After a friendly, slightly drunken debate with a designer friend of mine over inspiring publications for the creative industry, I thought it would be worth listing books that I’d recommend for Designers, Artists and Students. So, for anyone who’s interested in finding a new book, check out the list below or add your own favourites by commenting on the thread:-

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
Adrian Shaughnessy
Published by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 978-1568985596

Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles
Paul Gorman
Published by Adelita Limited
ISBN: 978-0955201745

Designed by Peter Saville
Published by Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 978-1568984223

Visible Signs: An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts
David Crow
Published by Ava Publishing
ISBN: 978-2940411429

‘The Art of Looking Sideways’
Alan Fletcher
Published by Phaidon
ISBN 0-7148-3449-1

‘Creative Advertising – Ideas & Techniques from the World’s Best Campaigns’
Mario Pricken
Published by Thames & Hudson
ISBN 0-500-28476

Wall and Piece
Banksy
Published by Random House
ISBN: 978-1844137879

‘Arabesque – Graphic Design from the Arab World and Persia’
Published by Gestalten
ISBN  978-3-89955-206-5

‘display copy only, a book of Intro work’
Intro
Published by Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 1-85669-274-4

‘I AM ALMOST ALWAYS HUNGRY’
Cahan & Associates
First published by Booth-Clibborn Editions
ISBN 1-86154-133-3

Graphic Design: A User’s Manual
Adrian Shaughnessy
Published by Laurence King Publishers
ISBN: 978-1856695916

‘Obey the Giant – Life in the Image World’
Rick Poynor
Published by Birkhauser
ISBN 978-3764365653