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10 Report Design Ideas & Tips to Engage Readers

By Midori Nediger , Jun 12, 2023

A good report design encompasses a visually appealing and well-structured layout that effectively communicates information. It involves a clear and logical organization with headings and sections, consistent branding elements , readable typography and a visual hierarchy to emphasize key points.

Ultimately, designing a good report goes beyond aesthetics and encompasses strategic elements that facilitate effective information communication. This includes implementing visually appealing and well-structured layouts.

Ideally, your report should be mobile-friendly too. Sounds like a lot, but I’ve got everything covered in this guide so keep reading or get started right away with one of Venngage’s professionally designed report templates .

How to design a report:

• Balance text with visuals to make your information easy to digest.
• Use a single highlight color to draw attention to key information.
• Create a clear text hierarchy to make your report easy to navigate.
• Incorporate your branding for cohesive report design.
• Visualize your data with bar charts, line charts, bubble charts, and pie charts.
• Use a 2-column layout for optimal readability.
• Leave plenty of whitespace in your report design.
• Apply consistent motifs across every page of your report design.
• Use color blocks to group related information.
• Include an appendix with detailed tables and graphs.

Today I’m going to give you a primer on making reports that are as beautiful as they are functional. We’ll cover the 10 report design best practices you need to know and report design ideas.

When writing a report that uses a lot of data, you should use the IMRaD format . IMRaD is an acronym that stands for Introduction – Method – Results – and – Discussion.

If your report is more text than data-heavy, such as if you were creating an annual report or a nonprofit report about a program of activities, you should broadly follow the IMRaD format too. Although with less emphasis on the ‘method’ section. Instead, focus on showcasing the results of your work.

Watch: How to create an annual report

Once you feel confident and inspired, you can jump to our reports templates page to start designing your own custom report! Keep reading for some report design ideas.

1. Balance text with visuals for a digestible report design

As humans, we’re much better at grasping information presented in the form of visuals than written text. So when designing a text-heavy report, look for opportunities to summarize information by  transforming text into visuals to make your information more engaging and easier to digest.

Don’t use words if the same information can be presented visually.

Aim for at least a 50/50 balance between text and images. At least half of each page should be dedicated to visuals like charts, diagrams, and helpful images.

As with the simple report design above, every chunk of text in the report should be accompanied by a representative visual. The visual should communicate the bulk of the information, and the accompanying text should list the major takeaways.

Even if your report requires a more text-heavy approach, try to scatter visuals between the longer paragraphs of text. Alternating text with visuals will help keep your readers engaged from page to page like in this report design idea:

Just remember, functionality should always come first. Visuals should be used to enhance understanding–to categorize, highlight, and emphasize information–not just to break up the text. Choose visuals that make your content easier to understand.

Our  progress report templates  are ideal for businesses and consultants to showcase the right data and ignore all the minutiae in the process.

Our consulting report templates  are another good resource.

2. Use a single highlight color to draw attention to key information

Color is one of the most important elements of any design.

Besides playing a role in the overall look and feel of a design, color can be even be used to control where our readers look. We can use bold color accents to draw our readers’ attention to any key facts and figures that we think are particularly important.

As shown in the modern report design below, color is a powerful tool for highlighting significant data points and drawing attention to report headers.

Just make sure you use highlight colors with restraint. Many bright, contrasting colors will compete with each other and overwhelm the senses, distracting from the message you’re trying to communicate.

Sticking with a single highlight color will enhance your readers’ comprehension, and even help to tie your document together.

3. Create a clear text hierarchy for an easy-to-navigate report design

Similar to the way we can use color to tell our readers what to look at first, we can use text size to tell our readers what to read first.

This is what a typographic hierarchy is all about–sizing and styling text so that readers can easily navigate our reports with just a quick glance.

Every report should have at least three levels of text hierarchy, and this hierarchy should be applied to the entire document.

Your text hierarchy should contain, at the very least:

• Header text
• Subheader text
• Paragraph text

As seen in the report design below, headers should be big and bold enough to grab your reader’s attention, and a bit stylized. Subheaders should be a little smaller, and a little less stylized. Paragraph text should be more minimal in style, and highly readable.

Check out our guide on choosing fonts for more information on creating text hierarchies.

4. Incorporate your branding for a cohesive report design

It’s usually a good idea to take your company’s branding into account when you create your reports.

Using your brand elements will help you stick with a single visual theme from start to finish, which is critical to creating a report design that feels like one cohesive document.

As seen in this example from IPG Media below, consistently applying company brand colors can have a dramatic effect.

But don’t be afraid to add your own personal touch! Just because your design is consistent with your company’s branding doesn’t mean you have no creative freedom.

You can riff on your company’s core brand elements to create a fun design that still meets the brief. This report design from Maine Tourism mixes some secondary colors with the core brand colors to give the report a unique feel.

If you haven’t already, check out Venngage’s  My Brand Kit . We’ve made it even easier to apply your company’s brand colors, fonts, and logos to all of our report templates!

Just upload your company logo, and add your company’s fonts and brand colors, then generate branded report templates with one click!

Once you’re happy with your report design, use the Venngage Business Account to invite your team to comment on your design and get some good feedback. You can even save your annual report as a template to use next year!

5. Visualize your data with bar charts, line charts, bubble charts, and pie charts

Data visualizations in a long report don’t have to be fancy.  In fact, simpler is usually better!

And that’s why knowing the basics of chart design can be a game changer for your report design.

Using simpler charts like line charts, bar charts, bubble charts, and big number charts means that you won’t run the risk of confusing your readers, and they won’t have to work to interpret your charts.

These basic charts can even be quite engaging if incorporated cleverly into your overall design.  Check out this annual report design from the Hall Family Foundation, which uses very basic data visualization techniques (big number charts and bar charts) to great effect.

Just make sure you’re using charts that are appropriate for the type of data that you have and the message you’re trying to convey.

Here are a few guidelines on how to choose the right type of chart :

• Use line charts to highlight trends over time
• Use bar charts and bubble charts to show difference among categories
• Use big number charts to emphasize key performance indicators

Watch: How to Pick The Right Chart For Your Data

One final tip for visualizing data in reports: include descriptions for all charts or tables to add context for readers. As seen below, each chart should have some accompanying text (a header, at the very least) that provides clarification and explains important trends.

If you’re not sure of the best way to visualize your data, look for inspiration in our statistical infographics . Many of the same visualization techniques used in data-heavy infographics work surprisingly well in report designs, too.

6. Use a 2-column layout for optimal readability

Messy, disorganized reports not only look unprofessional, they can be confusing!

Keep your reports organized by building them on a grid–ideally, a 2-column grid, as seen in this report design from the Global Fund for Children . A grid gives a report some visual structure, prevents visual clutter, and creates a satisfying sense of rhythm in the design.

Designing on a 2-column grid will also prevent your paragraphs from getting too wide. The optimal line length of readability is about 60-70 characters per line, which usually works out about right in most 2-column layouts.

7. Leave plenty of whitespace in your report design

Whitespace, the empty space around every piece of content on a page, is an essential element of good design.

The perfect amount of whitespace makes a design feel balanced and pleasing, while a lack of whitespace makes a design feel cramped and unfinished. Just take a look at what a difference a bit of whitespace makes in a simple design:

This report from Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance is a bit of an extreme example of whitespace in practice, but you get the point. The blank space around the text, numbers, and images helps a design feel light, polished and balanced:

When it comes to adding whitespace to your reports, keep in mind that readers might get turned off when faced with large walls of text. Try to summarize your information , break text up into smaller sections and space those sections out to prevent pages from getting too busy.

Whitespace is especially important in information-dense reports, which can easily look heavy and overwhelming in the page. By leaving generous margins around text sections and charts, we can prevent our reports from looking too formidable.

8. Apply the same visual motifs across every page of the report design

Consistency is crucial to a great report design. Since your text and visuals are changing from page to page, for the pages of a report to feel like they belong together, they must have similar design elements that remain consistent from page to page.

These consistent design elements (or motifs) could be images, illustrations, icons , or even just shapes!

Check out the annual report design below. The simple band along the right side of the page creates that essential visual consistency to tie the design together.

To add motifs to your report designs in Venngage, head to our Icon Library in the left panel of the editor. You can browse the library by category:

Or search for specific icons by keyword with our search bar. When using the search, you can even filter your search to find multicolored icons or single color icons (which can be customized to any color)!

9. Use color blocks to group related information

The layout and design of a report should support readers’ understanding of the information within that report.  

For example, we can use basic design elements (like blocks of color, lines, and borders) to indicate which information belongs together, making it easier for our readers to quickly interpret that information.

