 | Wolfgang Weingart: My Way to Typography by Wolfgang Weingart
Buy new: $75.60 / Used from: $67.99 520 pages packed with a lifetimes journey of work from a design master... a long awaited release.
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 | History of the Poster by Josef Muller-Brockmann
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $18.95 A fantastic gallery of 291 poster designs from the late 1800's to the late 1960's covering the breadth of Swiss design styles.
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 | Typography: Macro and Microaesthetics by Willi Kunz
Buy new: $83.84 / Used from: $60.28 A great introduction into the world of typography and layout design that details the basic principles of purposeful and effective communication.
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 | Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album by Matthew Robertson
Buy used from: $46.64 This is the first and definitive overview of the artwork of the seminal Manchester-based Factory label, covering its iconic record sleeves, posters, ephemera, venues and packaging.
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 | Wim Crouwel - Alphabets by Kees Broos
Buy used from: $40.00 Wim Crouwel is one of Netherlands great design icons and is renowned for his systematic and creative approach to the shape of letters.
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 | Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs
Buy new: $55.44 / Used from: $42.50 "A significant attempt at a comprehensive history of graphic design." - NYTimes
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 | Neubau Welt by Stefan Gandl
Buy new: $44.10 / Used from: $31.98 A very popular sourcebook of over 1000 pictograms of everyday objects - one of Digitalthread's best sellers of all time.
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 | 1,000 Type Treatments: From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to Perfection by Wilson Harvey
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $21.70 A fantastic collection of cataloged designs and type treatments, with details telling font names and foundries.
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 | Forms, Folds, and Sizes: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find by Poppy Evans
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $15.00 An indispensible book detailing basic and technical information needed by every designer. Fills in all the blanks.
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 | Typographic Design: Form and Communication by Rob Carter
Buy used from: $3.24 An essential design book covering the basics of typography with discerning and extensive detail.
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 | Altitude: Contemporary Swiss Graphic Design
Buy new: $49.77 / Used from: $49.50 A collection of some of the latest modern Swiss designers.
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 | Marks of Excellence by Per Mollerup
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $17.90 The essential background and development behind the marks of some of the most recognized commercial brands.
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 | Dutch Graphic Design: A Century by Kees Broos
Buy new: $40.00 / Used from: $24.98 A great large format book covering the best of Dutch design styles. Essential.
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 | Futura by Futura
Buy used from: $49.68 A sketchbook and blackbook of famed graffiti artist Futura. One of the first to bring graffiti art from alleyway darkness to mainstream acceptance.
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 | Josef Muller-Brockmann: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design by Paul Rand
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $25.00 A great overview of the more influencial works by Joseph Muller-Brockmann, covering very early works to later exhibitions and poster design, and even grid systems. But also includes other influencial Swiss designers of the Bauhaus era. A must have.
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 | Soak Wash Rinse Spin by Tolleson Design
Buy new: $45.00 / Used from: $11.23 One of the great monograph firm books detailing the ins and outs of the creative design process.
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 | Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung by Josef Muller-Brockmann
Buy new: $64.76 / Used from: $62.99 Certainly a book needed in everyones design library. Covers the basic and advanced uses of the grid in design.
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 | Area by Editors of Phaidon Press
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $19.95 A hand-picked review of 100 new, emerging designers from around the world - covering corporate identity, poster design, book design, packaging, typography and CD cover design.
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