![Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays On The Intersection Of Life And Design (Debbie Millman) [Book Review]](http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/Look_Both_Ways_Cover.jpg "Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays On The Intersection Of Life And Design (Debbie Millman) [Book Review]")
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Our collection of the best and recommended Design Theory books.
![Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays On The Intersection Of Life And Design (Debbie Millman) [Book Review]](http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/themes/dbook/timthumb.php?src=http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/Look_Both_Ways_Cover.jpg&w=120 "Look Both Ways: Illustrated Essays On The Intersection Of Life And Design (Debbie Millman) [Book Review]")
As a designer, thinker, brand consultant, writer and educator, Debbie Millman has spent her life looking in a lot of different directions. In Look Both Ways she carefully crafts essays about her life experiences and the host of things that she has taken away from those interesting times when design and life seemed to cross paths. Continue reading this post
![It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be. (Paul Arden) [Book Review]](http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/themes/dbook/timthumb.php?src=http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/Its_Not_How_Good_You_Are_Cover.jpg&w=120 "It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be. (Paul Arden) [Book Review]")
It's Not How Good You Are... is a concise guide to making the most of yourself — a pocket “bible” for the talented and timid to make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible. After decades at the top of one of the world’s most competitive industries, Paul Arden offers his insights into such diverse subjects as “The value of being fired” and “Why it’s often better to be wrong than to be right”. Continue reading this post
![Art Direction Explained, At Last! [Book Review]](http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/themes/dbook/timthumb.php?src=http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/Art_Direction_Explained_Cover.jpg&w=120 "Art Direction Explained, At Last! [Book Review]")
What do art directors do, exactly? No one, until now, has offered a satisfying response to this vexing question. In Art Direction Explained, At Last! we finally have the answers. Find out what makes a successful art director, what they actually do all day and what makes things go right or wrong in the process. The authors have invited distinguished international art directors to talk about their roles, resulting in a variety of perspectives and design approaches. Continue reading this post
![Thinking With Type: A Critical Guide For Designers, Writers, Editors & Students (2nd Edition) [Book Review]](http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/themes/dbook/timthumb.php?src=http://designersbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/Thinking_With_Type_Cover.jpg&w=120 "Thinking With Type: A Critical Guide For Designers, Writers, Editors & Students (2nd Edition) [Book Review]")
What kind of typeface should I use? How big do I set it? How should those letters, words and paragraphs be aligned, spaced, ordered and shaped? Thinking With Type answers these questions and more, providing clear guidelines for Designers, Writers, Editors and Students on how best to arrange their written content. Continue reading this post
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