Recommended books and other resources!

Color

“The Elements of Color” by Johannes Itten
“Interaction of Color” by Josef Albers
“Cromorama” by Riccardo Falcinelli
“Materialising Colour: Journeys With Giulio Ridolfo” by Jane Withers
“A Dictionary of Colour Combinations” by Sanzo Wada
“The Anatomy of Color” by Patrick Baty
Margrethe Odgaard: “Shades of Light”
Erwan and Ronan Bouroullec
“Colors” episode by Radiolab

Architecture, landscape design and interiors

“The Architecture of Happiness” by Alain de Botton
“A Pattern Language” by Christopher Alexander
“Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf”
“Architecture of Infinity”
“The Art of Architectural Daylighting” by Mary Guzowski
“A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams” by Michael Pollan
Abstract episode 8: Ilse Crawford
“The Sensual Home” by Ilse Crawford
“A Frame for Life” by Ilse Crawford
Peter Barber on Design Emergency
“Coast Modern”
“In Praise of Shadows” by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
“The Architectonic Colour: Polychromy in the Purist Architecture of Le Corbusier” by Jan de Heer
Nadia Olive Schnack
Koi Colour Studio
Luke Edward Hall

Art

“Agnes Martin: Her Life and Art” by Nancy Princenthal
“Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe” by Laurie Lisle
“Daybook, the Journal of an Artist” by Anne Truitt
“Art as Therapy” by Alain de Botton
Suzan Frecon at David Zwirner
Olivier Mosset
Peter Alexander
“The Eye’s Mind” by Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley | In Conversation with Sir John Leighton
Ann Veronica Janssens: “Passion for Light”
Sophie Rowley
“Hockney” documentary

How our environment influences us

“Joyful” by Ingrid Fetell Lee
“Drunk Tank Pink” by Adam Alter

Creativity

“The War of Art” by Steven Pressfield
“The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron
“Joseph Albers: To Open Eyes” by Brenda Danilowitz and Frederick A. Horowitz
“Fully Awake: Black Mountain College” documentary
“Elizabeth Gilbert’s Creative Path" on the Tim Ferriss podcast
Design Emergency

Various

“Why We Sleep” by Matthew Walker
“Deep Work” by Cal Newport
James Clear newsletter
“Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari
“Goodbye, Things: On Minimalist Living” by Fumio Sasaki
“You Are a Badass” by Jen Sincero
“Quiet” by Susan Cain
“How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie
“Should You Specialize or Be a Generalist?” Tim Ferriss