Manage Your Feelings (Mastery Series Book 1) book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
Cover of Thicker than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington

25. Thicker than Water: A Memoir

By: Kerry Washington

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Washington's Thicker than Water: A Memoir book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
Cover of Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald  Miller

26. Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

By: Donald Miller

4.27

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller uses the seven universal elements of powerful stori… read more

Similar categories in Donald Miller's Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

27. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

By: Layla F. Saad

4.34

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that the… read more

Similar categories in Layla F. Saad's Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
"You do not have to be the loudest voice. But you do need to use your voice."

-Layla F. Saad, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Cover of Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst by Laura Belgray

28. Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst

By: Laura Belgray

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning TV writer Laura Belgray, a hilarious collection of full-body-cringe, watch-throu… read more

Similar categories in Laura Belgray's Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You're the F-ing Worst book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • nonfiction
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29. The Designer's Dictionary of Type

By: Sean Adams

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Designer’s Dictionary of Type follows in the footsteps of The Designer’s Dictionary of Color, p… read more

Similar categories in Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
Cover of The History of Graphic Design Vol. 1. 1890-1959 by Jens Müller

30. The History of Graphic Design Vol. 1. 1890-1959

By: Jens Müller

4.58

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

History is a complex business. Fortunes boom and bust, empires wax and wane, and change―whether soc… read more

Similar categories in Jens Müller's The History of Graphic Design Vol. 1. 1890-1959 book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference
Cover of Design School: Layout: A Practical Guide for Students and Designers by Richard Poulin

31. Design School: Layout: A Practical Guide for Students and Designers

By: Richard Poulin

4.14

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Design School: Layout is an instructive guide for students, recent graduates, and self-taught desig… read more

Similar categories in Richard Poulin's Design School: Layout: A Practical Guide for Students and Designers book and Sean Adams's The Designer's Dictionary of Type

  • art
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • reference

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Jim Williams , Ben Casey

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung

None , Josef Muller-Brockmann

4.11

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Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop

Timothy Samara

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything

Aaron James Draplin

4.55

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

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Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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Peter Attia

4.37

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