Creating beautiful graphic design is requires more than creativity and inspiration. It also requires a firm grasp of the fundamental principles of design, including color, shape, scale, and others. Though it is said that rules are made to be broken, one must know what they are first to create unique and pleasing designs.
The resources on the right are arranged by type: Books, eBooks, articles, library videos, internet videos, and websites. They all relate to various graphic design elements in some way, though they may contain other aspects of the discipline as well.
Format for graphic designers by 
Graphic design play book: An exploration of visual thinking by 
Reading graphic design in cultural context by 
Visions of the Bauhaus books: Exploring connections to contemporary graphic design practice by 
What images really tell us: Visual rhetoric in art, graphic design and advertisement by 
Win out: The best of sports graphic design and branding by 
Communicating visually: The graphic design of the brand by 
The language of graphic design revised and updated: An illustrated handbook for understanding fundamental design principles by 
Layout essentials revised and updated: 100 design principles for using grids by 
Layout workbook: Revised and updated: A real-world guide to building pages in graphic design by 
The pocket universal principles of art: 100 key concepts for understanding, analyzing, and practicing art by 
Typography essentials revised and updated: 100 design principles for working with type by 
