Reading List

July 8, 2008

1. The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type
   by Alexander W. White
2. The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
   by Dave Shea
3. CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions
   by Andy Budd
4. The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
   by Jason Beaird
5. 1,000 Graphic Elements: Details for Distinctive Designs
   by Wilson Harvey
6. Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
   by Steve Krug
7. Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action
   by Dave Crane, Bear Bibeault, Tom Locke
8. Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
   by Timothy Samara
9. Web Standards Creativity: Innovations in Web Design with XHTML, CSS, and DOM Scripting
10. Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
    by Andy Clarke
11. Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual
    by Timothy Samara
12. jQuery in Action
    by Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz
13. Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques
    by Karl Swedber, Jonathan Chaffer
14. The Art and Science of CSS
15. Pro CSS Techniques
    by Jeff Croft, Ian Lloyd, Dan Rubin
16. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager
    by Michael Lopp
17. Good Design: Deconstructing Form and Function and What Makes Good Design Work
    by Terry Marks
18. Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design
    by Dan Cederholm, Ethan Marcotte
19. The Elements of Typographic Style
    by Robert Bringhurst
20. Developing with Web Standards
    by John Allsopp
21. Designing with Progressive Enhancement: Building the Web that Works for Everyone
    by Todd Parker, Scott Jehl, Maggie Costello Wachs, Patty Toland
22. Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks
    by Luke Wroblewski
23. Do You Matter? How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company
    by Robert Brunner, Stewart Emery, and Russ Hall
24. Art Direction Explained, At Last!
    by Steven Heller and Veronique Vienne
25. HTML Mastery: Semantics, Standards, and Styling
    by Paul Haine
26. Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks that Work
    by Robert Hoekman, Jared Spool
27. Confessions of a Public Speaker
    by Scott Berkun
28. Typography Workbook
29. Back of the Napkin
    by Dan Roam
30. On Book Design
    by Richard Hendel
31. Designing Books: Practice and Theory
    by Jost Hochuli
32. On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
    by William Zinsser
33. Content Strategy for the Web
    by Kristina Halvorson
34. Killer Web Content
    by Gerry McGovern
35. Website Owner’s Manual
    by Paul Boag
36. Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works
    by Janice (Ginny) Redish
37. Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type
    by Kimberly Elam
38. Type Style Finder
39. Pro JavaScript Techniques
40. High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers
    by Steve Souders
41. Ajax Patterns and Practices
42. Caffeine For The Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain
    by Stefan Mumaw, Wendy Lee Oldfield
43. Colour for Websites
    by Molly E. Holzschlag
44. 30 Essential Typefaces for A Lifetime
    by Joshua Berger, Imin Pao
45. CSS Artistry: A Web Design Master Class
    by Andy Clarke
46. Soak Wash Rinse Spin
    by Tolleson Design
47. Building Accessible Websites
    by Joe Clark
48. Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process: Strategies for print and new media designers
    by Curt Cloninger
49. Universal Principles of Design
50. Getting it Right with Type
51. Design Basics
52. Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
    by David Bayles, Ted Orland
53. Grid Systems in Graphic Design
    by Josef Muller-Brockmann
54. Graphic Design, the New Basics
55. Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design
    by Chen Design Associates
56. It’s Not How Good You Are, Its How Good You Want to Be: The World’s Best Selling Book
    by Paul Arden
57. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
    by David Allen
58. The Visual Miscellaneum: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia
    David Mccandless
59. The Big Red Fez: How To Make Any Web Site Better
    by Seth Godin
60. Designing the Obvious: A Common Sense Approach to Web Application Design
    by Robert Hoekman Jr.
61. The Business Side of Creativity
    by Cameron S. Foote
62. How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
    by Debbie Millman
63. Building Findable Websites: Web Standards SEO and Beyond
    by Aarron Walter
64. Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
    by Fred S. Steingold
65. The Designer’s Guide To Marketing And Pricing: How To Win Clients And What To Charge Them
    by Ilise Benun and Peleg Top
66. A Book about Design: Complicated Doesn’t Make It Good
    by Mark Gonyea
67. Analog in, Digital Out
68. Thinking with Type
69. The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business
    by Tara Hunt
70. How to be a Rockstar Freelancer
71. Web Design and Marketing Solutions for Business Websites
    By Kevin Potts of Graphic Push
72. Call to Action: Secret Formulas to Improve Online Results
    by Bryan Eisenberg, Jeffrey Eisenberg, Lisa T. Davis
73. Web ReDesign 2.0: Workflow that works
    By Kelly Goto
74. Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites
    by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville
75. Balanced Website Design: Optimising Aesthetics, Usability and Purpose
    by Dave Lawrence and Soheyla Tavakol
76. Programming Flash Communication Server
    by Brian Lesser, Giacomo Guilizzoni, Robert Reinhardt, Joey Lott, Justin Watkins
77. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
    by Jeremy Keith
78. Perfect Pitch: The Art of Selling Ideas and Winning New Business
    by Jon Steel
79. Prioritizing Web Usability
    by Jakob Nielsen
80. Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites
    by Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton
81. The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites
    by Douglas K. van Duyne, James A. Landay, Jason I. Hong
82. Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning
    by Dan Brown
83. The Art and Science of Web Design
    by Jeffrey Veen
84. Designers Are Wankers
    by Neville Brody, Karim Rashid, Piers Roberts, Paul Smith, Lee McCormack
85. Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites
86. Prototype and script.aculo.us: You Never Knew JavaScript Could Do This!
    by Christophe Porteneuve
87. Prototype and Scriptaculous: Taking the Pain out of JavaScript
    by Chris Angus
88. Hot-Wiring Your Creative Process: Strategies for print and new media designers
    by Curt Cloninger
89. Mobile Web Design
90. Designing Brand Identity: A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining Strong Brands
    by Alina Wheeler
91. Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders
    by Adam Morgan
92. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
    by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
93. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!
    by Al Ries and Jack Trout
94. 12 Clichés of Selling and Why They Work
    by Barry Farber
95. Layout Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Building Pages in Graphic Design
    by Kristen Cullen
96. Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design
97. How Designers Think, Fourth Edition: The Design Process Demystified
    by Bryan Lawson
98. The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
    by Jef Raskin
99. Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type
    by Kimberly Elam
100. Typographie: A Manual of Design
     by Emil Ruder
101. Grid Systems in Graphic Design
     by Josef Muller-Brockmann

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