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Books like Interaction of Color
The best books like Interaction of Color are The Design of Everyday Things, Steal Like an Artist, and The Artist's Way. Interaction of Color by Josef Albers is about color perception, visual art, perception. 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 Artist's Way
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Julia Cameron · Self-help
The Artist's Way is Julia Cameron's twelve-week program for recovering and developing creative ability, originally published in 1992 and still widely used in studio groups and classrooms.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Art as Experience
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John Dewey · Philosophy
Art as Experience, published in 1934, is John Dewey's attempt to rescue aesthetics from the museum pedestal and return it to ordinary life.
Both dig into perception.
Read the summary → - Experiencing Architecture
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Steen Eiler Rasmussen · Philosophy
Experiencing Architecture is the Danish architect and town planner Steen Eiler Rasmussen's attempt to teach non-architects how to see and feel buildings.
Both dig into perception.
Read the summary → - Point and Line to Plane
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Wassily Kandinsky · Philosophy
Point and Line to Plane is Wassily Kandinsky's systematic attempt to build a grammar of visual art from the ground up.
Both dig into perception.
Read the summary → - The Listening Book
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W.A. Mathieu · Philosophy
The Listening Book is W.A.
Both dig into perception.
Read the summary → - Understanding Media
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Marshall McLuhan · Philosophy
Understanding Media, published in 1964, is Marshall McLuhan's most developed work and the book that made "the medium is the message" a catchphrase of the twentieth century.
Both dig into perception.
Read the summary → - Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques
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Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques
Valérie Filiou · Self-help
Abstract Painting is a practical handbook for painters who want to move beyond representation and learn to work with color, form, and gesture on their own terms.
Both dig into visual art.
Read the summary → - Bauhaus
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Magdalena Droste · History
Magdalena Droste's Bauhaus is the standard illustrated history of the school that ran in Germany from 1919 to 1933 and produced some of the most durable ideas in twentieth-century design, architecture, and art education.
Both dig into design education.
Read the summary → - Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Betty Edwards · Art
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain rests on a claim that has quietly reassured millions of self-declared non-artists: drawing is not a gift you're born with but a learnable skill, and it is a skill of seeing rather than of the hand.
Both dig into perception.
Read the summary → - How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett · Psychology
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a neuroscientist and psychologist at Northeastern University who has spent thirty years studying emotion, and her conclusion challenges the most widely held view of what emotions are.
Both dig into perception.
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Books like Interaction of Color: quick answers
What are the best books like Interaction of Color?
The best books like Interaction of Color by Josef Albers are The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Art as Experience by John Dewey, Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Interaction of Color, such as color perception, visual art, perception.
What should I read after Interaction of Color?
A natural next read after Interaction of Color 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 Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Art as Experience by John Dewey.
What books are similar to Interaction of Color by Josef Albers?
Interaction of Color centers on color perception, visual art, perception. Books with a similar feel include The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Art as Experience by John Dewey, Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Point and Line to Plane by Wassily Kandinsky — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
