Respected Designers Share 25 Books You Must Read To Improve Creativity

Recently I interviewed respected designers and asked them about the books that influenced their thinking and skyrocketed their careers. Then Visme reached out with an infographic they made to illustrate these interviews.

Here is an infographic featuring 5 designers sharing their top 5 books ranging from architecture, history, art, copywriting, leadership, business and of course design.

If you’re looking for books to improve your creativity, check the full list of designers and their recommended books.

Felipe Memoria is a designer and founding partner at the digital product development firm, Work & Co. He was born in Brazil, where he published “Design for the Internet: Designing the Perfect Experience”, a widely regarded book on creating digital products.

• Vignelli A to Z by Massimo Vignelli
• Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography by Franz Schulze
• Unimark International: The Design of Business and the Business Design by Jan Conradi
• Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin
• Dream Big (Sonho Grande): How the Brazilian Trio behind 3G Capital – Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Beto Sicupira Acquired Anheuser-Busch, Burger King and Heinz by Cristiane Correa

Joakim Norman is a Swedish designer and creative director at digital agency Molamil in Copenhagen. He’s also a jury member of Webby, Lovie Awards and Awwwards.

• The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness by Virginia Postrel
• The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life) by John Maeda
• The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
• Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
• Louis Vuitton: 100 Legendary Trunks by Pierre Pujalet-Plaa, Eric Leonforte

Paul Jarvis is a designer and writer who spends his time at the intersection of creativity and commerce. The hardest-working creative you’ll meet, Paul is a designer, writer, teacher, software creator and podcaster.

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