 | The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher
Buy new: £16.46 / Used from: £18.50 A constant source of ideas, with amazing layout and typography.
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 | eBoy by Steffen Sauerteig
Buy used from: £138.58 The best of pixel art, 500 pages of their many creations.
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 | Pictoplasma by Peter Thaler
Buy used from: £47.00 Hundreds of European characters and creations, fantastic collection.
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 | The Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £10.20 One of my favourite books, absolutly amazing, the time and effort spent on each book is incredible
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 | Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £8.00 Another of my favourites an absolute must! Everything is so well done especially time lapses along with awkward silences. it took Chris Ware 10 years to finnish
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 | Fotografiks by Philip B. Meggs
Buy used from: £12.24 Amazing designer, his photographs remind me of Lomo camera snaps, but the layout and design is so good, well worth it.
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 | The End of Print: The Graphic Design of David Carson by Lewis Blackwell
Buy used from: £28.51 Good examples of his work in magazines etc. A source of inspiration. And hope for surf and skateboarding culture (he was a professional surfer).
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 | Los Logos by Buro Destruct
Buy new: £27.49 / Used from: £21.65 A must for any Graphic Designer, crammed full of ideas for logos and really good examples of corporate identity, also has asian logo design which are fantastic.
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 | Getting it Right in Print: Digital Pre-press for Graphic Designers by Mark Gatter
Buy new: £13.49 / Used from: £13.25 If you are printing, you need it.
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 | The Non-Designer's Design Book (Non Designer's Design Book) by Robin Williams
Buy used from: £1.80 Helps with the basics, especially if you have no idea what you are doing.
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 | Why We Got the Sack from the Museum by David Shrigley
Buy used from: £33.99 Ahh Shrigley shrigley, brilliant!
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 | McSweeney's Quarterly Concern: Issue Number 13: Comics Issue No. 13
Buy used from: £19.50 Edited by Chris Ware along with his work it has brilliant examples of narrative illustration and comic art (along with a beautiful book cover that folds out by Chris Ware).
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 | Black Hole by Charles Burns
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £8.00 Wonderfully dark, gives your stomach a knot while reading it, scary and disturbing, good example of narritive illustration.
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 | Both by Simone Lia
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £19.38 Really funny and wonderful comic art.
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 | How to be a Graphic Designer: Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy
Buy new: £13.49 / Used from: £10.00 Stops you from losing your soul.
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