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There have been a lot of free ebooks on o er in recent years. There's always been a healthy market
for design books written by experts and this isn't likely to change anytime soon. And sometimes it is
best to splash your cash and receive high quality content in return.
But the quality of free and 'freemium' content has improved vastly, and the quality is now often on a
similar level to the books you'd pay good money for. Obviously few people can a ord to print and
distribute free physical books, but the age of digital content has meant that the electronic book
o ers a fantastic and very cheap way to spread literature. If you do have some budget, you could
check out our guide to the best graphic design books – you can be sure you won't be wasting your
money.
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01. Web Design Book of Trends 2019

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Practical advice that'll take you into 2020 (Image credit: UXPin)
We may be coming to the end of the year, but this web design ebook examining the key trends of the
year will be useful beyond 2019. With practical advice aimed at designers at every level, the book
explains what the trends look like, how they're useful and how to adapt them for your own use.
There's 60 pages of advice, comprising of over 60 tips so there's a lot to get your teeth into. Even
though the year is ending, there are loads of super-practical tips here that dig deeper than the ckle
nature of trends. Think: layering interactive elements and using split screen design.
A useful guide that is sure to teach you something new.
02. Instagram for Business

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Optimise your use of the social media platform (Image credit: Iconsquare/Hubspot)
Instagram is fast becoming a key tool in the success of a business. Iconosquare and HubSpot have
joined forces to bring you this comprehensive ebook detailing how to use Instagram for business.
You'll nd out how to optimise your use of the social media platform to best sell yourself, and grow
your design business. The book covers everything from using Instagram stories and hashtags, to the
anatomy of a successful Instagram post.
(Or, alternatively, see our post on how to boost your Instagram engagement, for more great tips.)
03. Everything There Is To Know About Logo Design

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Master the art of logo design with this free ebook [Image: Blue Soda Promo] (Image credit: Blue Soda Promo)
Logo design is one of those apparently simple areas of graphic design that actually contains many
subtle nuances. To walk you through what makes for a good logo, including how to incorporate
colours and typography, download Blue Soda Promo's free ebook, Everything There Is To Know
About Logo Design.
Running at a trim 25 pages, this free ebook will quickly ll you in on everything you need to consider
when creating a graphic to represent either your brand or that of a client.
04. Pay Me or Else!

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Don't let tight- sted clients get away with it [Image: Lior Frenkel]
Sooner or later, every designer is going to come up against a client who, for whatever reason, won't
pay up come invoice time. Lior Frenkel from nuSchool has been in this situation plenty of times, so
he's written a book, Pay Me or Else!, on how to deal with such clients.
It's broken up into three parts: the rst is about the best tactics for getting clients to pay up, the
second looks into why clients don't pay, and the third part covers strategies for avoiding bad clients
and working in a way that covers you in almost every situation.
05. Attention-Driven Design

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Eliminate online distractions with this practical guide [Image: Oli Gardner]
Attention, says Oli Gardner, is a limited resource; every link and banner you add to a web page, while
serving a purpose, also serves to distract your users and deplete their mental energy. If you want to
eliminate unwanted distractions from your websites, his book Attention-Drive Design hopes to help
you out.
In it, Gardner outlines techniques for achieving visual simplicity through psychology and interaction
design, with plenty of real-life examples to help you ramp up your conversion rate.
06. The Shape of Design

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Frank Chimero's book will inspire you to look at what you do in a whole new light [Image: Frank Chimero]
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 rst 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?
This is currently out of stock but you can sign up to be noti ed of its return.
07. The DesignBetter.co library

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These three books cover product design, design thinking and design leadership [Image: InVision]
Why settle for just one free ebook when you can have three? The DesignBetter.co library from
InVision aims to help you build a strong design practice.
This collection of de nitive books, written by Aarron Walter and Eli Woolery, explores how the best
companies approach product design, design thinking, design leadership and more.
08. 50 Must Read Tips From Designers, To Designers

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Experienced designers share their tips [Image: Rout One Print]
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 Just Creative) and Brent Galloway – to
make your life easier. "From client management to typography, brand identity to nding alternative
textures in Photoshop, this ebook o ers 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? Helvetica? We guess
you'll have to download the 50 Must Read Tips From Designers, To Designers eBook to nd out.
Route 1 o ers a whole range of ebooks for designers in fact, including The Freelancer’s Bible (below)
and The Design Comedy: How to deal with the 9 stages of client hell.
09. Brand House Book

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The Brand House Book breaks branding down into six manageable stages [Image: Roger Lindeback]
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. He breaks it down into six manageable stages – dreaming, planning, starting work, designing,
building and nally 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.
10. The Practical Interaction Design Bundle

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Get three helpings of interaction design advice for the price of none [Image: UXPin]
Not one but three free ebooks in one handy bundle, The Practical Interaction Design Bundle consists
of three free volumes from UXPin, comprising over 250 pages of design best practices and with over
60 examples of the best UX design.
Volumes 1 and 2 of Interaction Design Best Practices will take you through techniques, theories and
best practices relating to the tangibles of interaction design - words, visuals and space - while
volume 2 tackles the intangibles: time, responsiveness and behaviour.
Topping o the bundle is Consistency in UI Design, covering how and when to maintain consistency
in your design, and when to break it to draw attention to elements - without su ering the drawbacks.
11. An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

