Design
Great design shapes every aspect of our world, from the digital interfaces we use daily to the creative processes that drive innovation and problem-solving. These books explore the principles, methodologies, and transformative power of design thinking across disciplines, offering practical frameworks and inspiration for creating more intuitive, meaningful, and human-centered solutions.
Design Book Summaries
Glimmer
How Design Can Transform Your Life, and Maybe Even the World
Design
Business
Psychology
Design Your Thinking
The Mindsets, Toolsets and Skill Sets for Creative Problem-solving
Self Help
Design
Psychology
Against the smart city
Cities
Urban Studies
Design
Think Like a UX Researcher
How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy
Design
Research
Business
Insight Out
Get Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World
Business
Design
Self Help
Community Building on the Web
Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
Cultural
Design
Business
Manage Your Day-to-Day
Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Apartment Therapy
The Eight-Step Home Cure
Design
Self Help
Reference
Innovation Games
Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play
Business
Design
Management
Neuro Web Design
What Makes Them Click?
Design
Psychology
Business
Kellogg on Branding
The Marketing Faculty of The Kellogg School of Management
Business
Design
Manage Your Day-to-Day
Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind
Business
Self Help
Productivity
This Is Not a T-Shirt
A Brand, a Culture, a Community — a Life in Streetwear
Business
Fashion
Memoir
Atomic Design
Design
Technology
Programming
Find Your Artistic Voice
The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic
Art
Self Help
Design
The Freelance Manifesto
A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
Business
Design
Productivity
Radical Technologies
The Design of Everyday Life
Technology
Design
Politics
Content Design
Design
Writing
Business
Designing Experiences
Business
Design
Psychology
Loved
How to Market Tech Products Customers Adore
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
The Multiplayer Classroom
Designing Coursework as a Game
Education
Teaching
Games
Different
Escaping the Competitive Herd
Business
Leadership
Management
New Minimalism
Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living
Self Help
Design
Adult
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
Science
Design
Sustainability
Convert!
Designing Web Sites to Increase Traffic and Conversion
Business
Design
Usability
Web 2.0
A Strategy Guide
Business
Technology
Internet
The Brand Mapping Strategy
Design, Build, and Accelerate Your Brand
Business
Design
The Gamification Revolution
How Leaders Leverage Game Mechanics to Crush the Competition
Business
Game Design
Games
Think Simple
How Smart Leaders Defeat Complexity
Business
Leadership
Self Help
Liminal Thinking
Psychology
Self Help
Business
How to Have Creative Ideas
62 Games to Develop the Mind
Self Help
Psychology
Education
What Customers Want
Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Burn Your Portfolio
Stuff They Don't Teach You in Design School, But Should
Design
Business
Art
Decoding the New Consumer Mind
How and Why We Shop and Buy
Business
Psychology
Design
To Engineer Is Human
The Role of Failure in Successful Design
Engineering
Science
Design
Drawing the Head and Hands
Art
Drawing
Reference
Dress Your Best Life
How to Use Fashion Psychology to Take Your Look — and Your Life -- to the Next Level
Fashion
Self Help
Psychology
The Creative Curve
How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time
Business
Self Help
Psychology
You're My Favorite Client
Design
Business
Website Design
Maximize Your Potential
Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career
Business
Self Help
Productivity
How to Think More Effectively
A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity
Philosophy
Self Help
Productivity
The Designful Company
How to Build a Culture of Nonstop Innovation
Business
Design
Leadership
Making and Breaking the Grid
A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
Design
Art
Art Design
The Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
Design
Business
Cultural
Visual Intelligence
Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life
Psychology
Self Help
Art
Storytelling for User Experience
Crafting Stories for Better Design
Design
Business
Usability
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
History
Science
Engineering
What Great Brands Do
The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest
Business
Buisness
Design
The Animator's Survival Kit
Art
Reference
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