Let’s take a look at how this can help us design data-heavy pages of our reports.

Data-heavy pages can easily get visually overwhelming, with a ton of data points, lines, and bars all competing for our attention. By dividing these pages into defined sections, we can create a dashboard-style report design that’s much easier to take in:

Never underestimate the power of a color block!

10. Include an appendix with detailed tables and graphs

To avoid overwhelming readers with too much information at once, detailed tables and graphs should be left out of the main body of the report and included in an appendix instead.

This gives interested readers the opportunity to explore your content in greater depth while keeping your core report short and sweet.

When creating tables for your appendices, there are a few design tips you should keep in mind:

• Use a bright color to clearly distinguish header rows from body rows.
• Alternate the color of body rows between white and light grey to make the table easy to scan.
• Use brightly-colored boxes to draw attention to important values in the table.

Designing an effective report is all about including the right amount of information. Your goal in the body of the report should be to state any key takeaways and back up those statements with supporting visuals. Any information beyond that should be relegated to an appendix.

Bonus: Add an attractive cover

“Don’t judge a book by its cover” might be good advice in your daily life, but the truth is that people still do it—and you need to take that into account if you want people to walk away with a positive impression of your report.

For printed documents, consider using a report cover page or book cover with an engaging photo, illustration, or other design on it. Make sure it’s an image that expresses the brand voice or subject matter associated with the report. You’ll also want something that matches the report’s overall tone; if it’s optimistic, sobering, or conflicted, choose an image that helps to convey those feelings.

Even if your report cover takes a fairly minimalist approach (with a design comprised of little more than the title of the report), that still adds a great deal more professionalism than there would be with no cover at all.

PS: If you’re an HR professional, you can use our  HR report templates to create anything from incident reports to performance reviews.

Related: 20 Professional Report Cover Page Examples & Templates [100% Customizable]

Even if the content of your report is dry, the design of the report doesn’t have to be. With these report design best practices in mind, you can create documents that make the information they contain easy to digest and a pleasure to read.

Get a head start on your next report design ideas with one of our many report templates and our easy-to-use report creator .

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42 Creative Book Report Ideas for Students

Inspire your students to share their love of books.

Responding to what you read is an important literacy skill. Reading about other people’s experiences and perspectives helps kids learn about the world. And although students don’t need to dive deeply into every single book they read, occasionally digging into characters, settings, and themes can help them learn to look beyond the prose. Here are 42 creative book report ideas designed to make reading more meaningful.

1. Concrete Found Poem

This clever activity is basically a shape poem made up of words, phrases, and whole sentences found in the books students read. The words come together to create an image that represents something from the story.

2. Graphic Novel

Have students rewrite the book they are reading, or a chapter of their book, as a graphic novel. Set parameters for the assignment such as including six scenes from the story, three characters, details about the setting, etc. And, of course, include detailed illustrations to accompany the story.

3. Book Snaps

Book Snaps are a way for students to visually show how they are reacting to, processing, and/or connecting with a text. First, students snap a picture of a page in the book they are reading. Then, they add comments, images, highlights, and more.

4. Diary Entry

Have your students place themselves in the shoes of one of the characters from their book and write a first-person diary entry of a critical moment from the story. Ask them to choose a moment in the story where the character has plenty of interaction and emotion to share in a diary entry.

5. Character To-Do List

This fun activity is an off-the-beaten-path way to dive deep into character analysis. Get inside the head of the main character in a book and write a to-do list that they might write. Use actual information from the text, but also make inferences into what that character may wish to accomplish.

6. Mint Tin Book Report

There are so many super-creative, open-ended projects you can use mint tins for. This teacher blogger describes the process of creating book reports using them. There’s even a free template for cards that fit inside.

7. Fictional Yearbook Entries

Ask your students to create a yearbook based on the characters and setting in the book. What do they look like? Cut out magazine pictures to give a good visual image for their school picture. What kind of superlative might they get? Best looking? Class clown? What clubs would they be in or lead? Did they win any awards? It should be obvious from their small yearbooks whether your students dug deep into the characters in their books. They may also learn that who we are as individuals is reflected in what we choose to do with our lives.

8. Book Report Cake

This project would be perfect for a book tasting in your classroom! Each student presents their book report in the shape of food. See the sandwich and pizza options above and check out this blog for more delicious ideas.

9. Current Events Comparison

Have students locate three to five current events articles a character in their book might be interested in. After they’ve found the articles, have them explain why the character would find them interesting and how they relate to the book. Learning about how current events affect time, place, and people is critical to helping develop opinions about what we read and experience in life.

10. Sandwich Book Report

Yum! You’ll notice a lot of our creative book report ideas revolve around food. In this oldie but goodie, each layer of this book report sandwich covers a different element of the book—characters, setting, conflict, etc. A fun adaptation of this project is the book report cheeseburger.

11. Book Alphabet

Choose 15 to 20 alphabet books to help give your students examples of how they work around themes. Then ask your students to create their own Book Alphabet based on the book they read. What artifacts, vocabulary words, and names reflect the important parts of the book? After they find a word to represent each letter, have them write one sentence that explains where the word fits in.

12. Peekaboo Book Report

Using cardboard lap books (or small science report boards), students include details about their book’s main characters, plot, setting, conflict, resolution, etc. Then they draw a head and arms on card stock and attach them to the board from behind to make it look like the main character is peeking over the report.

13. T-Shirt Book Report

Another fun and creative idea: Create a wearable book report with a plain white tee. Come up with your own using Sharpie pens and acrylic paint. Get step-by-step directions .

14. Book Jacket

Have students create a new book jacket for their story. Include an attractive illustrated cover, a summary, a short biography of the author, and a few reviews from readers.

15. Watercolor Rainbow Book Report

This is great for biography research projects. Students cut out a photocopied image of their subject and glue it in the middle. Then, they draw lines from the image to the edges of the paper, like rays of sunshine, and fill in each section with information about the person. As a book report template, the center image could be a copy of the book cover, and each section expands on key information such as character names, theme(s), conflict, resolution, etc.

16. Act the Part

Have students dress up as their favorite character from the book and present an oral book report. If their favorite character is not the main character, retell the story from their point of view.

17. Pizza Box Book Report

If you’re looking for creative book report ideas that use upcycled materials, try this one using a pizza box. It works well for both nonfiction and fiction book reports. The top lid provides a picture of the book cover. Each wedge of the pizza pie tells part of the story.

18. Bookmark

Have students create a custom illustrated bookmark that includes drawings and words from either their favorite chapter or the entire book.

19. Book Reports in a Bag

Looking for book report ideas that really encourage creative thinking? With book reports in a bag, students read a book and write a summary. Then, they decorate a paper grocery bag with a scene from the book, place five items that represent something from the book inside the bag, and present the bag to the class.

20. Reading Lists for Characters

Ask your students to think about a character in their book. What kinds of books might that character like to read? Take them to the library to choose five books the character might have on their to-be-read list. Have them list the books and explain what each book might mean to the character. Post the to-be-read lists for others to see and choose from—there’s nothing like trying out a book character’s style when developing your own identity.

21. File Folder Book Report

Also called a lap book, this easy-to-make book report hits on all the major elements of a book study and gives students a chance to show what they know in a colorful way.

22. Collage

Create a collage using pictures and words that represent different parts of the book. Use old magazines or print pictures from the Internet.

23. Book Report Triorama

Who doesn’t love a multidimensional book report? This image shows a 3D model, but Elisha Ann provides a lesson to show students how to glue four triangles together to make a 4D model.

24. Timeline

Have students create a timeline of the main events from their book. Be sure to include character names and details for each event. Use 8 x 11 sheets of paper taped together or a long portion of bulletin board paper.

25. Clothes Hanger Book Report Mobile

This creative project doesn’t require a fancy or expensive supply list. Students just need an ordinary clothes hanger, strings, and paper. The body of the hanger is used to identify the book, and the cards on the strings dangling below are filled with key elements of the book, like characters, setting, and a summary.

26. Public Service Announcement

If a student has read a book about a cause that affects people, animals, or the environment, teach them about public service announcements . Once they understand what a PSA is, have them research the issue or cause that stood out in the book. Then give them a template for a storyboard so they can create their own PSA. Some students might want to take it a step further and create a video based on their storyboard. Consider sharing their storyboard or video with an organization that supports the cause or issue.

27. Dodecahedron Book Report

Creative book report ideas think outside the box. In this case, it’s a ball! SO much information can be covered on the 12 panels , and it allows students to take a deep dive in a creative way.

