10 best-selling design books like What They Didn't Teach You In Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry by Phil Cleaver

Cover of What They Didn't Teach You In Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry by Phil Cleaver

What They Didn't Teach You In Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry

By: Phil Cleaver

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A guide for designers, covering everything they need to know about building a successful career aft…

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Cover of In Praise of Shadows by Edward G. Seidensticker, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Thomas J. Harper, Charles Moore, None

1. In Praise of Shadows

By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. 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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  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by Ted Orland, David Bayles

3. Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

By: Ted Orland , David Bayles

3.87

Format: 237 pages,

"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made… read more

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

4. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • design
Cover of Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All by David Kelley, Tom Kelley

5. Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

By: David Kelley , Tom Kelley

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design

6. Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual

By: Jocko Willink

4.30

Format: 373 pages,

FIND YOUR WILL, FIND YOUR DISCIPLINE - AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR FREEDOM Jocko Willink's methods for s… read more

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7. Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4)

By: Christopher Paolini

3.93

Format: 265 pages, Hardcover

It began with Eragon... It ends with Inheritance. Not so very long ago, Eragon -- Shadeslayer, Drag… read more

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8. Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

By: John Cleese

3.88

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design
"Getting discouraged is a total waste of your time."

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

" But once it's been agreed when that real-world decision has to happen, why make it before the deadline arrives? Why Well, it would be foolish, because if you can wait longer, two incredibly importan…"

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

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9. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

By: Ryan Holiday

4.28

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more

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  • nonfiction
"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."

-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."

-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control

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10. Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

By: Julie Smith

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith provides… read more

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  • nonfiction
"When we focus on trying to fix the problem, it is easy to underestimate the power of simply being there."

-Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

"In acceptance, the new reality is still not OK. It is still not as we want it to be. But we begin to take on the new reality, listen to our needs, open up to new experiences and make connections."

-Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

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11. 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

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  • 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

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12. Stillness Is the Key

By: Ryan Holiday

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In The Obstacle Is the Way and Ego Is the Enemy, bestselling author Ryan Holiday made ancient wisdo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Build a life you don't need to escape from."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"Routine, done for long enough and done sincerely enough, becomes more than routine. It becomes ritual—it becomes sanctified and holy."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"If solitude is the school of genius, as the historian Edward Gibbon put it, then the crowded, busy world is the purgatory of the idiot."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

"Put yourself in tough situations. Accept challenges. Familiarize yourself with the unfamiliar. That's how you widen your perspective and your understanding."

-Ryan Holiday, Stillness Is the Key

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13. The Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business and Life

By: Steven Bartlett

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A galvanizing playbook for success from Steven Bartlett, one of the world’s most exciting entrepren… read more

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  • nonfiction
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14. Surrounded by Idiots

By: Thomas Erikson

3.50

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

A runaway bestseller in Sweden that has sold more than a million copies worldwide, Surrounded by Id… read more

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  • nonfiction
"... the Green's inability to change."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"Communication happens on the listener’s terms"

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"The analytical Blues are calm, levelheaded, and think before they speak."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"Rhetoric isn't the art of talking but rather the art of getting others to listen."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

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15. Branding: In Five and a Half Steps

By: Michael Johnson

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Michael Johnson is one of the world’s leading graphic designers and brand consultants. His studio, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design
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16. Oh Sh*t... What Now?

By: Craig Oldham

4.11

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

So you've graduated. What now? Where do you live? Can you afford to live? How can you make money do… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • design
"working is just education masquerading as professionalism"

-Craig Oldham, Oh Sh*t... What Now?

"The momentum present when you are a graduate is so powerful, and your learning curve so steep, that the confidence, talent, enthusiasm, individuality, skill and employability present at this time mus…"

-Craig Oldham, Oh Sh*t... What Now?

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17. Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams

By: Mark Divine

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A leadership book by former Navy SEAL and New York Times bestselling author Mark Divine, Staring Do… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. Now Try Something Weirder: How to keep having great ideas and survive in the creative business

By: Michael Johnson

3.96

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

With 233 (to be exact) hints, tips, and pieces of advice, Now Try Something Weirder shows those in … read more

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  • design
Cover of What They Didn't Teach You In Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry by Phil Cleaver

19. What They Didn't Teach You In Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry

By: Phil Cleaver

3.92

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A guide for designers, covering everything they need to know about building a successful career aft… read more

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  • design

17 Best nonfiction books like What They Didn't Teach You In Design School: What you actually need to know to make a success in the industry by Phil Cleaver

Transform Your Habits

In Praise of Shadows

Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None

4.75

Transform Your Habits

Design as Art

Patrick Creagh , Bruno Munari

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Ted Orland , David Bayles

3.87

Transform Your Habits

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

Steve Krug

4.30

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Transform Your Habits

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Joan Didion

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung

None , Josef Muller-Brockmann

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Design as Art

Patrick Creagh , Bruno Munari

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Ted Orland , David Bayles

3.87

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