http://squirl.info/collection/show/6 Books on design, ranging from graphic design, to interface design, print, book, information and experience design. Copyright 2008 Squirl LLC Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:23:59 +0000 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:23:59 UTC http://squirl.info http://squirl.info/images/header_squirllogo.gif http://squirl.info/collection/show/6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/2488?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity (2nd Edition)" height="150" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/12/0672326140.01.LZZZZZZZ_79146.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:23:20 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/2488?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/2487?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design" height="125" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/12/0764526413.01.LZZZZZZZ_79143.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:22:59 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/2487?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1670?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Prioritizing Web Usability" height="140" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/10/0321350316.01.LZZZZZZZ_54082.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:50 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1670?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1669?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity" height="141" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/10/156205810X.01.LZZZZZZZ_54079.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:50 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1669?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1668?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites" height="131" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/10/0596000359.01.LZZZZZZZ_54076.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:50 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1668?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1667?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Ambient Findability" height="150" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/10/0596007655.01.LZZZZZZZ_54073.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:50 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1667?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1666?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Designing Interfaces" height="121" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/10/0596008031.01.LZZZZZZZ_54070.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:50 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1666?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1659?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Forms, Folds, and Sizes: All the Details Graphic Designers Need to Know but Can Never Find" height="150" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/10/1592530540.01.LZZZZZZZ_52239.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />A good hands-on book to have at your disposal.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:50 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1659?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1613?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Art of Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Monks 1600-1925" height="142" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/10/0810927748.01.LZZZZZZZ_44181.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:49 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/1613?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/918?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="An A-Z of Type Designers" height="126" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/0300111517.01.LZZZZZZZ_21074.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />A comprehensive listing of type designers, organized A-Z. Includes the earliest designers (Johannes Gutenberg) to designers who are still alive.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:42 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/918?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/917?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)" height="148" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/0262134721.01.LZZZZZZZ_21071.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />John Maeda is a graphic designer and computer scientist. In this new book, he offers up strategies for simplying complex systems.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:42 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/917?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/911?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Milton Glaser: Art Is Work: Graphic Design, Interiors, Objects and Illustration" height="129" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/0500510288.01.LZZZZZZZ_20283.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Milton Glaser is the guy behihnd the "I Love NY" logo, among many other seminal designs. He has won more awards than you can imagine. He's a New Yorker.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:42 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/911?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/909?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Tibor Kalman, Perverse Optimist" height="124" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/9/1568982585.01.LZZZZZZZ_20048.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Tibor Kalman was the founding editor-in-chief of Colors magazine, and a reknowned art director based in New York and then Rome. This book is about his work as the Creative Director of his company, M&Co.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:42 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/909?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/30?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 2: Advanced Techniques (3rd Edition, Version 6.5)" height="125" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/1578202698.01.LZZZZZZZ_185.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />A great book if you want to get more proficient at After Effects.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/30?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/26?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies) (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)" height="125" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/1558609237.01.LZZZZZZZ_170.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/26?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/24?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both">A good book for idea generation, to mix things up. A bit dated now, but still fun to page through if you're trolling for inspiration.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/24?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/23?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Graphic Language of Neville Brody" height="122" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0500274967.01.LZZZZZZZ_163.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/23?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/19?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Making Meaning: How Successful Businesses Deliver Meaningful Customer Experiences" height="150" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0321374096.01.LZZZZZZZ_153.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />My friend and mentor Nathan Shedroff co-wrote this book.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/19?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/18?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Experience Design 1" height="81" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0735710783.01.LZZZZZZZ_150.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/18?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/16?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (2nd Edition)" height="128" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0321344758.01.LZZZZZZZ_142.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />This is a nice, small book that boils common interface down to sensible problems and solutions. I'm not sure if the revised edition address things interface innovation in the realm of DHTML, though.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/16?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/15?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Branding With Type" height="166" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/1568302487.01.LZZZZZZZ_139.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />A classic book.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/15?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/14?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Elements of Typographic Style" height="185" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0881792063.01.LZZZZZZZ_136.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Another classic tome that is a good one to have on your bookshelf for reference and inspiration.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/14?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/13?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design (Classic Typography Series)" height="160" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0881791164.01.LZZZZZZZ_133.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />If you've ever designed a book (or a very large document), you will appreciate what Jan Tschihold and Hajo Hadeler have to say here.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/13?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/12?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Stop Stealing Sheep &amp; Find Out How Type Works, Second Edition" height="150" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0201703394.01.LZZZZZZZ_130.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Another classic. Whimsical, engaging, intelligent, digestible.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/12?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/11?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Beautiful Evidence" height="57" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/be_cover_230.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />Tufte's latest.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/11?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/10?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative" height="127" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0961392126.01.LZZZZZZZ_126.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />This is a classic Edward Tufte book that opened the eyes of many designers, and certainly helped me to understand the importance of clear, effective communication and the ramifications of not doing so.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/10?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/9?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Envisioning Information" height="130" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0961392118.01.LZZZZZZZ_123.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />One of Tufte's, another one that should probably be on any designer's bookshelf.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/9?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/8?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" height="128" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/096139210X.01.LZZZZZZZ_120.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/8?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/7?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Wayshowing: A Guide to Environmental Signage Principles &amp; Practices Lars Mnller" height="187" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/303778055X.01.LZZZZZZZ_117.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" /><div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/7?c=Book&cid=6 http://squirl.info/asset/show/6?c=Book&cid=6 <div style="clear:both"><img alt="Marks of Excellence" height="107" src="http://squirl.info/users/s/e/steve/images/2006/8/0714838381.01.LZZZZZZZ_112.jpg" style="padding-right:5px; padding-bottom:5px;clear:both" width="100" />An excellent book that looks at the "history and taxonomy of trademarks". Great for inspiration, or clarification.<div> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:37:28 +0000 http://squirl.info/asset/show/6?c=Book&cid=6