House Industries: The Process Is the Inspiration

A standard-bearer of American design since 1993, House Industries answers the burning question, “Where do you find inspiration?” with this illustrative collection of helpful lessons, stories, and case studies that demonstrate how to transform obsessive curiosity into personally satisfying and successful work. Presented in House’s honest, authentic, and often irreverent style, and covering topics ranging from fonts and fashion to ceramics and space technology, this beautifully useful 400–page volume offers a personal perspective on the origin of ideas for creative people in any field. Most important, this book shows that there’s no sense in waiting for inspiration because inspiration is already waiting for you.

• Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything
• Junk Type: Typography - Lettering - Badges - Logos
• How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the World 
• Brand by Hand: Blisters, Calluses, and Clients: A Life in Design
• The Art of Lettering: Perfectly Imperfect Hand-Crafted Type Design
• In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector
• The ABC of Custom Lettering: A Practical Guide to Drawing Letters
• The Golden Secrets of Lettering: Letter Design from First Sketch to Final Artwork
• The Visual History of Type
• By the Skin of Our Teeth: The Art and Design of Morning Breath