Recommended Books, Tools and Gear
Recommended books, tools, materials, and gear for artists, illustrators and designers.
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BOOKS FOR YOUR LIBRARY
Color Theory
Interaction of Color: 50th Anniversary Edition
Josef Albers
Johannes Itten
Designer’s Guide to Color: Boxed Set
Color Workbook (4th Edition) Becky Koenig
Color Basics Pentak, Roth
The Secret Lives of Color St. Clair
The Designer’s Dictionary of Color Sean Adams
Color Psychology and Color Therapy Faber Birren
Color and Culture: Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction John Cage
Color + Design: Transforming Interior Space Reed
Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color: (Coffee Table Books, Design Books, Best Books About Color) Leatrice Eismann
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art) James Gurney
Design Principles
Design Basics Lauer, Pentak
Graphic Design: The New Basics: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded Lupton, Philippe
Principles of Form and Design Wucius Wong
Geometry of Design, Revised and Updated (Design Briefs) Kimberly Elam
Intro To 3D Design
Creative Business
Creative Strategy and the Business of Design Davis
The Business of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth David C. Baker
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto Blair Enns
Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age Jeff Goins
Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands Marty Neumeier
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition Robert Cialdini
Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World Michael Hyatt
Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business Donald Miller
Crafting Your Creative Brand
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