Books like How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy

Steve Krug’s practical guide distills usability expertise into clear principles for creating intuitive, user-friendly web sites that keep visitors coming back.

A comprehensive guide to graphic design and typography, offering practical advice and design techniques for students and designers alike.

David Airey showcases elegant logos and practical advice on creating lasting brand identity systems in a clean, modern guide.

A visual guide that transforms complex data into striking illustrations, showing how information shapes our modern world.

The Elements of Graphic Design, Second Edition, presents a refreshed, color‑rich exploration of typography, layout and visual hierarchy, featuring over 750 images and new content on web design, modularity and motion.

A foundational manual for graphic designers, typographers, and exhibition designers, detailing how to use grids to create clear, organized, and visually appealing layouts.

"A revised new edition of the bestselling toolkit for creating, building, and maintaining a strong brand. From research and analysis through brand strategy, design development through application design, and identity standards through launch and governance, Designing Brand Identity, Fourth Edition offers brand managers, marketers, and designers a proven, universal five-phase process for creating and implementing effective brand identity. Enriched by new case studies showcasing successful world-class brands, this Fourth Edition brings readers up to date with a detailed look at the latest trends in branding, including social networks, mobile devices, global markets, apps, video, and virtual brands. Features more than 30 all-new case studies showing best practices. Updated to include more than 35 percent new material. Offers a proven, universal five-phase process and methodology for creating and implementing effective brand identity"--