Graphic Design

GENERAL

2D: Visual Basics for Designers (Robin Landa, Rose Gonnella, and Steven Brower)

Design School Reader: A Course Companion for Students in Graphic Design (Steven Heller)

How Design Makes the World (Scott Berkun)

Graphic Design: The New Basics (Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips)

Graphic Design School: The Principles and Practice of Graphic Design (David Dabner, Sandra Stewart, and Eric Zempol)

Graphic Design Solutions, 6th edition (Robin Landa)

The Language of Graphic Design: An illustrated handbook for understanding fundamental design principles (Richard Poulin)

Visual Communication Design: An Introduction to Design Concepts in Everyday Experience (Meredith Davis)

color theory

Design Fundamentals: Notes on Color (Rose Gonnella and Max Friedman)

The Designer’s Dictionary of Color (Sean Adams)

grids

Making and Breaking the Grid (Timothy Samara)

Grid Systems in Graphic Design (Josef Müller-Brockman)

Layout Essentials Revised and Updated: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids (Beth Tondreau)

theory

Graphic Design Theory (Graphic Design in Context) (Meredith Davis)

Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field (Helen Armstrong)

participatory design

Participate (Helen Armstrong and Zvezdana Stojmirovic)

The resources in this section are intended to help design educators with various teaching needs. They are for reference only and should not replace any guidelines or standards put forth by your own institution. Educators are encouraged to submit resource suggestions to info@teachingresource.aiga.org.