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Given that one of the most important things any designer can do, is to always be learning, we thought we would take a look through a few free Ebooks to suggest them to our readers. (It is important to note, that none of the publishers or authors asked us to review or in any way endorse any of the following books, they are just free design Ebooks that we believed could be beneficial.) So if you haven’t checked out these outstanding design resources, then we definitely recommend that you give them a read.

Just as a sidenote, we thought we would explain once more with feeling that in order to remain a head of your game as a designer, you never want to give up that yearning for learning that drove you to where you are at. Giving up that drive and settling into a stagnant state is not only bad for your designs and your creativity, but it will more than likely have a negative impact on your business as well. So always make sure that you keep your head in the books to keep your skills polished and pushing forward.

So without any further ado, we present these eight outstanding free Ebooks on design:

Get a Job

Get a Job by RitaSue Siegel offers advice to emerging designers looking to break into the world of design, designers eager to improve their positions, as well as recently downsized managers and executives.

The Design Funnel: A Manifesto for Meaningful Design

The Design Funnel: A Manifesto for Meaningful Design By Stephen Hay shows you how to create more consistently creative work which distinguishes itself from the work of your peers as well as help translate the often vague, unclear wishes of your clients (and yourself, for that matter) into a clear and solid basis for your designs.

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Type Classification eBook

The Type Classification eBook by Jacob Cass goes through the 10 type classifications with a brief history as well as the key characteristics of each. These are the basic foundations of what you need to learn to learn typography and it is essential for any designer to know how to classify type.

Logopalooza Volume 2.

Logopalooza Volume 2. by The Logo Factory is chock full of logo samples and case studies of corporate logos. Volume 2 includes a series of design tips and pointers featuring insights and observations from our design staff.

Design Your Imagination

Design Your Imagination by WebGuru India a complete and comprehensible guide on website design. Almost every aspect of website design is exemplified in this ebook by representing ample examples. This web design ebook will definitely help the beginners to hone their creativity.

The Woork Handbook

The Woork Handbook by Antonio Lupetti is a miscellanea of articles from the Woork blog on CSS, HTML, Ajax, web programming, Mootools, Scriptaculous and other topics about web design.

Thesis Customization User Guide

Thesis Customization User Guide by FourBlogger is a 100 Page Guide in PDF format containing everything you need to know to customize Thesis including links to 60+ video tutorials.

Guide to Guerrilla Freelancing

The Guide to Guerrilla Freelancing by Mike Smith offers some of the best articles from the Guerrilla Freelancing site that will help guide new freelancers in the right direction as well as give them insight into the benefits and drawbacks of freelance life, some things you must be aware of as well as some guerrilla marketing tactics to get them going.

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