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Graphic Design Bookshelf

Graphic Design Bookshelf

Information design pioneer Edward Tufte sums up the ever-increasing relevance of graphic design to our times with his observation that “clutter is a failure of design, not an attribute of information.” In the golden age of paraphernalia, it falls to the graphic designer to clarify the clutter, and the ability to compose visual and linguistic data so that it grabs both eye and mind determines the success of just about every merchandized product, from a flyer in the mailbox to the web. Historically, graphic design has also defined the look of entire avant-garde art movements and even whole eras, through album art and movie posters. Below is a selection of our finest monographs and surveys on graphic design, from modernist Italian travel posters to web design.

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

A NEW PROGRAM FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN

Inventory Press/D.A.P.

ISBN: 9781941753217
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.95 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
Active | In stock


ALCOHOL: SOVIET ANTI-ALCOHOL POSTERS

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780993191152
USD $32.95
| CAD $43.95

Pub Date: 4/25/2017
Active | In stock


APPLE

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037783863
USD $28.00
| CAD $42

Pub Date: 1/21/2014
Active | In stock


BRUTAL BLOC POSTCARDS

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780995745520
USD $32.50
| CAD $42.5

Pub Date: 8/28/2018
Active | In stock


CORITA KENT: INTERNATIONAL SIGNAL CODE ALPHABET

Atelier Éditions

ISBN: 9780997593556
USD $50.00
| CAD $69.95 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
Active | Out of stock


CRISTINA ZICKERT: CRISPY, SOFT & TENDER

Spector Books

ISBN: 9783959052719
USD $20.00
| CAD $29.95

Pub Date: 5/27/2025
Forthcoming


DESIGN IS STORYTELLING

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

ISBN: 9781942303190
USD $19.95
| CAD $28.95

Pub Date: 11/21/2017
Active | In stock


DESIGNING DESIGN

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037784501
USD $60.00
| CAD $82

Pub Date: 3/20/2018
Active | Out of stock


EARTHQUAKES, MUDSLIDES, FIRES & RIOTS: CALIFORNIA AND GRAPHIC DESIGN, 1936-1986

Metropolis Books

ISBN: 9781938922619
USD $55.00
| CAD $72.5

Pub Date: 11/30/2014
Active | Out of stock


EN VOGUE

Lars Müller Publishers/Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

ISBN: 9783037786413
USD $28.00
| CAD $42

Pub Date: 9/8/2020
Active | In stock


EYEBALL CARDS: THE ART OF BRITISH CB RADIO CULTURE

Four Corners Books

ISBN: 9781909829084
USD $30.00
| CAD $40

Pub Date: 2/27/2018
Active | In stock


FRENCH NEW WAVE

Reel Art Press

ISBN: 9780957261044
USD $59.95
| CAD $85

Pub Date: 12/3/2019
Active | In stock


GODLESS UTOPIA

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780995745575
USD $34.95
| CAD $49.95

Pub Date: 10/8/2019
Active | Out of stock


HELVETICA

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037780466
USD $22.00
| CAD $33

Pub Date: 11/15/2002
Active | In stock


HOW MANY FEMALE TYPE DESIGNERS DO YOU KNOW?

Onomatopee Projects

ISBN: 9789493148321
USD $25.00
| CAD $35

Pub Date: 1/12/2021
Active | Out of stock


HOW POSTERS WORK

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

ISBN: 9780910503822
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 5/26/2015
Active | Out of stock


IN THE GOOD NAME OF THE COMPANY: ARTWORKS AND EPHEMERA PRODUCED BY OR IN TANDEM WITH THE COLBY PRINTING COMPANY

PictureBox/ForYourArt

ISBN: 9781939799036
USD $34.95
| CAD $45.95 UK £ 29.99

Pub Date: 11/30/2013
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


JOSEF MüLLER-BROCKMANN SUTTL: PIONEER OF SWISS GRAPHIC DESIGN

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037784686
USD $39.00
| CAD $52.5

Pub Date: 11/30/2015
Active | In stock


JOSEF MüLLER-BROCKMANN: DESIGN MANUAL FOR THE SWISS FEDERAL RAILWAYS

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037786109
USD $50.00
| CAD $69.95

