Generative Gestaltung by C Lazzeroni, H. Bohnacker, B. Groß, J. Laub - Entwerfen. Programmieren. Visualisieren.
Processing by Casey Reas - A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists
Nature of Code (free ebook) by Daniel Shiffman - Simulating Natural Systems with Processing
Shape (free e-book) by George Stiny - talking about seeing and doing
10 Print (free e-book) by Nick Montfort, Patsy Baudoin, [...]
Computational Beauty of Nature by Flake W - Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems and Adaptation
Programming design Systems - A free digital book that teaches a practical introduction to the new foundations of graphic design. By Rune Madsen.
Poetic Computation (reader) by Taeyoon Choi
What is Generative Art, Philip Galanter (2003)
Art Against Information: Case Studies in Data Practice, Mitchell Whitelaw (2008)
Program or be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age | Interactive 2010 | SXSW
Mario Klingemann, The order of things - Eyeo 2015 Talk, Order, Beauty and Chaos
Robert Hodgin, Creative Coding - Eyeo 2014
Good Bye Uncanny Valley, Alan Warbuton - discussing computer graphic aesthetics