Inspiration

An evolving compendium of books, videos, and other material that has inspired and informed my work as a designer.

Books

Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman. A classic about how we understand the UI in the world around us.
Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug. The classic book on web design.
Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringurst. Typo style manual, combining practical, theoretical, and historical.
Interactions of Color by Joseph Albers. Seminal book about color.
Grid Systems in Graphic Design Josef Müller-Brockmann. Foundational book about grid systems in page layouts.
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. A guide to overcoming internal creative struggles.
Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon Mackenzie. Maintaining creativity in bureaucratic chaos.
Team Geek: Mastering Collaboration by Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman. Advice for working with people.

Butterick’s Practical Typography – practicaltypography.com. Practical advice from designer Matthew Butterick.
Laws of UX – lawsofux.com Collection of best practices.
Hack Design – hackdesign.org Free design lessons.

Anthony Burrill from the Friends Friends Friends series, biographical shorts by filmmaker Owen Tozer.