28. Character Cards

Make trading cards (like baseball cards) for a few characters from the book. On the front side, draw the character. On the back side, make a list of their character traits and include a quote or two.

29. Book Report Booklets

This clever book report is made from ordinary paper bags. Stack the paper bags on top of each other, fold them in half, and staple the closed-off ends of the bags together. Students can write, draw, and decorate on the paper bag pages. They can also record information on writing or drawing paper and glue the paper onto the pages. The open ends of the bags can be used as pockets to insert photos, cut-outs, postcards, or other flat items that help them tell their story.

30. Letter to the Author

Write a letter to the author of the book. Tell them three things you really liked about the story. Ask three questions about the plot, characters, or anything else you’re curious about.

31. Book Report Charm Bracelet

What a “charming” way to write a book report! Each illustrated bracelet charm captures a character, an event in the plot, setting, or other detail.

32. Fact Sheet

Have students create a list of 10 facts that they learned from reading the book. Have them write the facts in complete sentences, and be sure that each fact is something that they didn’t know before they read the book.

33. Cereal Box TV Book Report

This book report project is a low-tech version of a television made from a cereal box and two paper towel rolls. Students create the viewing screen cut-out at the top, then insert a scroll of paper with writing and illustrations inside the box. When the cardboard roll is rotated, the story unfolds.

34. Be a Character Therapist

Therapists work to uncover their clients’ fears based on their words and actions. When we read books, we must learn to use a character’s actions and dialogue to infer their fears. Many plots revolve around a character’s fear and the work it takes to overcome that fear. Ask students to identify a character’s fear and find 8 to 10 scenes that prove this fear exists. Then have them write about ways the character overcame the fear (or didn’t) in the story. What might the character have done differently?

35. Mind Maps

Mind maps can be a great way to synthesize what students have learned from reading a book. Plus, there are so many ways to approach them. Begin by writing a central idea in the middle of the page. For example, general information, characters, plot, etc. Then branch out from the center with ideas, thoughts, and connections to material from the book.

36. Foldables

From Rainbows Within Reach , this clever idea would be a great introduction to writing book reports. Adapt the flap categories for students at different levels. Adjust the number of categories (or flaps) per the needs of your students.

37. Board games

This is a great project if you want your students to develop a little more insight into what they’re reading. Have them think about the elements of their favorite board games and how they can be adapted to fit this assignment. For more, here are step-by-step directions .

38. Comic strips

If you’re looking for creative book report ideas for students who like graphic novels, try comic strips. Include an illustrated cover with the title and author. The pages of the book should retell the story using dialogue and descriptions of the setting and characters. Of course, no comic book would be complete without copious illustrations and thought bubbles.

39. Timeline

Create a timeline using a long roll of butcher paper, a poster board, or index cards taped together. For each event on the timeline, write a brief description of what happens. Add pictures, clip art, word art, and symbols to make the timeline more lively and colorful.

40. Cereal Box

Recycle a cereal box and create a book report Wheaties-style. Decorate all sides of the box with information about the book’s characters, setting, plot, summary, etc.

41. Wanted Poster

Make a “wanted” poster for one of the book’s main characters. Indicate whether they are wanted dead or alive. Include a picture of the character and a description of what the character is “wanted” for, three examples of the character showing this trait, and a detailed account of where the character was last seen.

42. Movie Version

If the book your students have read has been made into a movie, have them write a report about how the versions are alike and different. If the book has not been made into a movie, have them write a report telling how they would make it into a movie, using specific details from the book.

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Book Report Planning Sheets

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If you're assigning this to your students, copy the worksheet to your account and save. When creating an assignment, just select it as a template!

What is a Book Report?

It is a written summary and analysis of a book's content, intended to provide an overview of its key elements, themes, characters, and plot. It is often used as an educational tool to assess a reader's understanding of a book and their ability to critically analyze its various aspects. They can vary in structure and complexity depending on the grade level and educational objectives.

What are Book Report Planning Worksheets?

They are effective tools that teachers assign to students to organize ideas before beginning a larger, more in-depth report. This simple form is meant to highlight the main idea, plot, setting, and main characters of a book, while also showing that students understand what they read, and that they are able to present information about the pages they've read. Planning an outline ahead of time with a Storyboard That template is an essential step towards an incredible and unique project. This planning can be done in class or as homework in note form.

Why are they Important and How are they Best Used?

They are important because they help students create a plan before executing a large project. Students are able to take what they know from the book, and write it all down in one place. They are also able to decide what they want to include, or not include, in their reports by having all of the information laid out in front of them.

In the world of education, fostering reading comprehension and critical thinking skills is a vital mission. These worksheets provide a structured framework that guides the class through a journey of analyzing, understanding, and reflecting on the books they read.

Types of Projects

• The Traditional Report: The traditional approach involves key elements such as the title and author, summarizing the plot, character analysis, setting description, and personal opinions. These worksheets serve as book report forms that students can use to structure a specific idea, as well as their thoughts and insights. Kids are prompted to identify the main ideas, describe the book's aspects, and offer their opinions on their favorite parts.
• Character Analysis: Delving into characters is a fantastic way to enhance reading comprehension. Students can identify character traits, motivations, and changes throughout the story. By using a book report template for kids, teachers guide elementary-age children to critically think about the characters' development and role in the narrative.
• Setting Exploration: Settings often play a significant role in shaping the story's atmosphere and events. Our worksheets offer a structured platform for students to identify and describe the settings, as well as analyze how they impact the plot and characters. This free printable tool engages middle school students and elementary age kids in a deeper understanding of the story's context.
• Comparative Analysis: Comparing and contrasting two books with similar themes or genres is an enriching exercise. Students can analyze characters, plots, themes, and writing styles side by side. This activity encourages critical thinking as students identify similarities and differences between the two works, honing their ability to critically assess literature.
• Book-to-Movie Comparison: In an age where many books find themselves on the silver screen, comparing a book to its movie adaptation can be captivating. With our worksheets, students can highlight the differences and evaluate how successfully the adaptation captures the essence of the novel. This engaging activity invites children to express their opinion on how well the story transitioned from page to screen.
• Critical Book Review: Encouraging critical thinking is a cornerstone of education. Our handouts can be transformed into platforms for students to review what they've read with a discerning eye. By using a book report generator, students can evaluate plot development, character depth, and writing style, strengthening their analytical skills.
• Alternate Conclusion, Ending, or Sequel: Nurturing creativity is equally important. Our templates can serve as springboards for students to imagine alternate endings or sequels to the book. By completing a book report planning form, grade school children create new narrative possibilities, fostering their imaginative thinking.
• Letter to the Author: What better way to engage students than allowing them to interact with the author? Worksheets can include sections for students to write letters to authors, sharing their thoughts, questions, and reactions. This activity bridges the gap between the author's creation and the student's interpretation.
• Book Advertisement: These worksheets can take the form of designing advertisements or promotional posters for the book. By focusing on key aspects, students not only comprehend the book but also learn to present their understanding in a visually appealing manner.
• Timeline of Events: Understanding the chronological sequence of events is crucial in comprehending stories. Templates can be adapted to create timelines of important events from the book. Students fill in the report form with short summaries of events, identifying their significance, and arranging them chronologically.

Tips for Making a Template

• Understand the Purpose: Begin by understanding the purpose. It's a tool designed to guide students through the process of analyzing and summarizing a book's content.
• Identify Your Audience: Determine whether the worksheet is intended for elementary-grade students or middle-school students.
• Choose a Format: Decide on the format of your worksheet. You can use a no prep printable book report template, or create a custom design.
• Incorporate Structured Sections: Include sections for various aspects of the book such as a short summary, character analysis, and personal reflections.
• Utilize Free Resources: Search for free book report templates online to gather ideas and inspiration for your worksheet's layout and content.
• Consider Grade-Level Appropriate Language: Tailor the language used in the worksheet to suit the reading comprehension level of the students for whom it's intended.
• Add Visual Elements: Enhance engagement by incorporating visuals, like images or icons, to make the worksheet visually appealing.
• Provide Prompts for Analysis: Offer prompts and questions that encourage critical thinking. Include questions like "What is a book report?" and "What are some ideas to make your project unique?"
• Offer Space for Personalization: Include sections that allow students to share their personal opinions, a favorite part of the book, and creative insights.
• Include Organizational Tools: Utilize a book report maker or book report generator to create a professional-looking worksheet. A book report graphic organizer can also help students structure their thoughts effectively in their own words.

