Design History & Criticism

Basic Books

Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things

Princeton Architectural Press

The ABC's of Triangle, Square, Circle: The Bauhaus and Design Theory

Baseline Shift: Untold Stories of Women in Graphic Design History

Harry N. Abrams

The Designer's Dictionary of Type

Brutal Weapons and Armour: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers

Independently Published

Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It

Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press

Never Leave Well Enough Alone

Blacksmith: Apprentice to Master: Tools & Traditions of an Ancient Craft

gestalten

Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams

The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type

Immutable: Designing History

Pavilion

Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design