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Org Design for Design Orgs

Peter Merholz and Kristin Skinner describe how to scale design’s impact in high-growth settings.

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Design for the Real World

Victor Papanek’s scathing indictment of consumerism inspires me to design for meaning and purpose.

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History of Graphic Design

This tome by Philip B. Meggs and Alston Purvis traces graphic design’s history starting with cave drawings!

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Being Peace

Design can be stressful. Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk working in America, can help.

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Thinking With Type

Ellen Lupton simplifies a vast and confusing amount of information about fonts.

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The Elements of User Experience

Possibly the first book ever on UX, Jesse James Garrett gave us a common-sense foundation.

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