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100 Classics on Branding, Design, Creativity & Storytelling

We read a lot. Below we have put together a list of classics for you in the field of branding, design, creativity and storytelling. Choose your category and discover new insights.

Giep Franzen,Margot Bouwman

The Mental World of Brands

2001

The Mental World of Brands

David A. Aaker

Managing Brand Equity

1991

Managing Brand Equity

David A. Aaker

The Future of Purpose-Driven Branding

2022

The Future of Purpose-Driven Branding

Giep Franzen,Sandra Moriarty

The Science and Art of Branding

2015

The Science and Art of Branding

Kevin Lane Keller,Vanitha Swaminathan

Strategic Brand Management: Building, Measuring, and Managing Brand Equity, Global Edition

2019

Strategic Brand Management: Building, Measuring, and Managing Brand Equity, Global Edition

Jean-Noël Kapferer

The New Strategic Brand Management: Advanced Insights and Strategic Thinking (New Strategic Brand Management: Creating & Sustaining Brand Equity)

2012

The New Strategic Brand Management: Advanced Insights and Strategic Thinking (New Strategic Brand Management: Creating & Sustaining Brand Equity)

Wally Olins

Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come

2014

Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come

Wally Olins

On Brand

2004

On Brand

Al Ries,Laura Ries

The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand

2009

The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand

H. J. Riezebos

Brand-added value: theory and empirical research about the value of brands to consumers

1994

Brand-added value: theory and empirical research about the value of brands to consumers

Jan Rijkenberg

Concepting 2020: Hoe productmerken succesvolle conceptmerken kunnen worden

2020

Concepting 2020: Hoe productmerken succesvolle conceptmerken kunnen worden

Jan Rijkenberg

Concepting. Het managen van Concept-merken in het communicatiegeoriënteerde tijdperk

1998

Concepting. Het managen van Concept-merken in het communicatiegeoriënteerde tijdperk

Bernd H. Schmitt

Experiential marketing. How to get consumers to sense, feel, think, act, relate to your company and brands

2000

Experiential marketing. How to get consumers to sense, feel, think, act, relate to your company and brands

Roland van Kralingen

Superbrands: merken en markten van morgen

1999

Superbrands: merken en markten van morgen

Marty Neumeier

The Brand Gap

2005

The Brand Gap

Byron Sharp

How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know

2010

How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know

Stef Verbeeck

Relatie Renaissance

2023

Relatie Renaissance

Anne Miltenburg

Brand The Change: The Branding Guide for Social Entrepreneurs, Disruptors, Not-For-Profits And Corporate Troublemakers

2017

Brand The Change: The Branding Guide for Social Entrepreneurs, Disruptors, Not-For-Profits And Corporate Troublemakers

Guillaume Van der Stighelen

Maak van je merk een held

2012

Maak van je merk een held

Bernd H. Schmitt, Alex Simonson

Marketing aesthetics: the strategic management of brands, identity and image

1997

Marketing aesthetics: the strategic management of brands, identity and image

Alina Wheeler

Designing Brand Identity

2017

Designing Brand Identity

B Joseph Pine II,James H. Gilmore

The Experience Economy: Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money

2019

The Experience Economy: Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money

B Joseph Pine II,James H. Gilmore

Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want

2019

Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want

B Joseph Pine II,Kim C. Korn

Infinite Possibility: Creating Customer Value on the Digital Frontier

2011

Infinite Possibility: Creating Customer Value on the Digital Frontier

Frank Rose

The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories

2011

The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories

Tom Asacker

The Business of Belief: How the World's Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe

2013

The Business of Belief: How the World's Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe

Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Decisive: How to make better choices in life and work.

2013

Decisive: How to make better choices in life and work.

Tim Harford

The Logic Of Life: Uncovering the New Economics of Everything

2009

The Logic Of Life: Uncovering the New Economics of Everything

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

2007

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

David Airey

Work For Money Design For Love

2012

Work For Money Design For Love

Michael Janda

Burn Your Portfolio

2013

Burn Your Portfolio

Keith Granet

The Business of Design

2021

The Business of Design

Emily Ruth Cohen

Brutally Honest: No-bullshit Business Strategies To Evolve Your Creative Business

2018

Brutally Honest: No-bullshit Business Strategies To Evolve Your Creative Business
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Michael Bierut

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

2021

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

Steve Brouwers

Creatives on Creativity

2021

Creatives on Creativity

Mona Patel

Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, And Think

Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, And Think
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Bernadette Jiwa

Meaningful: The Story of Ideas That Fly

2015

Meaningful: The Story of Ideas That Fly

Ken Kocienda

Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

2018

Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs

Allen Gannett

The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time

2018

The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea, at the Right Time

David Kelley, Tom Kelley

Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

2013

Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

Edwin E. Catmull, Amy Wallace

Creativity Inc: an inspiring look at how creativity can - and should - be harnessed for business success by the founder of Pixar

2014

Creativity Inc: an inspiring look at how creativity can - and should - be harnessed for business success by the founder of Pixar

Scott Belsky

The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture

2018

The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture

Scott Belsky

Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

2011

Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

Radim Malinic

Book of Ideas: A Journal of Creative Direction and Graphic Design

2016

Book of Ideas: A Journal of Creative Direction and Graphic Design

Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky

Sprint: the bestselling guide to solving business problems and testing new ideas the Silicon Valley way

2016

Sprint: the bestselling guide to solving business problems and testing new ideas the Silicon Valley way

Drew Boyd, Jacob Goldenberg

Inside The Box: The creative method that works for everyone

2014

Inside The Box: The creative method that works for everyone

David McCandles

Information Is Beautiful

2012

Information Is Beautiful

Cassia St Clair

The Secret Lives of Colour

2016

The Secret Lives of Colour

Tom Hautekiet

KIET: Verzameld Werk

2022

KIET: Verzameld Werk

Drew De Soto

Know Your Onions: Graphic Design

2014

Know Your Onions: Graphic Design
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