Here are links to publications and information that have inspired me:

On issues relating to form and function
Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
Graphics Press, 1990

Prioritizing Web Usability
by Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger
New Riders Press, 2006

The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty
by Soetsu Yanagi, adapted by Bernard Leach
Kodansha International (revised edition 1990)


On psychedelic art
High Art: A History of the Psychedelic Poster
by Ted Owen and Denise Dickson
Sanctuary Publishing, 1999


On symbolism
Man and His Symbols
by Carl Gustav Jung
Doubleday, 1969


On Celtic art
Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction
by George Bain
Dover Publications, 1973


On Art Nouveau
Alphonse Mucha at www.wikipedia.org


On children's books
The Magic Boat
by Tom Seidmann-Freud, (translated by Ernest Benn)
Ernest Benn, 1981


On computers
The Shallows
by Nicholas Carr
Atlantic, 2010

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