Thoughts on Design by Paul Rand with a new introduction by Michael Beirut, $20 from chroniclebooks.com Back in print for the first time since the 1970s thanks to publisher Chronicle Books, the paperback features art director Paul Rand's original 1947 text, which he wrote when he was just 33 years old. For aspiring designers in marketing or advertising, this is a bookshelf essential. Photo 14 of 17 in Holiday Gift Guide 2014: For the Bibliophile by Diana Budds

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Thoughts on Design by Paul Rand with a new introduction by Michael Beirut, $20 from chroniclebooks.com

Back in print for the first time since the 1970s thanks to publisher Chronicle Books, the paperback features art director Paul Rand's original 1947 text, which he wrote when he was just 33 years old. For aspiring designers in marketing or advertising, this is a bookshelf essential.