Toward Design Literacy: Essential Graphic Design Literature from PingMag. A great list of essential books and magazines for visual design and typography!

Written by Ian Lynam

The education of graphic designers is often a haphazard process. A number of designers working today came to their positions without formal design education. Undergraduate design education often leaves much to be desired: no formal typography classes, some half-assed software instruction, no reality-based lessons in how to deal with clients or contracts, and beyond urging students to join JAGDA, AIGA, or ICOGRADA, no insistence upon interacting with your design community.