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The 21 Graphic Design Books You Should Have on Your Reading List in 2024

Graphic design books are an endless source of insight and inspiration. Discover the top 21 graphic design books for 2024 right here.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a novice graphic designer or a seasoned expert—you should continuously be seeking to learn, grow, and expand your horizons.

The Internet tends to be our first port of call when it comes to learning new things, but books are another rich source of knowledge and insight. So, take a break from your screen and check out any one of these awesome graphic design books:

• 1) The History of Graphic Design by Jens Müller
• 2) Graphic Design Rules: 365 Essential Design Dos and Don'ts by Sean Adams
• 3) Graphic Design For Everyone: Understand the Building Blocks so You can Do It Yourself by Cath Caldwell
• 4) The Designer’s Dictionary of Color by Sean Adams
• 5) Drawing Type: An Introduction to Illustrating Letterforms by Alex Fowkes
• 6) The Graphic Design Idea Book: Inspiration from 50 Masters by Steven Heller & Gail Anderson
• 7) Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities by David Airey
• 8) Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers by Ellen Lupton et al.
• 9) The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection by Kelly Walters, Anne H. Berry et al.
• 10) The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book: Everything Graphic Designers Need to Know Every Day by Poppy Evans, Aaris Sherin & Irina Lee
• 11) Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming by Ellen Lupton & Jennifer Cole Phillips
• 12) Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids by Beth Tondreau
• 13) Designing for Print: The Art & Science by Marina Poropat Joyce
• 14) Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton
• 15) Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race by Kelly Walters
• 16) 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design by Steven Heller & Véronique Vienne
• 17) Design(h)ers: A Celebration of Women in Design Today by Victionary
• 18) Graphic Design for the 21st Century: 100 of the World’s Best Graphic Designers by Charlotte Fiell & Peter Fiell
• 19) Design: The Definitive Visual History by The Smithsonian Institution
• 20) Book of Branding by Radim Malinic
• 21) Designing Type by Karen Cheng

Those are the titles—now let’s dive into the details of your ultimate graphic design reading list!

1. The History of Graphic Design, 40th edition by Jens Müller

To truly understand the fascinating field of graphic design , it’s helpful to learn where graphic design has come from and how it’s evolved over time. In the 40th edition of The History of Graphic Design , Jens Müller curates the standout designs for each year from 1890 up to the present day. As such, the book is both a collection of important graphic design works and a showcase of how graphic design, and the factors that influence it, have changed throughout history.

2. Graphic Design Rules: 365 Essential Design Dos and Don'ts by Sean Adams

Consider this your practical handbook full of expert guidance that you can apply to your own work. The author, Sean Adams, has been cited as one of the top forty most influential people shaping the design field internationally, so you can bet that his graphic design dos and don’ts are worth paying attention to! Be it layout, typography, composition, colour, or anything else in between, Adams’ principles and guidelines have got you covered.

3. Graphic Design For Everyone: Understand the Building Blocks so You can Do It Yourself by Cath Caldwell

Graphic design is a hands-on field, so learning by doing is a must. Whether you’re a novice designer or an entrepreneur looking to carve out your brand identity, Cath Caldwell’s Graphic Design For Everyone is a great place to start. Full of how-to guides, hands-on workshops, inspirational galleries showcasing awesome examples of graphic design , and step-by-step projects, brace yourself for a highly practical education in the basics of graphic design.

4. The Designer’s Dictionary of Color by Sean Adams

Colour is one of the fundamental principles of graphic design . It helps to develop a strong brand identity and evoke certain emotions and associations in the viewer. All designers—graphic designers, interior designers, web designers, and more—must understand the power of colour and know how to choose the right colour palettes for their projects. In The Designer’s Dictionary of Color , Sean Adams explores 30 key colours in depth, organising them by spectrum and delving into the creative history and cultural associations of each.

5. Drawing Type: An Introduction to Illustrating Letterforms by Alex Fowkes

You can’t consider yourself a bona fide designer until you’ve mastered the art of type—that is, the style and appearance of text within your designs. In Alex Fowkes’ Drawing Type , you’ll find an informative and practical introduction to the topic. The book provides inspiration in the form of examples and interviews with well-known type designers. It also includes exercises and step-by-step instructions to help you get going with creating your own letterforms. This is a must-read graphic design book that promises to spark your curiosity and get your creative juices flowing.

6. The Graphic Design Idea Book: Inspiration from 50 Masters by Steven Heller & Gail Anderson

Graphic designers, both new and seasoned, have so much to learn from others in the field, and this collection of iconic works is rich in inspiration and insight. Featuring key works from fifty acclaimed designers, The Graphic Design Idea Book demonstrates how some of the best designers approach concepts such as form, narrative, colour, type, and imagery. This reader-friendly, accessible guide will leave you with a good understanding of the key elements of effective design—and inspire you to apply them in your own work.

7. Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities by David Airey

A consistent bestseller in Amazon’s branding and logo design category, Logo Design Love deserves a spot on every graphic designer’s bookshelf. Using real client case studies, David Airey shows you how to develop an iconic brand identity from start to finish—covering everything from how to create effective briefs and generate ideas, to collaborating effectively with clients, and even how to charge for your work. Even if you’re not working with clients just yet, this jargon-free read will provide invaluable insight into the branding process.

8. Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers by Ellen Lupton et al.

This is the ultimate inclusive, practical, and informative career guide for designers. Navigating the workplace is challenging, and especially so for those who may be marginalised by sexism, racism, and ableism. Written collectively by a diverse group of authors—Ella Lupton, Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh A. Halstead, Kaleena Sales, Leslie Xia, and Valentina Vergara— Extra Bold explores power structures in the workplace and provides practical advice on how to navigate them. Featuring interviews, biographical sketches, practical guides, critical essays, and projects, this is a powerful—and extremely important—career guide like no other.

9. The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection by Kelly Walters, Anne H. Berry et al.

Discourse and education around the history of graphic design has traditionally focused heavily on European modernist influences while overlooking the work, experiences, and contributions of Black designers. The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection provides a much-needed shift, exploring teaching practices, research, stories, and conversations through a Black/African diasporic lens. This powerful anthology presents the work of six editors and over 70 designers, artists, curators, educators, students, and researchers who represent a wide cross-section of Black diasporic identities and multidisciplinary practices—an enlightening and inspirational read.

10. The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book: Everything Graphic Designers Need to Know Every Day by Poppy Evans, Aaris Sherin & Irina Lee

Beyond the overarching theory of graphic design and all its key principles and techniques, there are also the much finer details that can make or break a project. Keep a copy of The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book at hand and you’ll be equipped to navigate any potential stumbling blocks—whether it’s figuring out how much space to leave in the gutter when designing barrel folds or getting stuck with ratios. Full of immediately actionable advice and expert knowledge of small but important technical details, this is a practical and accessible guidebook for everyday reference.

11. Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming by Ellen Lupton & Jennifer Cole Phillips

Brainstorming is an essential part of a graphic designer’s work. It’s how you formulate ideas and arrive at solutions that will inform your designs. But Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips want designers to go beyond traditional brainstorming methods and tap into a variety of fresh techniques, which they outline in their book. Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming offers a wide range of problem-solving and ideation methods that can be applied to different scenarios, and features discussions with leading designers who share how they come up with ideas and overcome creative blocks.

12. Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids by Beth Tondreau

Grids form the basis of all design projects—whether brochures, websites, books, or posters. Beth Tondreau’s Layout Essentials sets out all the principles and guidelines you need to effectively work with grids across a range of project types, complete with real-world examples. Not only that: Tondreau also explores when it’s possible, or even necessary, to break the rules to create grids that work in your favour. The original was published in 2009, but we recommend the revised and updated version published in 2019.

13. Designing for Print: The Art & Science by Marina Poropat Joyce

If you’re interested in applying your graphic design skills to print, you’ll want to take this opportunity to learn from Marina Poropat Joyce. She founded one of the first design-to-print companies in Los Angeles, and she’s compiled her expert knowledge of the industry into this beautifully designed, reader-friendly book. Rich with photography, illustrations, and charts to showcase different printing techniques, Designing for Print addresses all the decisions a designer must make that affect printing quality and price—invaluable on-the-job knowledge that all designers for print must possess.

14. Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton

Another top graphic design book by Ellen Lupton, Thinking with Type provides essential guidance for how letters, words, and paragraphs should be aligned, spaced, ordered, and shaped. With the help of visual examples, you’ll learn the essentials of typography—from typefaces and type families to kerning, tracking, and using grids. Written for designers, writers, editors, and students, this book will teach you how to both apply, and break, the rules of typography in graphic design.

15. Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators: Conversations on Design and Race by Kelly Walters

Kelly Walters is an artist, designer, educator, and researcher—and the founder of Bright Polka Dot design studio. Much of her writing, teaching, and publishing focuses on race and representation in design, and Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators is just one of her many outstanding works.

This must-read graphic design book comprises a collection of twelve deeply personal interviews with graphic design educators of colour who teach at universities and colleges across the US and Canada. Walters centres the stories, experiences, and perspectives of Black, Brown, and Latinx design educators who represent a cross-section of ethnic and multiracial backgrounds—African American, Jamaican, Indian, Pakistani, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican, and Brazilian. Black, Brown + Latinx Design Educators offers invaluable insight into the multitude of experiences of Black, Brown, and Latinx design educators working in the field.

16. 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design by Steven Heller & Véronique Vienne

100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design explores the evolution of graphic design throughout history, outlining 100 influential ideas and concepts. From the invention of typography to the emergence of different printing techniques, momentous design movements, and the ever-growing influence of technology, 100 Ideas takes you on a fascinating, visually captivating journey through the history of graphic design.

17. Design(h)ers: A Celebration of Women in Design Today by Victionary

This stunning graphic design book does exactly what it says on the tin: celebrates the talent and contributions of women in the field of design. Prepare to feel inspired and personally empowered as you read through this powerful collection of interviews with remarkable women designers and take in the rich, vibrant visuals of some of their most iconic projects.

18. Graphic Design for the 21st Century: 100 of the World’s Best Graphic Designers by Charlotte Fiell & Peter Fiell

Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your own work, insight into who has shaped the world of graphic design as we know it, or both, you’ll want to get your hands on a copy of Graphic Design for the 21st Century . Explore this fascinating showcase of 100 graphic designers, complete with biographies and visual examples for each. We love the breadth and depth of this book—it covers everything from packaging and editorial design to branding, web design, and more.

19. Design: The Definitive Visual History by The Smithsonian Institution

The history of graphic design is truly fascinating, and what better way to explore it than through imagery? This rich visual guide takes you through all the major design movements over the last 150 years, focusing on how these movements have influenced the look and functionality of everyday objects such as telephones, cameras, toys, and clothes. You’ll find chapters covering Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern and Postmodern aesthetics, as well as profiles of iconic designers from around the world.

20. Book of Branding by Radim Malinic

Visual identity is at the very heart of brand strategy, and that’s the premise of Radim Malinic’s Book of Branding . Discover a practical, step-by-step brand development process accompanied by case studies, tips, and best practices, as well as advice from the author on how to navigate some of the most common challenges associated with building a brand from scratch. A must-read for entrepreneurs, founders, visual designers, and anyone else wanting to understand the fascinating yet complex world of branding.

21. Designing Type by Karen Cheng

Are you looking for a complete and comprehensive introduction to all things type? Well, this is it. Now in its second edition, Designing Type by Karen Cheng explains the processes behind the art of creating and designing type. Learn about the key factors designers must consider when working with type, including accessibility and legibility, and explore a wide range of both classic and modern typefaces. Cheng also dives into the history of type and considers how new technology has impacted the field.

Learn more about graphic design

Books are an excellent resource for learning about the practicalities of graphic design, understanding the influences shaping the field, and gaining insight into a diverse variety of perspectives.

If you’re a newcomer to the field and want to learn more about graphic design, consider a graphic design course; we’ve rounded up the best graphic design courses here . You’ll also want to check out our practical guide which outlines a clear step-by-step process for learning graphic design , complete with useful resources and learning objectives.

We also recommend you refer to student projects by AND learners to get a deeper insight into the graphic design process. Here are some handpicked projects for your reference:

• Brochure Design Project by Priya Patel
• Brand Identity System Project by Akhil N
• Campaign Design Project by Sreya Sara Binoy

In case of further assistance, here are some additional resources you can consider:

• Watch this session by design veteran and AND’s Academic Head, Prachi Mittal, and our Course Lead, Soumya Tiwari.
• Talk to a course advisor to discuss how you can transform your career with one of our courses.
• Pursue our Graphic Design courses - all courses are taught through live, interactive classes by industry experts, and some even offer a Job Guarantee.
• Take advantage of the scholarship and funding options that come with our courses to overcome any financial hurdle on the path of your career transformation.

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Looking for great books to use as guide to be a graphic design expert?—Here's my top 10 best graphic design books to read in 2022.

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As a creative, I've read countless of books about graphic design, that’s why I decided to share with you the must-have graphic design books in 2022.

What books to buy for graphic designers?

I featured various types of books that will surely fit every designer’s need to become a professional creative.

From basic books for beginners and students to more advanced books for professionals who want to level up—I’ve got you all covered.

I believe that as a professional artist, we must always be open to new learning and knowledge. ‍

No matter how long we work as graphic designers, we still have to learn from experts who made tutorials and guidelines to serve as our reference.

These books that I will enumerate will help you learn the basics of graphic design as well as its history and relevance to us as designers.

These are all essential books for creatives like you, and the best thing is that they are all available online.

You can buy physical book (Hardcover) or you can buy it in eBook version (Kindle).

Most of the books from my list must be included in your book collection if you want to be an expert graphic designer.

So without further ado, here's my list of 10 best books for learning graphic design .

10 Best Graphic Design Books

• How to Use Graphic Design
• Graphic Design The New Basics
• Grid Systems in Graphic Design
• Graphic Design Play Book
• Graphic Design For Everyone
• 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design
• The Graphic Design Idea Book
• Graphic Design Thinking
• Teaching Graphic Design History
• Graphic Design Rules

Importance of Graphic Design Books

Graphic design books aren't just made for students or beginners ; they're also an important part of continuing to develop and evolve as a designer.

These books include timeless classics as well as contemporary masterpieces about design.

Each one is authored by an expert in the industry and is filled with information you won't find anywhere else.

The books can serve as our guide by allowing us to learn based on the experience and knowledge of designers that are already experts in the field of graphic design.

We can adapt to their mindset and use that as inspiration for us to grow and become professional in doing creative work.

1. How to Use Graphic Design

Michael Bierut is one of the most prolific designers and writers today, and in his book, he shares his perspectives on form and content in design.

A must-have book if you want to master the fundamentals of graphic design.

This book is a comprehensive guide to modern graphic design theory and practice that examines the broad range of design skills.

It covers everything from advertising, corporate identity, graphics for print, graphics for web technology, signage systems, and environmental graphics.

You can learn where to start when designing a project, and how to get (and stay) out of trouble.

In this engaging and insightful volume, Bierut spells out what graphic designers do and how they plan and execute their work.

He starts by asking the basic questions: Who are we? What do we do? Why are we here?

Once he established the basics, he goes on to illustrate how a typical project unfolds: from research to conception to execution. ‍

Along the way, he discusses how to use symbols effectively and persuasively , solve problems creatively with typography and color, bring order to visual chaos, and define brand identity.

The How to Use Graphic Design book is reinforced by hundreds of full-color illustrations that include examples of great design , how to read a brief, typographic scales, how to apply color in effective ways, and much more.

It teaches the important aspects of effective graphic design and will help you become a better designer.

How to Use Graphic Design is definitely the best intro to graphic design book that you can buy today. Buy How to Use Graphic Design on Amazon

2. Graphic Design: The New Basics

Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips revised and updated a book edition which explains the key concepts of visual language that inform any work of design.

A foundational graphic design book for beginners and students.

This is a graphic design book for everyone , so no matter what your design project is, from logos to letterheads to complicated website design—this is perfect for you.

The New Basics has sixteen new pages of student and professional work covering such topics as working with grids and designing with color. ‍

Which is perfect for any graphic design program and any graphic design school.

In fact, The New Basics is one of the best graphic design book for beginners and students .

This book is also an invaluable introduction to the field of graphic design by two accomplished designers and design educators.

It refocuses design learning on a critical, rigorous examination of form foundations informed by modern media, theory, and software systems.

This book teaches students and experts how to use simple relationships between formal aspects of two-dimensional design like point, line, plane, scale, hierarchy, layering, and transparency to create interest and complexity.

It takes a new approach to design education by stressing visually dense, form-based thinking in a way that is up-to-date with current media, theory, art, and technological advances.

The New Basics is intended to become the standard reference work in design education and is an invaluable resource for anybody seeking a clever, inspirational introduction to graphic design.

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3. Grid Systems in Graphic Design

Josef Müller-Brockmann , a legendary designer whose work is known for its minimalist designs and clean use of type, forms, and colors, wrote Grid Systems .

A must-own book for graphic designers that want to be experts in grid systems.

