There has always been a healthy market for commercial books written by experts, and this isn't likely to change any time soon: our and prove that sometimes there's just no substitute for splashing your cash and getting high quality content in return. That said, there's a growing movement towards free and freemium content on the web, and the quality of the content is often on a par with the books you'd part with cash for. Obviously nobody can afford to print and distribute free physical books (with the exception of the excellent movement), but in this age of tablets, smartphones and laptops the electronic book offers a fantastic, and very cheap, way to spread this content. So with all that in mind, what content can you get for free in the field of design?

A quick search on your favourite search engine will reveal hundreds of offerings, making it difficult to sift the wheat from the chaff. But we've saved you the trouble, so here goes. Frank Chimero's book will inspire you to look at what you do in a whole new light Starting life as a talk in 2010, Frank Chimero's self-published The Shape of Design was an early design community Kickstarter success, getting funded on its first day, and has since become essential foundational reading, not just in design education but in other creative practices, too. Focusing on the mindset of making rather than tools and methods, it asks: what are the opportunities, problems and possibilities of the creative practice? And once the work is done, what happens when it is released into the world?

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Nail your web typography with this free in-depth volume Getting your typography right is a key part of having a great-looking website that helps you stand out from the crowd, communicate with clarity, and cultivate a distinctive identity. The best way to learn is to roll up your sleeves and just get on with it, and this book by Dario Calonaci enables you to do just that.

Magic Bullet Suite 11 Mac Torrent Download. Practical Responsive Typography will take you from the basics of scaling and optimising screen spaces, through to using a range of different web fonts and customising typography designs to suit your identity, and while it'll normally cost you over £20, it's. Experienced designers share their tips As the title suggests, this free ebook from Route One Print brings together key pieces of advice from experienced graphic designers – including Jacob Cass (aka ) and – to make your life easier. 'From client management to typography, brand identity to finding alternative textures in Photoshop, this ebook offers practical tips for designers and showcases new ways to think about design,' says the blurb. It also promises to reveal which fonts the designers never use. Is it Comic Sans? We guess you'll have to to find out. Route 1 offers a whole range of ebooks for designers in fact, including (below) and.

The Brand House Book breaks branding down into six manageable stages If you're having problems getting to grips with the world of branding, this free ebook by Roger Lindeback can help you out by taking away all the jargon and relating it to everyday experience. In the Brand House Book, Lindeback aims to make branding tangible by comparing it to building a house, breaking it down into six manageable stages – dreaming, planning, starting work, designing, building and finally getting the details right – with a branding summary at the end of each stage, setting out all the important issues to think through in your brand building process. Get three helpings of interaction design advice for the price of none Not one but three free ebooks in one handy bundle, The Practical Interaction Design Bundle consists of three free volumes from, comprising over 250 pages of design best practices and with over 60 examples of the best UX design.