Must-Have Books to Read

Universal Principles of Design: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design by William Lidwell

Book of Ideas - A Journal of Creative Direction and Graphic Design (Vol 1) by Radim Malinic

Book of Ideas: 2: A Journal of Creative Direction and Graphic Design (Vol 2) by Radim Malinic

Resources for Colour

Coolers

  • A super-fast colour scheme generator:
  • Auto-pick palette from image
  • Has companion iOS app

Adobe Color

  • Apply colour harmony rules (complimentary, compound, analogous, and so on)
  • Sync scheme with Adobe Libraries
  • Extract main colours from an image