Most Inspiring Design Books
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Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
by:
Austin Kleon
4.10 avg rating — 58,501 ratings 2. 
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
by:
Austin Kleon
3.96 avg rating — 324,499 ratings 3. 
The Language of Graphic Design: An Illustrated Handbook for Understanding Fundamental Design Principles
by:
Richard Poulin
3.93 avg rating — 107 ratings 
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Creative Culture: Human-Centered Interaction, Design, & Inspiration
by:
Justin Dauer
4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings 
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The Future of Extraordinary Design: Where are we going and how will we get there?
by:
Nik Parekh
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings 8. 
Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media
by:
L.K. Ludwig
3.93 avg rating — 69 ratings 9. 
The Scallop: Studies of a Shell and Its Influences on Humankind
by:
Ian Cox
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings 10. 
Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans: A Designer's Almanac of Dos and Don'ts
by:
Sean Adams
3.95 avg rating — 148 ratings 
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You Are A Unicorn: The fun creative journal for everyone!
by:
Vincent Vincent
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings 
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Emotional Digital: A Sourcebook of Contemporary Typographics
by:
Sybille Schlaich
3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings 17. 
Graphic Icons: Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design
by:
John Clifford
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 53 ratings 19. 
Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers
by:
Steven Heller
4.23 avg rating — 159 ratings 
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Instant Graphics: Source and Remix Images for Professional Design
by:
Chris Middleton
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings