I never was a freakishly avid reader, a short spell in which i ate nearly all Stephen King novels aside, and like me a big number of artists exist.
There however came a turning point when my love for the image combined with the use of language really started kicking and so i began looking for books rather than splashing out on silly hats.
Over the last two -or so- years, on every scary walk out in the open of the citylife, i found a warm haven in small hidden corners of megalomania-bookstores...and as such, a collection began.
There's the fact books have a price to change ownership, but one can just stare at computerscreens for so many hours; and investing in a collection of some kind, is most valuable resource in our branch.
Being it Graphic- or webdesign, illustration, photography, or any other; having a pile, stack or -well yes i only véry recently placed all of them nicely on- a shelve undoubtly helps one finding the right directions when time is a factor, when the sake of endless browsing becomes forsaken.
For free, with recommendation to several branches, and with a pinch of pride i'd like to present my collection in its current tally of 18 :
From left to right (zines excluded):Art Now: Artist at the Rise of the New Millennium (Taschen 25) [SPECIAL EDITION] (Hardcover)
by Uta Grosenick (Editor), Burkhard Riemschneider (Editor)
Taschen
The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter) (Paperback - Feb 27, 2005)
by Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag
Web Design: NavigationWiedemann, Julius (ED)
Flexicover, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 192 pages
Taschen :
[link]
Web Design: Studios 2Wiedemann, Julius (ED)
Flexicover, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 192 pages
Taschen :
[link]
Web Design: Interactive & GamesWiedemann, Julius (ED)
Flexicover, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 192 pages
Taschen :
[link]
Web Design Index 8 (Agile Rabbit Editions) (Multilingual Edition) (Paperback)
by Gunter Beer (Editor)
The Pepin Press
The Freelance Design Handbook - Don't start work without it (Paperback)
by Cathy Fishel
Rotovision
Grafisch Design in Nederland (Librero) /
Graphic Design in Holland (Mao Mao/LOFT Publications)
Banksy: Wall & PieceCentury
60, Unite for Children [link]
Maximalism (Paperback with flap)
by Charlotte Rivers
Rotovision
One Hundred at 360 Degrees: Graphic Design's New Global Generation (Paperback)
by Michael Dorrian (Author), Liz Farrelly (Author)
Laurence King
Contemporary Graphic DesignFiell, Charlotte & Peter (ED)
Hardcover, 19.6 x 24.9 cm (7.7 x 9.8 in.), 560 pages
Taschen :
[link]
Secrets of Digital Illustration: a master class in commercial image-making (Paperback)
by Lawrence Zeegen (Author)
Librero
Letterhead and Logo Design 9 (v. 9) (Paperback)
by MINE (Author)
Rockport
Illustration Now! Vol. 2Wiedemann, Julius (ED)
Flexicover, 19.6 x 24.9 cm (7.7 x 9.8 in.), 480 pages
Taschen :
[link]
Vector graphics & illustration - a master class In digital image-making (Paperback)
by Steven Withrow and Jack Harris
Librero
Young European Graphic Designers384 pages hardcover
Daab :
[link]
Feel free to drop in your suggestions from what might be a much bigger, or cute little'r collection! Or share this newsitem as a neat wishlist

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