Design books for non-designers, recommended by the
Stripe
Design Team
Beauty
by Sagmeister & Walsh
The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman
A Primer of Visual Literacy
Donis A. Dondis
On the Necessity of Gardening
by Laurie Cluitmans
White
by Kenya Hara
The Creative Act
A Way of Being
by Rick Rubin
A *New* Program for Graphic Design
by David Reinfurt
Forget All the Rules About Graphic Design
Including the Ones in This Book
by Bob Gill
Designing News
Changing the World of Editorial Design and Information Graphics
by Francesco Franchi
Emotional Design
Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
by Don A. Norman
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
by Christopher Alexander
Designing Products People Love
How Great Designers Create Successful Products
by Scott Hurff
In Praise of Shadows
by Junichiro Tanizaki
The Intelligent Lifestyle Magazine
Smart Editorial Design, Storytelling and Journalism
by Francesco Franchi
Dieter Rams: Ten Principles for Good Design
by Cees W. De Jong
The Vignelli Canon
by Massimo Vignelli
The Elements of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst
Content Design
by Sarah Winters
Graphic Design Manual
Principles and Practice
by Armin Hofmann
Understanding Comics
The Invisible Art
by Scott McCloud
Serialize
Family Faces and Variety in Graphic Design
by Robert Klanten
Collaborative Product Design
by Austin Govella
Re-Printed Matter
by Karel Martens
Typographie
Ein Gestaltungslehrbuch
by Emil Ruder
Typography for Lawyers
by Matthew Butterick
Designer's Guide to Creating Charts and Diagrams
by Nigel Holmes
Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
Principles of Form and Design
by Wucius Wong
Designing Design
by Kenya Hara
Designing Programmes
Programme as Typeface, Typography, Picture, Method
by Karl Gerstner
The Timeless Way of Building
by Christopher Alexander
Muriel Cooper
by David Reinfurt and Robert Wiesenberger
The World as Design
by Otl Aicher
The Laws of Simplicity
Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
by John Maeda
Zen & the Art of the Macintosh
Discoveries on the Path to Computer Enlightenment
by Michael Green
Karel Martens / Patterns
by Martens & Martens
How to
Use graphic design to sell things, explain things…
by Michael Bierut
Design Is Storytelling
by Ellen Lupton
Designing Brand Identity
An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team
by Alina Wheeler