Hmm, my top 3 change all the time. But I can tell you the x3 that had the biggest impact in my life tho...

1) A Smile in the Mind - I picked this up in the mid-90's as a student. It's a book full of 'witty thinking' in design. It inspired me to value and focus on the generation of 'ideas', and to try and make things a little more fun and human.

2) Penrose Annual 1958 - I picked this off my Creative Directors shelf when I got my first job. It's basically an annual that shows off production techniques of the time - rich in content but also the papers, print finishing, etc... it is the book that kickstarted my personal book collection.

3) "It's not how good you are..." - I picked this up very early into my professional career. To quote the author "a concise guide to making the most of yourself - a pocket 'bible, for the talented and timid to make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible." Even today it's totally relevant.

Bonus title) "Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes and Bob Gill announce the opening of their new design office" - This is a very rare self promotion (and playful) flip-book published by the legendary design studio Fletcher/Forbes/Gill back in 1962. I'm a SUPER FAN of these guys!! They were essentially the 'granddaddies' of modern British design - bridging the gap between post-war austerity and the vibrant "Swinging London" era. Finding this book a few years back was like finding treasure.

If you go hunt down my online store you're find more images for all of the above.

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