The book outlines the operation and use of grid systems with 8 to 32 grid fields that can be utilized for a wide range of tasks, including three-dimensional grids.

Grid Systems focus on established tools that are used by print and web designers to create well-structured, balanced designs.

The user is provided exact instructions for using all of the grid systems that are available, as well as examples of how to work appropriately on a conceptual level. ‍

This book also featured the development of organizational systems in visual communication, which was the accomplishment of the representatives of simple and functional typography and graphic design.

Additionally, Grid Systems is one of the most popular graphic design books that you can buy on the market today.

This book aims to provide tips and suggestions by providing examples and precise instructions to professionals for any grid difficulties that may arise. ‍

The author believed that graphic design is a visual communication that should be understood by viewers , and that grid systems would help designers understand how to arrange and manage their art work.

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4. Graphic Design Play Book

This book by Sophie Cure and Aurélien Farina is a fun and unique introduction to graphic design —it combines puzzles and visual challenges to show how typography, signs, logo design, posters, and branding operate.

A book that provides a fun and interactive way to learn graphic design.

It combines puzzles and visual challenges to show how typography, signs, logo design, posters, and branding operate.

Readers are introduced to graphic art principles and techniques in an interesting and dynamic fashion through a variety of games and activities such as spot the difference, matching games, drawing, and dot–to–dot.

The Play Book has solution pages and a dictionary that provide more explanation and information, and a loose–leaf portion contains stickers, die–cut templates, and colored paper to aid readers in completing the tasks.

The book will appeal to graphic artists as well as anyone interested in learning more about visual communication. ‍

It is illustrated with typefaces, poster designs, and pictograms by renowned designers such as Otl Aicher, Pierre Di Sciullo, Otto Neurath, and Gerd Arntz.

The book’s four sections—typography, posters, signs, and identity—all invite you to jump in, explore, and allow your eyes and hands to lead you on a journey of discovery in the world of graphic design. ‍

So if you’re looking for a graphic design book for you to read while being entertained , the Play Book must be included in your collection.

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5. Graphic Design For Everyone

Graphic Design For Everyone by Cath Caldwell aims to transform your ideas into powerful visuals, connect with your audience, define your brand, and take your project to the next level.

A must-buy book for every graphic designer—beginner and professional.

This highly practical design book walks you through the fundamentals of design , and shows you how to mix them to create visuals that inform, influence, and enthrall.

Through in-depth how-to articles, hands-on workshops, and inspiring galleries of excellent design, you can comprehend the key principles by reading Graphic Design For Everyone .

You can also learn how to build a brand strategy , how to choose the right typeface for the job, and how to organize different aspects of a layout to increase the impact and meaning of your message.

With ten step-by-step projects to help you develop your own amazing designs , including business stationery, invites, sales brochure, website, online newsletter, and e-shop, you'll be able to apply your talents to do it yourself .

‍ There's also a lot of useful information on how to publish online, deal with printers, commission specialists, find free design tools, and so on.

Graphic Design for Everyone is your one-stop resource for becoming an effective, inspirational visual communicator if you're ready to employ powerful design to take your pet project or blossoming business to the next level.

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6. 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design

This book by Steve Heller and Veronica Vienne is a thoughtfully curated inventory of abstract concepts that defined and shaped the art and craft of graphic design—each illustrated with images and historical context.

A book that features almost everything about graphic design.

The authors construct the technological, philosophical, formal, and aesthetic constructs of graphic design to provide every creative with a broader understanding of graphic designers' lives.

This book shows how concepts have impacted and defined graphic design , as well as how those ideas have manifested in design objects.

The 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design are divided into four categories to be able to cater to the specific needs of a designer.

These are: technical (overprinting, rub-on designs, split fountain); stylistic (swashes on caps, loud typography, and white space); objects (dust jackets, design handbooks); and methods (overprinting, rub-on designs, split fountain, paper cut-outs, pixelation).

The book is both a fantastic source of inspiration and a provocative record of some of the best examples of graphic design from the last hundred years.

So if you’re curious about the ideas that changed and improved graphic design concepts over many years, this graphic design book is what you should own.

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7. The Graphic Design Idea Book

This book by Steven Heller and Gail Anderson is broken into sections covering the fundamental elements of design —it serves to illustrate technical points and encourage readers to try out new ideas.

An inspirational book for every graphic designer.

This book includes form, narrative, color, type, and image, decoration, simplicity, and wit and humor for graphic designers.

As a result, you'll get an instantaneous and simple-to-understand guide to expert graphic design approaches. ‍

The Graphic Design Idea Book gives practical suggestions for fueling your creativity as well as a new perspective on your circumstance or creative dilemma.

This is a playful yet thoughtful look at how to be creative, complete with colorful infographics and pictures.

Its visuals and flow diagrams bring creative activities like pitching and giving feedback to life, and its short, snappy chapters make everything clear and simple to understand.

So if you’re looking for an inspirational book that can motivate you as an artist, this is your must-have book.

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8. Graphic Design Thinking

In this another essential graphic design book , legendary designer Ellen Lupton critiques the creative process.

A mindset-changer book for graphic designers.

She wrote the book Graphic Design Thinking which looks at a number of strategies for generating new ideas and coming up with compelling and practical solutions.

A brief narrative text introduces each technique, which is followed by a range of graphic demonstrations and case studies.

Lupton's close-up, hands-on method, popularized by her book, makes the creative process accessible to everyone and dispels the misconception that creativity is a natural skill. ‍

Graphic Design Thinking is for working designers, design students, and anyone who wants to apply inventive thought patterns to everyday creative challenges in the design process.

‍ You will learn the design techniques that are grouped around the three basic phases of the design process: defining the problem, inventing ideas, and creating form. ‍

This book will teach you to approach problems through focus groups, interviewing, brand mapping, and co-design.

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9. Teaching Graphic Design History

This book is the first collection of essays, syllabi, and directions for transmitting the history of graphic design's distinctive practice.

A must-read book to learn the history of graphic design.

From standard chronologies to diverse themes generated by today's historians, designers, researchers, and documentarians —this book got you all covered.

By reading Teaching Graphic Design History , you will learn that the history of graphic design and concepts and ideologies.

As well as the history of printing and typesetting had long ignored graphic design, so historians were faced with the challenge of deciding what was worthy and where to focus.

Teaching Graphic Design History is a great choice for creatives that are looking for the best history of graphic design book .

When it comes to teaching graphic design history, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to learn about the history of sign language, symbolism, and items made for use in the public (and occasionally private) realm.

Teaching Graphic Design History is an invaluable resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the field.

It examines the attempts, fortunate accidents, and significant influences of the graphic design practice over the years.

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10. Graphic Design Rules

The Graphic Design Rules is packed with practical advice delivered in a fun, lighthearted manner, making it ideal for the ever-growing community of non-designers looking for graphic design help.

An ideal book to learn the dos and don'ts in graphic design.

And for more experienced designers , individual entries will either bring forth knowing nods of agreement or hoots of derision, depending on whether or not the reader loves or hates hyphenation.

No matter how many times you ask a graphic designer what their preferred method is for laying out a new design , you won't get the same answer twice.

Regardless of how many strategies one can use to develop a new design project, each creative person has their own unique strategy or combination of techniques. ‍

So, for you to learn your own unique way of designing , this book combines a specific guideline with discussion from a diverse group of experienced designers from various disciplines within the graphic design industry.

Graphic Design Rules is absolutely an ideal choice for designers that wants to have the best graphic design principles book .

You can use it as the source of a daily lesson in how to generate amazing graphic design, with themes like typography, color, layout, images, production, and creative thinking.

If you're starting out in the field of graphic design and want to brush up on your knowledge of typography, color, layout, images, production, and creative thinking, this book is an excellent resource.

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Conclusions

Since there are a lot of books about graphic design on the market, it’s hard for creatives to know which book to purchase and read. ‍

That’s why I became inspired to review my 10 best graphic design books to help you figure out what book you need for your specific needs. ‍

This list of my top 10 books about graphic design is a great source of knowledge for all types of designers—regardless of whether you’re just starting or already have years of experience in designing.

I included How to Use Graphic Design for those designers that want to know more about the fundamentals of graphic design.

Additionally, Graphic Design: The New Basics and Graphic Design Rules are great references , especially for those beginners who want to master the basics and rules of graphic design.

This article also featured The Graphic Design Idea Book which is an inspirational book for every designer—both beginners and professionals.

On the other hand, the Graphic Design Play Book , is an ideal book for creatives that want to learn graphic design in the most fun and interactive way. ‍

Now that you’ve learned about the best graphic design books on the market , which one of them will you buy as a graphic designer?—Leave a comment below.