Pub Date: 10/8/2019
Active | Out of stock


MAX BILL

Fundación Juan March

ISBN: 9788470756320
USD $34.95
| CAD $45.95

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
Active | In stock


PETER ARNELL: PROJECTS 1980–2020

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775746670
USD $170.00
| CAD $240

Pub Date: 2/7/2023
Active | In stock


POSTER WORKSHOP 1968–1971

Four Corners Books

ISBN: 9781909829107
USD $28.00
| CAD $38.5

Pub Date: 6/12/2018
Active | In stock


POSTERS: SPEED IN ITALIAN ADVERTISING 1890–1955

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836632978
USD $65.00
| CAD $87

Pub Date: 9/27/2016
Active | In stock


POSTERS: THE COLLECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MUSEUM

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836640843
USD $30.00
| CAD $42

Pub Date: 3/17/2020
Active | In stock


PROTEST: THE AESTHETICS OF RESISTANCE

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037785607
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 6/12/2018
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


SEE RED WOMEN'S WORKSHOP

Four Corners Books

ISBN: 9781909829077
USD $39.95
| CAD $53.95

Pub Date: 2/28/2017
Active | In stock


SEPARATE CINEMA: THE FIRST 100 YEARS OF BLACK POSTER ART

Reel Art Press

ISBN: 9781909526068
USD $49.95
| CAD $73

Pub Date: 10/6/2014
Active | In stock


STAATLICHES BAUHAUS IN WEIMAR 1919–1923

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037786239
USD $80.00
| CAD $120

Pub Date: 12/17/2019
Active | In stock


SVEN TILLACK: EXPLORISO

Spector Books

ISBN: 9783959053044
USD $35.00
| CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 7/13/2021
Active | Out of stock


THE ART OF CAMPARI

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836640263
USD $35.00
| CAD $49.95

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available


THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SILENCE: WRITING FOR DESIGNERS, ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

Onomatopee Projects

ISBN: 9789493148390
USD $20.00
| CAD $28

Pub Date: 2/9/2021
Out of print | Not available


THEORY OF TYPE DESIGN

nai010 publishers

ISBN: 9789462084407
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 9/25/2018
Active | In stock


Recommended Reading: A Book List on Graphic Design

FORTHCOMING

Cristina Zickert: Crispy, Soft & Tender

Text by Cristina Zickert.

“Foodporn” is a recent genre of pornography that doesn’t use human actors, but rather sexualizes images of food to fuel desire. Though still a relatively new category, foodporn has already produced its own pornographic iconography and become a pop cultural buzzword. But the foodporn collected in this volume is the real deal, found in internet forums where users anonymously share their fantasies of drizzling yolks and smothered biscuits and gravy and detail their experiences getting turned on by recipes, ingredients and the textures of food.

For this volume, Cristina Zickert, a graphic designer, has collected a selection of these online . . . .go to book page >>

Cristina Zickert: Crispy, Soft & Tender

STATUS: Forthcoming | 5/27/2025

This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com

Cristina Zickert: Crispy, Soft & Tender
SPECTOR BOOKS

Pbk, 5 x 7.75 in. / 264 pgs / 20 color. | 5/27/2025 | Awaiting stock  |   US $20.00


Best-selling Titles from Graphic Design Bookshelf

En Vogue
En Vogue
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS/MUSEUM FüR GESTALTUNG ZüRICH

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 96 pgs / 110 color. | 9/8/2020 | In stock  |   US $28.00


See Red Women's Workshop
See Red Women's Workshop
FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

Pbk, 8.75 x 12.25 in. / 184 pgs / 90 color / 25 bw. | 2/28/2017 | In stock  |   US $39.95


Corita Kent: International Signal Code Alphabet
Corita Kent: International Signal Code Alphabet
ATELIER ÉDITIONS

Clth, 9.5 x 13.5 in. / 80 pgs / 29 color / 5 bw. | 5/22/2018 | Out of stock  |   US $50.00


