Whether you’re looking to unwind and browse through design inspiration or just seeking a different way to approach your work, here’s some books that can help.

1. Fingerprint №2: The Evolution of Handmade Elements in Graphic Design (Chen Design Associates)
   When computer-based design are the dominant means of creation, it’s refreshing to see an unfiltered and handmade approach to graphic design.
2. The World’s Best Type and Typography: The Annual of the Type Directors Club (Typography 38)(Type Director’s Club)
   A wide-ranging collection of typographic excellence and powerful imagery from the worldwide community of graphic artists.
3. Super-Modified: The Behance Book of Creative Work(Behance)
   Curated from the Behance team, a projects from the popular creative network, showcasing a variety of approaches, technology, materials and directions.
4. Mid-Century Modern Design: A Complete Sourcebook(Dominic Bradbury)
   A stunning reference of the popular 1950’s aesthetic across furniture, ceramics, graphic design and architecture.
5. Look Inside: Cutaway Illustrations and Visual Storytelling(Juan Velasco, Samuel Velasco)
   Visually stunning collection of cutaway diagrams, exploded views and layered representations of the world around us.
6. The Graphic Design Idea Book: Inspiration from 50 Masters(Steven Heller, Gail Anderson)
   An easy-to-read, concise primer across the fundamentals of graphic design, from key figures in design history.
7. Graphic Style: From Victorian to Hipster (Steven Heller)
   A handy resource and visual history of graphic design incapsulated through illustration.

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