Tag: book

I read Made by James: The Honest Guide to Creativity and Logo Design the way I test every design book on this site: cover...

Don Norman never wrote a single line about chatbots. He couldn't have. The Design of Everyday Things came out in 1988, decades before anyone...

Graphic Classics landed on my desk much heavier than expected, and that weight matters. This is not a coffee table decoration. It is a...

Herman Miller: A Way of Living rewires how you think about furniture, business, and the quiet power of design conviction. Published by Phaidon Press...

Some books belong on a shelf. This one belongs on your desk, your coffee table, and your conscience as a designer. Mid-Century Modern Design:...

David Hockney died on June 11, 2026. He was 88 years old. For me personally, that news hit differently than most obituaries do. Hockney...

Summer is the one season that actually gives you permission to read slowly. Not the frantic, bookmark-everything-and-come-back-to-it reading we do the rest of the...

Bree Groff opens her new book with a dare. She claims your job can feel genuinely fun, not just tolerable. I tested that claim...

Just look around you, and you will notice that Mid-Century Modern design refuses to die, and Jenna McKnight's new guidebook explains exactly why. I...

Art Deco announces itself in chrome edges, sunburst motifs, and skyscrapers that scrape at the clouds like they have somewhere urgent to be. Penny...

Concrete doesn't apologize. Neither does this book. The Atlas of Brutalist Architecture by Phaidon Editors arrived in 2020 as a 568-page, 5.6-pound argument that...

Some design books document a finished career. This one documents a transformation in progress. Breakout #2—100 Posters by Cihan Tamti, published by Slanted Publishers...