How Posters Work
How Posters Work
COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM

Hbk, 9.5 x 9 in. / 208 pgs / 300 color. | 5/26/2015 | Out of stock  |   US $29.95


Design Is Storytelling
Design Is Storytelling
COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM

Pbk, 6.25 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 250 color. | 11/21/2017 | In stock  |   US $19.95


Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters
Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters
FUEL PUBLISHING

Hbk, 5 x 8 in. / 248 pgs / 255 color / 5 bw. | 4/25/2017 | In stock  |   US $32.95


Brutal Bloc Postcards
Brutal Bloc Postcards
FUEL PUBLISHING

Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 176 color. | 8/28/2018 | In stock  |   US $32.50


Godless Utopia
Godless Utopia
FUEL PUBLISHING

Hbk, 6.5 x 8 in. / 192 pgs / 190 color / 10 bw. | 10/8/2019 | Out of stock  |   US $34.95


Protest: The Aesthetics of Resistance
Protest: The Aesthetics of Resistance
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 6.25 x 9.5 in. / 448 pgs / 126 color / 73 bw. | 6/12/2018 | Not available  |   US $29.95


Josef Müller-Brockmann: Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways
Josef Müller-Brockmann: Design Manual for the Swiss Federal Railways
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 8.25 x 11.75 in. / 222 pgs / 324 color / 80 bw. | 10/8/2019 | Out of stock  |   US $50.00


Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919–1923
Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919–1923
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Slip, hbk, 2 vols, 9.75 x 9.75 in. / 226 pgs / 18 color / 149 bw. | 12/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $80.00


Apple
Apple
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 9.5 x 6.5 in. / 164 pgs / 224 images. | 1/21/2014 | In stock  |   US $28.00


Designing Design
Designing Design
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 472 pgs / 389 images. | 3/20/2018 | Out of stock  |   US $60.00


Josef Müller-Brockmann Suttl: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design
Josef Müller-Brockmann Suttl: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 264 pgs / 396 images. | 11/30/2015 | In stock  |   US $39.00


Helvetica
Helvetica
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 4.75 x 6.25 in. / 256 pgs / 400 images. | 11/15/2002 | In stock  |   US $22.00


Theory of Type Design
Theory of Type Design
NAI010 PUBLISHERS

Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 9/25/2018 | In stock  |   US $50.00


In the Good Name of the Company: Artworks and ephemera produced by or in tandem with the Colby Printing Company
In the Good Name of the Company: Artworks and ephemera produced by or in tandem with the Colby Printing Company
PICTUREBOX/FORYOURART

Pbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 324 pgs / 300 color. | 11/30/2013 | Not available  |   US $34.95


Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art
Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art
REEL ART PRESS

Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 320 pgs / 270 color / 30 bw. | 10/6/2014 | In stock  |   US $49.95


French New Wave
French New Wave
REEL ART PRESS

Hbk, 10 x 11.5 in. / 288 pgs / 250 color / 50 bw. | 12/3/2019 | In stock  |   US $59.95


The Art of Campari
The Art of Campari
SILVANA EDITORIALE

Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 96 pgs / 75 color. | 4/23/2019 | Not available  |   US $35.00


Posters: The Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Posters: The Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
SILVANA EDITORIALE

Hbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 256 color. | 3/17/2020 | In stock  |   US $30.00


Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986
Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots: California and Graphic Design, 1936-1986
METROPOLIS BOOKS

Hbk, 7.5 x 10 in. / 432 pgs / 275 color. | 11/30/2014 | Out of stock  |   US $55.00


A New Program for Graphic Design
A New Program for Graphic Design
INVENTORY PRESS/D.A.P.

Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 40 color / 180 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $25.00


Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture
Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture
FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

Hbk, 6.25 x 8.75 in. / 192 pgs / 380 color / 24 bw. | 2/27/2018 | In stock  |   US $30.00


Poster Workshop 1968–1971
Poster Workshop 1968–1971
FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

Hbk, 6.25 x 8.75 in. / 128 pgs / 140 color / 100 bw. | 6/12/2018 | In stock  |   US $28.00


Max Bill
Max Bill
FUNDACIóN JUAN MARCH

Hbk, 9.5 x 10.5 in. / 352 pgs / 170 color / 40 bw. | 2/23/2016 | In stock  |   US $34.95


Posters: Speed in Italian Advertising 1890–1955
Posters: Speed in Italian Advertising 1890–1955
SILVANA EDITORIALE

Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 240 pgs / 190 color. | 9/27/2016 | In stock  |   US $65.00


Graphic Design Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles

A New Program for Graphic Design
A New Program for Graphic Design
INVENTORY PRESS/D.A.P.

Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 40 color / 180 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $25.00


Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters
Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters
FUEL PUBLISHING

Hbk, 5 x 8 in. / 248 pgs / 255 color / 5 bw. | 4/25/2017 | In stock  |   US $32.95


Apple
Apple
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 9.5 x 6.5 in. / 164 pgs / 224 images. | 1/21/2014 | In stock  |   US $28.00


Brutal Bloc Postcards
Brutal Bloc Postcards
FUEL PUBLISHING

Hbk, 8 x 6.5 in. / 192 pgs / 176 color. | 8/28/2018 | In stock  |   US $32.50


Design Is Storytelling
Design Is Storytelling
COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM

Pbk, 6.25 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 250 color. | 11/21/2017 | In stock  |   US $19.95


En Vogue
En Vogue
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS/MUSEUM FüR GESTALTUNG ZüRICH

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 96 pgs / 110 color. | 9/8/2020 | In stock  |   US $28.00


Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture
Eyeball Cards: The Art of British CB Radio Culture
FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

Hbk, 6.25 x 8.75 in. / 192 pgs / 380 color / 24 bw. | 2/27/2018 | In stock  |   US $30.00


French New Wave
French New Wave
REEL ART PRESS

Hbk, 10 x 11.5 in. / 288 pgs / 250 color / 50 bw. | 12/3/2019 | In stock  |   US $59.95


Helvetica
Helvetica
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 4.75 x 6.25 in. / 256 pgs / 400 images. | 11/15/2002 | In stock  |   US $22.00


Josef Müller-Brockmann Suttl: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design
Josef Müller-Brockmann Suttl: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 264 pgs / 396 images. | 11/30/2015 | In stock  |   US $39.00


Max Bill
Max Bill
FUNDACIóN JUAN MARCH

Hbk, 9.5 x 10.5 in. / 352 pgs / 170 color / 40 bw. | 2/23/2016 | In stock  |   US $34.95


Peter Arnell: Projects 1980–2020
Peter Arnell: Projects 1980–2020
HATJE CANTZ

Slip, clth, 2 vols, 12 x 8.5 in. / 848 pgs / 2600 color. | 2/7/2023 | In stock  |   US $170.00


Poster Workshop 1968–1971
Poster Workshop 1968–1971
FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

Hbk, 6.25 x 8.75 in. / 128 pgs / 140 color / 100 bw. | 6/12/2018 | In stock  |   US $28.00


Posters: Speed in Italian Advertising 1890–1955
Posters: Speed in Italian Advertising 1890–1955
SILVANA EDITORIALE

Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 240 pgs / 190 color. | 9/27/2016 | In stock  |   US $65.00


Posters: The Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Posters: The Collection of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
SILVANA EDITORIALE

Hbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 256 color. | 3/17/2020 | In stock  |   US $30.00


See Red Women's Workshop
See Red Women's Workshop
FOUR CORNERS BOOKS

Pbk, 8.75 x 12.25 in. / 184 pgs / 90 color / 25 bw. | 2/28/2017 | In stock  |   US $39.95


Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art
Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art
REEL ART PRESS

Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 320 pgs / 270 color / 30 bw. | 10/6/2014 | In stock  |   US $49.95


Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919–1923
Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919–1923
LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS

Slip, hbk, 2 vols, 9.75 x 9.75 in. / 226 pgs / 18 color / 149 bw. | 12/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $80.00


Theory of Type Design
Theory of Type Design
NAI010 PUBLISHERS

Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 9/25/2018 | In stock  |   US $50.00


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