18 Books for Graphic Designers and Web Designers

Today is celebrated Book's day, and we want to do it by recommending a series of readings that will be of interest to you. Below we have drawn up a list of books, which we have classified by categories: graphic design, typography, HTML5, corporate identity and editorial design.

You probably already know some of them, since the vast majority are authentic references in the sector. If you have any recommendation on a book in particular that we have not put, we would appreciate if you let us know in a comment. So we will expand the list together!

Design books

Reading is always worth the time: whether paper books, ebooks, pdf files or specialized web pages. It is an important investment in our development as professionals, in our background. Whenever you can, buy a book and read it. You will end up thanking it.

Below the list. If you want to know what each book is about, just by typing its name in Google you will find everything you are looking for. Ahead!

GRAPHIC DESIGN

1. History of graphic design.
2. Graphic Design, by Richard Hollis. Destination Publisher.
3. Design elementsby Timothy Samara.

TYPOGRAPHY

1. Typography Manual, by John Kane.
2. Typography: Otl Aicher.
3. The Art of Typography: Paul Renner.
4. First aid in typography. Gustavo Gili Editorial.
5. Think with typesby Ellen Lupton.

HTML5

1. Compilation of 20 resources to learn HTML5, most pdf online.

CORPORATE IDENTITY

1. Redesign of corporate identity. Gustavo Gili Editorial.
2. Corporate identity, from the brief to the final solution. Gustavo Gili Editorial.
3. Brand. Brands according to Wally Olins.
4. Champions of Design - The Book (.pdf free and in English)
5. The corporate image - Theory and practice of institutional identification. Gustavo Gili Editorial.
6. Nominology: how to create and protect powerful brands through naming. Publishing Fund. Confess metal.
7. Ideological Dictionary of the Spanish Language, by Julio Casares (recommended for naming projects).

EDITORIAL DESIGN

1. Editorial design, newspapers and magazines. Gustavo Gili Editorial.
2. Grid Systems, A Handbook for Graphic Designers. By Josef Müller-Brockmann. Editorial Gustavo Gili.