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What's a Photoshop? This book will tell you [Image: Steve Bark]
If you're after a beginner-friendly guide to getting started with Photoshop, this free ebook by Steve
Bark, An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop, will explain the fundamentals for you, from panels and
tools to layers and basic printing.
If it's just a little too basic for you, never fear; there's also an intermediate guide available that covers
more advanced subjects such as vector tools, smart objects and clipping masks.
12. The Building Blocks of Visual Hierarchy

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Learn to create accessible, intuitive layouts [Image: UXPin]
If you're designing for the web and want your layouts and interfaces to be accessible and visually
intuitive, The Building Blocks of Visual Hierarchy from UXPin is an invaluable resource.
This free ebook explains how size, colours, space, layout, and style a ect visual understanding,
provides tips for designing clear visual hierarchies, and includes 18 examples of great sites including
MailChimp and RelateIQ.
13. The Freelancer's Bible

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From marketing to tax, plan out your freelance career with this book [Image: Rout One Print]
Whether you're already freelance or thinking of making the jump, The Freelancer's Bible from Route
One Print is full of useful freelance advice. It includes tips on how to market your business, nd your
USP, licence your work, manage client relationships, complete tax returns and much more.
14. Flat Design & Colors

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Love at design but don't know where to start? Download this freebie [Image: UXPin]
The free ebook Flat Design & Colors by UXPin dives deep into the most powerful techniques for
creating highly usable yet visually interesting web designs.
The design team compiled advice from experts and illustrated their points using examples from 40
companies such as Google, Squarespace, and others.
15. Houdini Foundations

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Add that extra dimension to your designs with this free ebook on Houdini [Image: SideFX]
If you're looking to add a touch of 3D art to your designs, Houdini Foundations will help get you
started. With this free ebook you'll learn all about the tools and techniques you will use as a Houdini
artists, then run through three lessons that teach you how to build simple projects from scratch.
16. Design's Iron Fist

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This free ebook will help you get the best out of yourself [Image: Jarrod Drysdale]
Jarrod Drysdale is a designer writer who focuses his articles on getting the best out of your work.
Design's Iron Fist is a sort of continuation of his previous book Bootstrapping Design (now
discontinued), in which he collects all of his previous essays into one, free ebook.
Topics such as 'Think like a designer' and 'Get out of a creative rut' are just some of the titles on o er
in this selection.
17. Pixel Perfect Precision Handbook

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The Pixel Perfect Precision ebook has had an important update [Image: ustwo]
The Pixel Perfect Precision (PPP) Handbook from leading digital design agency ustwo has come a
long way since it was rst released. What started as a 108-page simple guide to best practice with
pixels and Photoshop has grown into handbook number 3 - a whopping 214-page designer bible.
18. The Creative Aid Handbook

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The Creative Aid book aims to be a mini resource for your creative projects [Image: Kooroo Kooroo]
Created by Kooroo Kooroo, The Creative Aid is a free book jam packed full of inspiration and
available to download today.
Co-founders Nicole Smith and Richard Tapp explain the concept: "It's a mini resource for your
creative projects and food for your creative thoughts. We’ve included our own valuable references
and resources we know and trust as a means to help you get your projects done.
"We want to give you the creative push from a direction you may not have thought of, be it
informative, inspirational, or simply entertaining."
19. Type Classi cation eBook

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Grasp the fundamentals of type selection [Image: Just Creative]
This excellent 27-page ebook details the 10 key classi cations for typography, providing the basic
understanding you'll need to gain a grasp of the fundamentals of type selection. The Type
Classi cation eBook covers a brief history for each of the classi cations, as well as the core
characteristics of the style.
20. Creative Suite Printing Guide

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22 free ebooks for designers and artists

Inspirational free ebooks for both beginners

(Image credit: Frank Chimero)

01. Web Design Book of Trends 2019

A useful guide that is sure to teach you something new.

02. Instagram for Business

03. Everything There Is To Know About Logo Design

04. Pay Me or Else!

05. Attention-Driven Design

06. The Shape of Design

07. The DesignBetter.co library

08. 50 Must Read Tips From Designers, To Designers

Experienced designers share their tips [Image: Rout One Print]

09. Brand House Book

10. The Practical Interaction Design Bundle

11. An Introduction to Adobe Photoshop

12. The Building Blocks of Visual Hierarchy

Learn to create accessible, intuitive layouts [Image: UXPin]

13. The Freelancer's Bible

14. Flat Design & Colors

15. Houdini Foundations

16. Design's Iron Fist

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18. The Creative Aid Handbook

19. Type Classi cation eBook

Grasp the fundamentals of type selection [Image: Just Creative]

20. Creative Suite Printing Guide

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