施德明于2008年出版的“Things I have learned in my life so far”（中文意思：我人生中所学到的）是一本值得拜读的设计书，在书中施德明用自身体会，以日记的方式叙述20个创作作品和背后叙事般的人生经历与创意想法。20件作品以各种素材、方式书写的主题，如“Worrying solves nothing”和“Trying to look good limits my life”这样的标题进行描述作品创作的整体过程，犹如20把从生活经历中开启创意之门的钥匙，来自创作者的真诚，透过他，进而感动了读者。
值得一说的是封套以施德明头像为背景，镂空的切割图纹，当你从封套中取出15件独立装订的小书，施德明头像魔术般的变化足以令你初接触时那份说不出的喜爱和惊奇。

施德明是当今活跃国际的资深设计师，他曾在香港奥美任职数年，后回纽约创建自己的设计工作室，曾数次闭关潜心研究设计（不做任何商业设计的实验性创作），施德明的创作是前所未有的，他不重复，他研究任何的可能，并应用于设计之中。

“Things I have learned in my life so far”为英文原版，248P，16开特殊装订。

The projects in this book began as a list Stefan Sagmeister found in his diary under the title ‘Things I have learned in my life so far’. Given an incredible amount of freedom by some of his clients, he began transforming these 21 aphorisms into typographic works; they have since appeared as French and Portuguese billboards, a Japanese annual report, on German television, in an Austrian magazine, as a New York direct mailer and as an American poster campaign. Taken together, the collection is part design project, part work of art, part examination of the pursuit of happiness. To this end, noted designer Steven Heller, art critic and curator Nancy Spector and psychologist and Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile author Daniel Nettle will contribute essays to the book.

CONTRIBUTIONS BY DANIEL NETTLE, STEVEN HELLER AND NANCY SPECTOR

Stefan Sagmeister is among today's most important graphic designers. Since 1993 Sagmeister Inc. has focused on all things printed, including posters, brochures, books and graphics and packaging for music clients. His work has won nearly all the international design awards available. Born in Austria, he now lives and works in New York

Daniel Nettle is the author of Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile. He lives in the UK.
Steven Heller has written over 70 books on graphic design, illustration and political art. The recipient of the 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement, he lives in the USA.
Nancy Spector has contributed essays to numerous books on contemporary artists, including Maurizio Cattelan, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Anna Gaskell.