Thoughts on design

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1. mountain_peakJul 2022
   Ah - thanks for having a look and responding with a nice comment. I suspected what you wrote after I posted, since I have many people asking for the the next iconic "f" or "G" or Apple, and I usually tell them that the logo should instantly recognizable as your own (for whatever that's worth). Paul Rand's (I think I wrote Rand Paul above!) "Thoughts on Design" is a great short book where he says, "...[a design] is not good design if it does not co-operate as an instrument in the service of communication."

   Above all, it's important that you love your new design (you mentioned that you do), which is great and positions you for growth in your target areas as opposed to "preaching to the converted," which is what I think you're implying with the chipmunk.

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2. ryanSrichOct 2016
   Here's a list of all design books that I give to new hires:

   Branded Interactions: Creating the Digital Experience - (https://www.amazon.com/Branded-Interactions-Creating-Digital...)

   The Visual Display of Quantitative Information - https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Display-Quantitative-Informati...

   Universal Principles of Design - https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Principles-Design-Revised-U...

   The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945-1976 - https://www.amazon.com/Interface-Transformation-Corporate-19...

   Multiple Signatures: On Designers, Authors, Readers and Users - https://www.amazon.com/Multiple-Signatures-Designers-Authors...

   Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation - https://www.amazon.com/Change-Design-Transforms-Organization...

   Thoughts on Design - https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Design-Paul-Rand/dp/08118754...

   Notes on the Synthesis of Form - https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Synthesis-Form-Harvard-Paperbac...

   ..and a list of ones I'm considering adding:

   Unflattening - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674744438/ref=oh_aui_deta...

   Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038534936X/ref=oh_aui_deta...

   The Design Method - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321928849/ref=oh_aui_deta...

   Product Design for the Web: Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321929039/ref=oh_aui_deta...

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3. pmcpintoDec 2015
   Thoughts on Design - Paul Rand, Design as Art - Bruno Munari, Meditations - Marcus Aurelius, Ways of Seeing - John Berger, The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
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