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The best design books

From interiors to products and beyond, here are the best design books to fill your bookshelf with.

Best design books overall

• Interior design
• Product design
• Graphic design

The best design books are invaluable fountains of knowledge that provide insight into the inner workings of all things design. Whether you’re an experienced designer or an aspiring creative, having one (or all!) of these design books on your bookshelf can help further your career and open your eyes to exciting new ideas and inspiration.

Below, we’ve rounded up the best design books for all your designing purposes, including the best interior design books, as well as graphic and product design books. If you like the sound of any of the titles you see below, simply click the retailer link to find the best prices.

Creative Bloq has covered design since its inception in 2012, so we know a thing or two when it comes to recommending the best design books for all your design and branding needs. We’ve read and researched a wide range of design books that offer advice, inspiration, tips and tricks, and insider knowledge that will help you become a better, more rounded designer.

For more inspiration, take a look at the best graphic design books , the best branding books and the best illustration books .

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The best design book overall

+ Highlights all the important stages  + Real examples from designers  + Case studies, storyboards and exercises

The Design Process is a must-have for any budding designer or experienced creative. The author, Karl Aspelund takes readers through seven stages of design and shows real life examples, case studies and storyboards from artists and designers across multiple disciplines. At the end of each chapter, there are exercises for readers to progress their design ideas into reality.

Best for strategy and jargon

+ Translates business, marketing and design jargon + Easy and straightforward to digest + Helps designers work better with marketers

Bridging the gap between business, marketing and design, Creative Strategy and the Business of Design translates terms and jargon for you to understand and apply to a creative strategy. This pocket sized book is crammed full of knowledge that’s straightforward to digest and can easily be used in practice.

Best full design history 

+ Gives a good design history lesson + Beautiful layout + Perfect gift for students and artists

A stunningly aesthetic book, both inside and out, Design: The Definitive Visual History showcases the evolution of design from its inception to modern day. The title is beautifully laid out with illustrations, images and examples to help you better understand the world of design.

The best design book for aspiring designers

+ Fun illustrations + Affordable - Might be too simple for some

For new artists and designers, Steal Like An Artist teaches readers how to use their surroundings and creativity. Full of illustrations, quotes and advice, this fun title won’t teach you much about strategy but can help you unlock your potential and style.

The best design book for graphic, product, industrial and architectural design examples

+ Covers all areas of design + Plenty of examples to take inspiration from + Delves into how design shapes the world

How Design Makes Us Think is essential reading for designers, advertisers and marketers, thanks to its wide knowledge of design and how it affects the world around us. Packed full of examples across all areas of design, the author explains how design explains itself and attracts attention.

The best design book for unlocking your creativity

+ Stunning photography + Exercises, inspiration and examples + Helps you find your creative passion

A title full of stunning photography, Conscious Creativity: Look. Connect. Create is all about finding your creativity and what kind of designs you want to create. Ideal for design newbies, this book has simple and engaging exercises to get your creative juices flowing.

Interior design books

The best interior design book for tips and tricks of the trade

+ In depth advice from a renowned design consultant + Practical tips and tricks from the industry + Helpful sketches and diagrams

One of the bestselling interior design books you can find today, The Interior Design Handbook is almost considered essential reading for any budding or experienced designer. The book is filled with helpful diagrams, tricks of the trade and useful advice, geared towards helping you become a professional interior designer.

The best interior design book for beginners

+ Advice and inspiration for each room in your home + Breaks down basic design styles + Perfect for aspiring interior designers

For beginner interior designers, Interior Design Masters is written by interiors expert Jo Thornhill and judges and contestants on the BBC One show, Interior Design Masters. The aesthetically pleasing book is filled with advice and inspiration for every room in your home which is easily broken down to help you with the whole process, including moodboards, design styles and finishing touches.

The best interior design book for personal style inspiration

+ Encourages interior designs out of their comfort zone + Styling tips to make your home more personal + Beautiful imagery

A newer title released in late 2022, How to Live With Objects is a beautiful book, designed to help bring you out of your comfort zone. The title covers design history, style tips and house tours, showing you how you can introduce unique and outrageous objects into your home with ease.

The best interior design book for expert advice

+ Inspiration from design experts + Stunning visuals + Goes into all the details of each room and style

Author and design expert, Athena Calderone has pulled out all the stops for Live Beautiful, showing off the interiors from multiple expert decorators and designers, including her very own home. The book goes through each room and style in detail, offering helpful tips and advice on how you can try different ideas in your own home.

The best interior design book for styling spaces

+ Written by the stylist for Architectural Digest + Mix of photos, essays and anecdotes - More of a coffee table book than a how-to

Put together by Colin King, stylist for Architectural Design and other interior design magazines, Arranging Things is a beautiful portfolio of how to arrange objects in the home. All images show how to position furniture, accents and portraits in rooms, with King offering advice and personal anecdotes in a series of visual essays.

The best interior design book for the entire creative process

+ Full creative process from start to finish + Encouraging and informative + Case studies and examples

The Fundamentals of Interior Design takes readers through the entire interior design process, from researching to building and beyond. The title encourages aspiring designers to find structure to suit their projects while also giving them confidence to experiment and find their style.

Design books: Products

The best product design book that covers the basics

+ Fundamentals of product design + Good vs bad design examples + Product stories from the expert

Regarded as an essential resource for all designers, The Design of Everyday Things looks into the fundamentals of product design from expert, Don Norman. With examples of both good and bad design, Norman looks at his own real life examples and how you can study human behaviour to perfect your product design.

The best product design book for simplicity

+ 10 laws of simplicity + Short and sweet + Looks at different perspectives

The Laws of Simplicity offers 10 laws for balancing simplicity and complexity in product design. The title teaches you how to tone things down and only introduce things that are vital and not just because you can. It also looks into how different perspectives view simplicity and how it can change people’s perceptions.

The best product design book for aspiring product designers

+ Helps beginners understand the basics + Examples, interviews and techniques + Inspiring visuals

Beginners will love Product Design and its comprehensive introduction to the field of product design. It details all stages of the creation process of a new product and provides an overview of design ideologies and techniques. Interviews, visuals and examples make this book look even more interesting.

The best product design book for understanding your audience

+ Insights into understanding your target audience + Affordable + Poses thoughtful questions

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People gives you valuable insights into understanding your audience and consumers. Full of research and examples, this title poses thought provoking questions which helps readers answer and address their product design issues.

The best product design book for strategy

+ Practical thinking + Written by admired and recognised design firm + Case studies and examples

From Ideo, America's Leading Design Firm, Change by Design takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the company’s strategies and practical thinking into creating its products. The book is full of helpful case studies, examples and problem-solving methods and techniques. 

The best product design book for design thinking

+ Explains the design process and methods + Best for expert creatives + Full of examples

Change by Design fully explains the concept of design thinking and offers real life experiences that are best for expert creatives and product design leaders. It dives into the collaborative process of product design that shows the designer’s methods and consumer’s needs with real life examples.

Graphic design books

The best graphic design book for inspiration

+ Inspiring designs + Thoughtful interviews and insight - Not a how-to guide

Whether you're pursuing a career in graphic design or diving into a side project, Drawing Type is a mix of inspirational designs and a workbook. The title features real-world projects and sketchbooks from well-known type designers to give you valuable insights and interviews for your next task.

The best graphic design book for smart career advice

+ Inspiring useful tips + Advice from a designing great + To the point

The reviewers at Creative Bloq found Work Hard & Be Nice to People to be sharp and concise, and full of inspiring and useful tips. The bite-size book is fun and easy to read, and offers sound advice from a design great.

The best graphic design book for tips and ideas

+ Condensed creative advice + Tons of prompts to work with + Real examples 

Now Try Something Weirder is packed full of prompts and ideas, based on the authors' experiences from decades in graphic design. This concise and condensed book is snappy, to the point and accessible to anyone, not just designers.

Branding books

The best branding book for anyone in the field

+ In-depth insights + Easy to read format + Fun case studies

Designing Brand Identity is the most complete branding book on the market today. Despite its overwhelming size, this book has a huge amount of knowledge, including 40 case studies, and explanations of principles, theories and practicalities of branding.

The best branding book for jargon busting

+ Beautifully written + Extensive advice + Busts branding and design jargon

Don't be put off by the size of  Branding: In Five and a Half Steps... this huge book is a must-have to understand everything about branding. Packed full of analysis and examples, this title  takes a look at the most iconic logos, adverts and campaigns and explains their concept and why they work so well.

