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Books like Grid Systems in Graphic Design
The best books like Grid Systems in Graphic Design are The Design of Everyday Things, Steal Like an Artist, and The Elements of Style. Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann is about typography, layout and composition, design systems. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Design of Everyday Things
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Donald Norman · Psychology
The Design of Everyday Things began as The Psychology of Everyday Things when first published in 1988, and Donald Norman revised it substantially for a 2013 edition that updated the examples for a digital age.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Steal Like an Artist
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Austin Kleon · Self-help
Steal Like an Artist is Austin Kleon's short, illustrated guide to the creative process, built around the premise that nothing is truly original — all creative work is built from and inspired by what came before.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Elements of Style
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Strunk & White · Self-help
The Elements of Style is a short book about writing English clearly and without waste.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Show Your Work!
- The New Typography
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Jan Tschichold · Philosophy
The New Typography, published in German in 1928 as Die neue Typographie, is Jan Tschichold's manifesto for a modernist approach to printed communication.
Shares typography and visual communication with Grid Systems in Graphic Design.
Read the summary → - Meggs' History of Graphic Design
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Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Philip B. Meggs · History
Meggs' History of Graphic Design is the standard reference text for the history of visual communication, covering the development of writing and printed images from prehistoric cave markings through the digital revolution.
Shares typography and visual communication with Grid Systems in Graphic Design.
Read the summary → - The Elements of Typographic Style
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The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst · Science
The Elements of Typographic Style is Robert Bringhurst's comprehensive treatment of typography as both craft and art.
Shares typography and visual communication with Grid Systems in Graphic Design.
Read the summary → - Thinking with Type
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Ellen Lupton · Self-help
Thinking with Type is Ellen Lupton's critical guide to typography — not as a catalog of fonts, but as a discipline for thinking about how written language takes visual form.
Shares typography and visual communication with Grid Systems in Graphic Design.
Read the summary → - On Directing Film
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David Mamet · Philosophy
On Directing Film is David Mamet's account of lectures he gave at Columbia University's film school, transcribed and lightly edited into a short, blunt book about the craft of directing.
Both dig into visual communication.
Read the summary → - The Shape of Content
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Ben Shahn · Philosophy
The Shape of Content collects six lectures Ben Shahn delivered at Harvard in 1956 as part of the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures series.
Both dig into visual communication.
Read the summary → - The Vignelli Canon
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Massimo Vignelli · Philosophy
The Vignelli Canon is Massimo Vignelli's summation of a design practice that spanned six decades and produced work ranging from the New York City subway map to the American Airlines identity to corporate identities for Knoll, Bloomingdale's, and dozens of other major institutions.
Both dig into typography.
Read the summary → - Just My Type
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Simon Garfield · History
Just My Type is Simon Garfield's popular history of fonts and typography, aimed at general readers who have become dimly aware that fonts matter without having the vocabulary to explain why.
Both dig into typography.
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Books like Grid Systems in Graphic Design: quick answers
What are the best books like Grid Systems in Graphic Design?
The best books like Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann are The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon, The New Typography by Jan Tschichold, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Grid Systems in Graphic Design, such as typography, layout and composition, design systems.
What should I read after Grid Systems in Graphic Design?
A natural next read after Grid Systems in Graphic Design is The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon.
What books are similar to Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann?
Grid Systems in Graphic Design centers on typography, layout and composition, design systems. Books with a similar feel include The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon, The New Typography by Jan Tschichold, Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggs — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
