Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series)

Jocelyn K. Glei

“A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.”

The pace of productivity and how to master your creative routine

The Designer Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom

“Everything hangs on something else.” ~ Ray Eames

Words of wisdom on design from such icons as Charles and Ray Eames, Saul Bass, Bruno Munari, Paul Rand, Edward Tufte, and more

How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer

Debbie Millman

“If I get up every day with the optimism that I have the capacity for growth, then that’s success for me.”

Legendary graphic designer Paula Scher on why creativity works like a slot machine:

Designing for People

Henry Dreyfuss

“Man achieves his tallest measure of serenity when surrounded by beauty.”

Iconic designer Henry Dreyfuss on beauty, serenity, and the art of shaping public taste.

Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000

Tanya Harrod

“Children help us to mediate between the ideal and the real.”

MoMA’s design history of 20th-century childhood.

Sign Painters

Faythe Levine & Sam Macon

“It is at the moment o f a craft’s disappearance that its cultural value suddenly becomes plain to see.”

A Map of the World: The World According to Illustrators and Storytellers

“Cartography can be an incredible form of escapism, as maps act as proxies for experiences.”

A collection of more than 500 maps by artists, illustrators, and designers representing the creative zeitgeist of modern cartography around the world.

I Used to Be a Design Student: 50 Graphic Designers Then and Now

Billy Kiosoglou

“Work your ass off + Don’t be an asshole” ~ Stefan Sagmeister

Advice on life and design from famous graphic designers

Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle

Lodovico Pignatti Morano

A visual history of how Italian designer Cino Cinelli shaped the standards for modern cycling.

Popular Lies About Graphic Design

Craig Ward

Debunking the misconceptions, half-truths, and dangerous mythology of creativity.

America and Britain

Florence

British vs. American politics in vibrant, minimalist vintage infographics from the father of ISOTYPE, the pictogram language that gave rise to modern infographics.

This rare out-of-print volume is a true treasure of design and political history – images at the link:

How We Use Maps and Globes

Muriel Stanek

A charming illustrated guide from 1968, reminding us how far we’ve come — and what we’ve given up along the way.

Gorgeous vintage illustrations at the link:

Speak Italian: The Fine Art of the Gesture

Bruno Munari

A vintage pocket guide to Neapolitan nonverbal communication from iconic graphic designer Bruno Munari.

Moleskine Detour Book

Moleskine

A peek inside more than 250 creators’ notebooks, including ones by beloved artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, and designers like Paula Scher, Sigur Rós, Dave Eggers, and Spike Jonze.

Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators, and Creatives

Richard Brereton

A memory warehouse… a means of detachment… the perfect place to document daydreams.

Inside the sketchbooks of some of the world’s most exciting illustrators and designers