![]() I first encountered Christopher Alexander’s A Pattern Language-which I think is the best, most rewarding work of nonfiction published anywhere in the last fifty years-in The Next Whole Earth Catalog, in which it was the only book to receive an entire page of its own, with the enticing heading “Everything Design.” Stewart Brand’s accompanying comment, which has disappeared from subsequent editions, was equally arresting: “I suspect this is the best and most useful book in the Catalog.” And I suspect that he was right. You can find the earlier installments here. It’s a very personal list that reflects my own tastes and idiosyncrasies, and I’m always looking for new recommendations. ![]() Note: I’m counting down ten books that have influenced the way that I think about the creative process, in order of the publication dates of their first editions. ![]()
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