The best branding book for detailed project walkthroughs

+ Deep dives into 16 projects + Nice design + In depth information

In Identity Designed: The Definitive Guide to Visual Branding, the author looks into 16 inspiring projects to give you insights into the successes of branding. The book is wonderfully designed and is an essential for understanding all things branding and designer/client relationships.

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18 'non-boring' corporate reports designed by graphic design students

How do you transform a corporate report that some might consider stale and boring into something rather wonderful?

Luna Land Amusement Park by Milly Hilton. All images courtesy of Shillington and its students.

It's a challenge we often task our students with at Shillington at our six campuses around the world.

Using their graphic design skills, they turn heavy stats, information and text into a visually appealing document – one that any of us would have the pleasure in reading. For your inspiration, we've picked out 18 "non-boring", gloriously creative corporate reports designed by our students – some based on real brands while others are purely fictional.

1. Hackney Community Report by Derk van der Woude

Derk van der Woude crafted a corporate report to highlight the diversity of Hackney in London. "Where cultures meet and overlap, something new and fresh emerges," Derk says, a sentiment he adopted in his bright and colourful graphical document for the Hackney Community Report 2017.

2. Luna Land Amusement Park by Aleksandra Wiese

For her take on corporate reports, our Manchester graduate Aleksandra Wiese chose Luna Land as her inspiration. Taking some interesting facts and figures about the fictional amusement park's stats over the previous 12 months, she created a document that graphically informs without being overwhelming.

3. Mercury Logistics by Steve Lo Castro

Our Melbourne graduate, Steve Lo Castro , designed a stunning report for Mercury Logistics, a parcel delivery service in Australia, using an underlying theme of black, white and yellow with dashes of red and strong graphical elements. We love the feeling of motion throughout its pages, hinting at the movement behind the company.

4. Luna Land Amusement Park by Emma Clay

For Emma Clay in Melbourne, the brief was to design an annual corporate report for our fictional amusement park, Luna Land. "I took inspiration from artist Mary Blair and used simple geometric shapes to give the report a non-conventional amusement park feel, yet still conveying fun."

5. Luna Land Amusement Park by Peter Howell

Peter Howell , one of our students in London, also designed Luna Land's corporate report following the brief to "turn it into something as exciting as the rides themselves". His design plays on the main feelings people associate with theme parks – anticipation and disorientation. "The former comes in the images of people looking forward to something – a holiday, a cold drink, a ride in their car," explains Peter. "The latter comes through in the unusual layout which appears confusing at first but makes perfect sense."

6. Hackney Community Report by Jake Parry

Jake Parry added illustrative natural elements to his design for the Hackney Community Report, suggesting dandelions, leaves and branches throughout. The purple theme adds to the soft approach and we love the interesting use of typography to add further interest.

7. Herman Miller's Annual Report by Elle Estah

Over at our Brisbane campus, Elle Estah decided to craft an annual report for Herman Miller, the modern furniture brand. Sleek, contemporary and with a clever use of photography, it's an enticing design that draws you in. "I wanted to create a modern and engaging design for the report," says Elle. "Herman Miller is a popular and renowned international furniture manufacturing company for creating bold, unique and timeless pieces. Thus, I wanted to encapsulate that and reflect that same boldness and modernism into their collateral."

8. Luna Land Amusement Park by Ché Creasey

In London, Ché Creasey also selected the fictional Luna Land for her corporate report. Speaking of her work, she said: "The brief requested that the report should be fun and engaging whilst delivering the essential information required. The influence for the design, colour and illustration were the sweets and candy floss that are enjoyed on a day at the parks as well as the twists and turns of the rollercoasters."

9. Hackney Community Report by Alexandra Francis

Alexandra Francis tackled the Hackney Community Report for her brilliant work at Shillington. She created the cover, spreads and infographics for the document, exploring the theme of a "crowded house" and reflecting a welcoming and tight-knit community.

10. Luna Land Amusement Park by Lauren Turner

Lauren Turner also chose Luna Land for her corporate report design. "I decided to take a modern approach with a newspaper look and feel to represent the companies history versus their future aspirations. The graphics communicate the theme parks energetic, animated and lively atmosphere where families bond and make new memories."

11. Luna Land Amusement Park by Talya Baker

Our London graduate Talya Baker worked on the editorial design for Luna Land's annual report. We love her intense black, white and yellow theme along with bold typography and layouts which convey "the human's natural fight or flight instinct through type and colour".

12. Herman Miller's Annual Report by Minka Smith

Minka Smith 's take on Herman Miller's Annual Report was inspired by Swiss modernism. "I kept the typesetting design simple and bold, then I used a bright yet soft pink as the feature colour," she explains.

13. Hackney Community Report by Siuzanna Avanesova

Siuzanna Avanesova decided to focus on a musical theme for her design for the Hackney Community Report. With gorgeous, hand-written words on the cover of her document, as though they were lyrics to a song, the page-turning booklet shows a real love of the London borough and presents the stats and facts beautifully.

14. Luna Land Amusement Park by Milly Hilton

Milly Hilton was a qualified junior doctor before she decided to change direction and study graphic design at Shillington in London. Her design for Luna Land shows a promising career in creativity. You can see more of her work on her showreel .

15. Water Report for World Aid by Stephen Hoult

Stephen Hoult put together a clear and appealing Water Report for World Aid, using a colourful palette, interesting graphical elements and lots of white space without being afraid of allowing the content to breathe.

16. Luna Land Amusement Park by Petra Venturini

Another contender for the fictional Luna Land was Petra Venturini who created a corporate report that features movement on each and every page. With energetic, escaping illustrations to capture the passion and essence of the business and using a complementary colour palette, the document brings the amusement park to life.

17. Herman Miller's Annual Report by Olive Hare

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18. Luna Land Amusement Park by Navada Currie

Navada Currie also decided to design a corporate profile for Luna Land, our fictional theme park. Going along the lines of creating something that is fun and playful, Navada incorporated graphical elements over images and emulated the circular shapes of roller coasters.

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Graphic design is a relatively modern discipline and with the new technologies it has become more important than ever. Get a better understanding of the visual language of design with our PDF graphic design books.

The definition of graphic design can be summarized as a profession or discipline that is responsible for communicating visual content. Its major field of application is in companies in different areas.

A graphic designer is not only in charge of all the visual aspects of an advertising campaign, but also of designing the company’s identity, let’s say the “face” it will give to the public.

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Graphic design is one of the most demanded professions in this digital era, however, it is also one of the least valued, due to the amount of “fleeting designers” that exist online, so it is necessary to learn about it to do a quality job.

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Wayne Collins, Alex Hass, Ken Jeffery, Alan Martin, Roberto Medeiros, and Steve Tomljanovic

Designing for Clarity

Bianca Woods

Graphic Design:Tips & Tools for the Non-designer

CPI Global Summit 2018

Graphic Design

University of Birmingham

Beginners Guide to Graphic Design

Gareth David

Graphic Design Basics

What is Graphic Design? (Presentation)

Northern Highlands Regional HS

Books on Digital Tools for Graphic Design

In the graphic design profession, you need to have a lot of creativity, but at the same time it requires the mastery of design programs, which can be very difficult at the beginning, but as you gain experience in them it becomes easier to use them.

The digital tools for graphic design are divided into two categories, the professional ones and the ones created for amateurs; the main difference between them is their complexity, since the first ones are more complete than the second ones.

Among the professional ones, stands out the famous CorelDraw in all its versions, and the Adobe programs such as: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, while programs such as Canva, Inkscape, GIMP, Pixlr, are of common use, where people who are not qualified designers can make quality images for immediate use.

Learn the Basics of Photoshop in Under 25 minutes

The Complete Beginners Guide to Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign CS5 Tutorial

Mr. B's Business Ed Web

Canvas Basics Guide

Morpholio Quick Tips - TracePro

Inkscape manual

Books on Advertising Graphic Design

Advertising graphic design is the creation of art to communicate messages online and offline, and basically constitutes the majority of the work that designers do today. Many companies make use of advertising graphic design to promote their products or services, where the primary purpose is to attract potential customers.

In the offline field, printed publications such as billboards, magazines, newspapers, flyers, books, banners, brochures, mugs, cups, personalized t-shirts, etc., stand out, while online, logo designs, posts for social networks, dynamic business cards, animated gifs, portfolios and digital catalogs are mostly used.

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Advertising Design

Graphic Design Processes

Advertising Design and Typography

Alexander W. White

The Beginner's Guide to Branding

Creative Market

Graphic Advertising, as A Specialized Tool of Communication (Article)

Pascu Nicoleta-Elisabeta

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