Reddit reviews Sagmeister: Made You Look

I really like Stefan Sagmeister's book "Made you look"

I haven't read it but friends have told me about Made you Look by Stefan Sagmeister. It is a really tactile book from an awesome designer. Everything from the cover, to even the sides of the pages has awesome wit to it. http://www.amazon.ca/Sagmeister-Made-You-Look-Stefan/dp/0810905973/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415886386&sr=1-1&keywords=made+you+look

In case any of you guys haven't seen his stuff, check out some of his books. They're great.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sagmeister-Made-You-Look-Stefan/dp/0810905973/ref=la_B001JS8C8Y_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406838773&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-Have-Learned-Life-Far/dp/0810995298/ref=la_B001JS8C8Y_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406838773&sr=1-2

Design is really an emotional process. A lot of what makes good design good is because it feels right, without logic. Sometimes it's instant, sometimes it takes ages. I would recommend collaborating with a designer and work through design problems together. If you can't do that, then you gotta start with the basics.

Imitate what you like. Most things you interact with in the form of media, such as websites, books, films, all have a designed element to them. Someone, at some point, though of everything that you're seeing with such excruciating detail that most of the time (just like good special effects/compositing in film) it's invisible.

Some excellent books:
The Elements of Typographic Style by Bringhurst
Envisioning Information by Tufte
Made You Look by Sagmeister
Grid Systems by Josef Muller-Brockmann (might hard to find for cheap unless it's used)


From those, branch out and find sources that YOU like, and keep adding to your library. And copy it mercilessly until you hone your craft. Be inspired! Good luck.