We hoped that you have been enjoying our gift guides from the past week, let’s keep the holiday spirit alive with another guide. But this time, we will stay away from the tech stuff and focus on books! With the holidays knocking at the door, it will be a great moment to enjoy a nice book next to a fireplace? In all seriousness, it’s always good to go back to the basics for a change, we spend a crazy amount of time on our smartphones. Let’s leave it on the coffee table for a change. I have to admit that I wish I was reading more books this year, it’s on my things to do more for 2018. Hope you will enjoy this list!

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Book Recommendations

Life’s a Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Brilliant Ideas by Mavity

Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team by Alina Wheeler

Type Matters! by Jim Williams

Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills by David Sherwin

Logo Design Love: A guide to creating iconic brand identities by David Airey

Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff they don’t teach you in design school, but should by Michael Janda

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In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist’s Sketchbook by Jessica Hische

Book of Ideas: 1: A Journal of Creative Direction and Graphic Design by Radim Malinic

This Brutal World Hardcover by Peter Chadwick

Look Inside: Cutaway Illustrations and Visual Storytelling by Juan Velasco

Overview: A New Perspective of Earth by Benjamin Grant

Photoviz: Visualizing Information through Photography by Nicholas Felton

Graphic: 500 Designs that Matter

Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything by Draplin