Influx

This is a seriously long list of books that have come to our attention in recent months. We probably will not get round to getting and reading 1/5th of these, but we thought the list was worth sharing.

The Lonely Planet Guide to Micronations: John Ryan, George Dunford, Simon Sellars The nation creation trend

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything: Don Tapscott,Anthony D. Williams.

Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis, Roger Fisher- Without a purpose, you are nothing

We-think: The power of mass creativity -Charles Leadbeater (FREE DOWNLOAD!)

Spy- The Funny Years by Kurt Andersen, Graydon Carter, George Kalogerakis- The story behind of one of the funniest magazines of the late C20th

The Reading Lists of Graphic Designers: Spin UK

Off the Map: The Most Amazing Sights on Earth as Seen by Satellite by James Turnbull, Alex Turnbull The sites of Google Earth in an easy to use book

Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.: Books: Roland Kelts

Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative:Ken Robinson Creativity offers considerable value to individuals and society, but it need to be nurtured, respected and taught

Designing Interactions:Bill Moggridge- One of IDEO’s leaders dives deep into product design

Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing: Adam Greenfield- Chips will be everywhere, so what?

Spectacle: David Rockwell and Bruce Mau – Leading designers scan the world for great examples of mass participation

Creation : Life and How to Make It by Steve Grand – How to play god with computers

Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win: William Taylor, Polly La Barre – Great stories from the founders of Fast Company

Branding Iron: Branding Lessons from the Meltdown of the US Auto Industry: Charlie Hughes,William Jeanes – Why Detroit collapsed

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t:Robert I. Sutton – Words of wisdom from a Stanford D School Prof who explains the rules for an effective workplace

Leisure The Basis Of Culture:Josef Pieper German classic first published in 1948- defines the role of leisure

Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas: Spin Magazine’s pop culture expert sums up the last decade

iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon ? By Steve Wozniak - The other Apple guy gets a word in

The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness (Hardcover) by Steven Levy- How the iPod became iconic

The Areas of My Expertise:John Hodgman. Mr. Hodgman proves he’s more than a stupid PC

Beautiful Evidence (Hardcover): by Edward R. Tufte. More from the maestro of information design and visualization

Outside Innovation: How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company’s Future: Books: Patricia B. Seybold She says “Told you so”

Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg and Paul Weitz The ape is human.

Radical Office Design: Jeremy Myerson Inspiration for turning your workspace into creativespace

Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want: Curtis R. Carlson, William W. Wilmot

Beautiful Things in Popular Culture: Alan McKee

Bill Buford: Heat- Buford’s account of his year as an Italian butcher

Kingdom Come by J.G Ballard- The master of the future tense gets to grips with consumerism