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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.

Graphic Design Bookshelf

Curated Libraries by Movement and Subject Area

GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM	GRAPHIC DESIGN BOOKSHELF	PRODUCT DESIGN BOOKSHELF	INDEPENDENT FILM	SURREALISM
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME	ARTISTS BOOKS	PICTURES GENERATION	BAUHAUS	DADA
NOUVEAU REALISME	FEMINIST ART	NEW TOPOGRAPHICS PHOTOGRAPHY	CONCEPTUAL ART	RELATIONAL AESTHETICS
POP ART	BEAUTIFUL LOSERS	CURATORIAL STUDIES	WOMEN ARTISTS	CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE PAINTING
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE	MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY DRAWING	PRINTS & GRAPHICS	PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSICS	PHOTOJOURNALISM
POLAROID LIBRARY	PHOTOGRAPHY: KEY WRITINGS	PERFORMANCE ART	FILM & THE PERFORMING ARTS	SOUND ART
COLLAGE & PHOTOMONTAGE	ARCHITECTURE: ESSENTIAL BOOKS	URBAN STUDIES	SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

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