books for media creators

a very nice resource for books:

http://www.youworkforthem.com

a german site for book recommendations:

http://www.kunstbuchanzeiger.de

a very complete list of recommendable books for media creators

http://www.shelfari.com/designeducation/shelf

the perhaps 2 most interesting books to start with:

Kompendium der Mediengestaltung

http://www.amazon.de/Kompendium-Mediengestaltung-f%C3%BCr-Digital-Printmedien/
dp/3540242589/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/028-0028341-
0979759?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193685750&sr=8-1

Visuelles Gestalten mit dem Computer

http://www.amazon.de/Visuelles-Gestalten-mit-dem-Computer/
dp/3499612135/ref=sr_1_1/028-0028341-0979759?ie=
UTF8&s=books&qid=1193685809&sr=1-1

A very tiny and nice publisher, which has 4 little and compact books on the subject of logo, illustration, typo and graphic design, and they are cheap too:

http://www.zeixs.com

this is a list of essential books for every graphic design and multimedia student; the list is created as a amazon listmania list, you can find it here:

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/
list-browse/-/ZF3M7UPLDAS0/302-3771774-8222416

1. Pictoplasma
von Peter Thaler

2. Pictoplasma 2
von Peter Thaler

3. LosLogos
von Robert Klanten

4. Dos Logos
von R. Klanten (Herausgeber), N. Bourquin (Herausgeber)

5. Lingua Universalis
von Mutabor, Johannes Plass

6. Lingua Grafica
von Mutabor

7. Eboy
von Steffen Sauerteig

8. 1×1, w. CD-ROM
von Sebastian Mendez

9. Sonic, Visuals for Music
von Robert Klanten,

10. Making of . . .(1)

11. Making of . . .(2)
von Dirk Manthey

12. 72-dpi
von Robert Klanten,

13. 72-dpi, Anime, w. DVD
von Robert Klanten

14. BLINK.
von Phaidon Press

15. Lodown, graphic engineering
von Thomas Marecki

16. Schizophrenic, Lodown Graphic Engineering
von Thomas Marecki

17. Graffiti World
von Nicholas Ganz

18. Stencil Graffiti
von Tristan Manco

19. Buero Destruct 2.
von Robert Klanten

20. Büro Destruct
von Buro Destruct

21. Der Mensch und seine Zeichen
von Adrian Frutiger, Horst Heiderhoff

22. Swiss Graphic Design
von Robert Klanten,

23. The Language of New Media
von Lev Manovich

24. Barcelona Club Flyers
von Tite Barbuzza

25. The Animator’s Survival Kit
von Richard Williams

Here a categorized list:

Grafikdesign:

Pictoplasma 2
von Peter Thaler

LosLogos
von Robert Klanten, u. a.

Lingua Grafica
von Mutabor (Vorwort), u. a.

Lingua Universalis
von Mutabor, Johannes Plass

Lodown, graphic engineering
von Thomas Marecki, u. a.

Typography: Macro- and Microaesthetics
by Willi Kunz (Hardcover - April 2004)

Area
by Editors of Phaidon Press (Paperback)

Buero Destruct 2.
von Robert Klanten

Der Mensch und seine Zeichen
von Adrian Frutiger, Horst Heiderhoff

Swiss Graphic Design
von Robert Klanten, u. a.

Visuelles Gestalten mit dem Computer.
von Pina Lewando

Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design by Timothy Samara (Hardcover - September 2004)

The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type by Alexander W. White

Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition by Kimberly Elam

Praktische Typografie
von Ralf Turtschi

Interactive Design:

72-dpi
von Robert Klanten, u. a.

72-dpi, Anime, w. DVD
von Robert Klanten, u. a.

Interactive Design 2005 (Graphis Interactive Design) — by B. Martin Pedersen; Hardcover

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Bible
by Robert Reinhardt, et al (Paperback)

Principles of Interactive Design
by Lisa Graham (Paperback)

Kompendium Screen Design. Effektiv informieren und kommunizieren mit Multimedia
von Frank Thissen

Farbe für Websites
von Molly E. Holzschlag

Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques
by Kevin Mullet, Darrell Sano (Paperback)

Web Design Essentials (2nd Edition)
by Maria Giudice, Anita Dennis (Paperback)

BLINK.
von Phaidon Press

Motion Design:

Moving Type
von Jeff Bellantoni, Matthew Woolman

Sonic, Visuals for Music
von Robert Klanten, u. a.

2-Teilig: Making of . . .

Making of . . .
von Dirk Manthey

72-dpi, Anime, w. DVD
von Robert Klanten, u. a.

The Animator’s Survival Kit
von Richard Williams

MTIV - Process, Inspiration and Practice for the New Media Designer . Deutsche Ausgabe
von Hillman Curtis

Motion Design: Moving Graphics for Television, Music Video, Cinema, and Digital Interfaces — by Matt Woolman; Hardcover

Type In Motion: Innovations in Digital Graphics
by Matt Woolman, Jeffrey Bellantoni (Hardcover)

Pause :59 Minutes of Motion Graphics
by Peter Hall, Andrea Codrington (Paperback)

Motion Blur : Graphic Moving Imagemakers
by Matt Hanson, Shane Walter (Paperback)

Motion Graphics: How Did They Do That?
by David Greene (Hardcover - January 2003)

Lowfat: A Visual Journey Taking You to 96 Hot Motion Graphic Destinations
by Gary Lau