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On Graphic Design - resources

A great movie about design - Helvetica by Gary Hustwit - find it, watch it and learn.

A new book on color.
COLORSCAPE - An Around-the-World Guide to Color by Naomi Kuno and Forms Inc. / Color Intelligence Institute

Obey the Giant by Rick Poynor
The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd
Design Basic Index by Jim Krause
Graphic Design: A New History
Practices of Looking - an introduction to visual culture by Maria Sturken
The Form of the Book by Jan Tschichold
Stop Stealing Sheep and find out how type works by Erik Spiekermann
Finer Points in the spacing and arrangement of TYPE by Geoffrey Dowding
The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher