5 design books that are a must have

It is quite difficult to find one good design book list in which we do not finally find a variety of them that we finally do not know if they have enough quality for what we really need.

Therefore we are going to be concise with this list of five design books that they are a must have. As is often the case with this type of book, we finally have to find it in the Anglo-Saxon language to access advice from professionals.

Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton

Lupton is dedicated to bringing us a book that is the best to know arranging the letters on a sheet or screen as let's say the basics for those who want to practice design. What type of font to use, its size, how these letters, words and paragraphs should be aligned, ordered or the way they have to be manipulated.

Ellen Lupton provides a clear and concise guide for anyone who wants to learn or improve their typography skills.

Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockman

Created for those who will be working with automated text and image design. Show job examples at a conceptual level. A book that can be used for the most varied of projects from three-dimensional grid to systems of 8 to 32.

It is a user guide from a professional to the profession.

Explorations in Typography by Carolina de Bartolo

A vast collection of examples of all kinds of sources. With well-rounded specs and examples from hundreds of fonts, this book is a great value and a source for all kinds of typography ideas.

A book that can be accompanied with your website and the app for the iPad and iPhone. A source of inspiration for both students and professionals in the sector.

The interaction of color by Josef Albers

Josefl Albers is one of the most influential educational artists of the 1920th century and was part of the German Bauhaus in the XNUMXs. Albers published in this book many of his theoretical conclusions derived from the artistic experimentation exercises that he carried out in class with his students.

You can find one good demonstration of the discrepancy that occurs between the physical fact and the psychic effect of visual perception. The interaction of one color with another will depend on their shape and location, their quantity, their qualities and their accentuation. You can also find it in Google Books.

Film Theory and Film Sense by Sergei Eisenstein

An exploration of the cinema as a more expressive medium and deep. Includes in Film Sense an analysis of the audio sequence of Alexander Nevsky. An essential book for the art of cinema from which one can be inspired.

On the other hand Film Theory was written between 1928 and 1945 as twelve essays to demonstrate key points in the development of Eisenstein's film theory and in particular his analysis of the medium.