Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers

anyone who is passionate about not only design and graphics but the creative industry NEEDS to get this book. Its soul nurturing, mind expanding, its simply wow. You feel a connection and also one that reaffirms your own connection with your work and others. Sketchbooks are so important to me. I am currently at University doing Graphic design and i do a lot of scrapbooking and sketchbook work and this just reaffirms my own work and ideas. not only a great source for research material but just generally an interesting and beautiful book to own and look at. definitely a must buy

This book has everything. I felt the quality of the book is really good as well, and it has been put together in what some people might call disorganised but for a Graphic Designer it is how the mind works. I would recommend this to anybody who feels that need to be inspired. The bonus is how it has a contens page which mean you can look for someone and then go forward. Great book. Highly recommended

This was a gift for graphic designer son who really loves the content. He is 43 so holds a lot of information for all ages. Really great buy, thank you.

Very helpful, great quality. Highly recommend.

If you're into illustration, art and sketching, then this book will be right up your street. If you like thumbing through something different, then, again, this would be a good book for you. At 350 pages and at a size a little over A4, this is one hefty tome. In this book, approximately 100 (I haven't bothered to count them all) of the worlds leading graphic designers showcase some of the pages of their sketchbooks. Each contribution is prefaced with a paragraph or two of text outlining their philosophy to sketching. You'll get to see why they sketch, but that's about it - don't expect much more. The actual images are beautifully reproduced and cover all manner of illustrations and art. Again, way too many to even try to summarize in this review, but to give you snapshot: typography, website wireframes, scribbles, collages, photos. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is the same as that given by another reviewer - this book is heavily biased towards fine art and illustration. There's isn't much in the way of graphic design. Needless to say, it still makes for an excellent reference book and one that will provide a lifetime of inspiration. I also recently purchased An Illustrated Life: Drawing Inspiration from the Private Sketchbooks of Artists, Illustrators and Designers , which provides more balanced content and examples. But if you get them both then you're pretty much set.

Very good book and helpful

Great book!!!

I would really recommend this book, as the variety within it is huge unlike a lot of things out there, that seem to stick with one type of design style. It not only contains more polished pieces, but also has extremely rough sketches which I think makes a nice change to the "perfection" often shown in this style of book. The pages are filled to the brim with images meaning this is not just a one look wonder. There is also a small portion of text about each designer/illustrator which basically talks about their relationships with their sketchbooks, this can get a little similar at times but on the whole does not take away from the overall visual focus of the book.

Wonderful

I bought this book for doodling/sketching inspiration. My doodles and sketches are now dramatically more inspired. It was a good purchase. Visually fascinating, informative and a great hub for discovering visually brilliant designers. It's the type of book that you can flip through casually or study closely with equally rewarding results. A great project. A must buy for doodlers/sketchers.

Got this as a gift for my cousin for her birthday. I took a peak through it and it was great.

My daughter is going into graphic design and is facinated by sketchbooks, so I got this for her for christmas. It was intriguing and interesting to see how different people flesh ideas out and where inspiration comes from. She has since gotten everyone in her current design classes to buy this, as well as put on the suggested reading from her professor

I gave this as a graduation gift to my neice who graduated from high school. She had mentioned this book on her facebook page and I took a chance on getting it for her. She was thrilled. She did very well in art during high school and had her own art journal as well. She said the book is "awesome".