Recommended Reading

Hello Students,

These are great resources if you want to learn more about Graphic Design:
• The Education of a Graphic Designer by Steven Heller
• Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming by Ellen Lupton 
• The New Basics by Ellen Lupton
• Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs and Alston W. Purvis
• Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design by Steven Heller (Anything by Steven Heller will be interesting for someone with a genuine interest in graphic design. He is one of the leading critical writers in the field.)

These are great resources if you want to learn more about Typography:

• Designing with Type, 5th Edition: The Essential Guide to Typography by James Craig, William Bevington, Irene Korol Scala

• Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students by Ellen Lupton

• Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, by Erik Spiekermann, E.M. Ginger

These are great resources if you want to learn more about Creativity:

• Creativity for Graphic Designers by Mark Oldach

• Creative Whack Pack by Roger Von Oech (This is a card deck that gives you tons of different brainstorming exercises and offers different ways of looking at a problem.)

These are great resources if you want to learn more about Graphic Software:• Photoshop • • Photoshop or Illustrator CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas

• Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual by Lesa Snider

• Adobe InDesign CS5 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team