Design Book Summaries

Decoding the New Consumer Mind Summary
Decoding the New Consumer Mind
How and Why We Shop and Buy
by Kit Yarrow 2014 224 pages
3.77
307 ratings
Business
Psychology
Design
Design Thinking Summary
Design Thinking
Understanding How Designers Think and Work
by Nigel Cross 2011 192 pages
3.54
313 ratings
Design
Business
Management
Dress Your Best Life Summary
Dress Your Best Life
How to Use Fashion Psychology to Take Your Look -- and Your Life -- to the Next Level
by Dawnn Karen 2020 288 pages
3.64
397 ratings
Fashion
Self Help
Psychology
A Technique for Producing Ideas Summary
A Technique for Producing Ideas
by James Webb Young 1940 64 pages
4.05
5.1K ratings
Business
Design
Psychology
Creating a Brand Identity Summary
Creating a Brand Identity
A Guide for Designers:
by Catharine Slade-Brooking 2016 160 pages
4.04
277 ratings
Design
Business
Art Design
The Gamification Revolution Summary
The Gamification Revolution
How Leaders Leverage Game Mechanics to Crush the Competition
by Gabe Zichermann 2013 256 pages
3.71
192 ratings
Business
Game Design
Games
The Accidental Instructional Designer Summary
The Accidental Instructional Designer
Learning Design for the Digital Age
by Cammy Bean 2014 224 pages
4.00
231 ratings
Design
Education
Teaching
Loved Summary
Loved
How to Market Tech Products Customers Adore
by Martina Lauchengco 2021
3.86
570 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Technology
Think Like an Artist Summary
Think Like an Artist
and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
by Will Gompertz 2015 208 pages
3.85
2.3K ratings
Art
Self Help
Design
This Is Service Design Doing Summary
This Is Service Design Doing
Applying Service Design Thinking in the Real World
by Marc Stickdorn 2016 1074 pages
4.36
544 ratings
Design
Business
Reference
The Designful Company Summary
The Designful Company
How to Build a Culture of Nonstop Innovation
by Marty Neumeier 2008 194 pages
3.99
524 ratings
Business
Design
Leadership
Burn Your Portfolio Summary
Burn Your Portfolio
Stuff They Don't Teach You in Design School, But Should
by Michael Janda 2013 400 pages
4.14
657 ratings
Design
Business
Art
The Art of Creative Thinking Summary
The Art of Creative Thinking
by Rod Judkins 2015 288 pages
4.02
2.3K ratings
Self Help
Design
Art
Badass Summary
Badass
Making Users Awesome
by Kathy Sierra 2015 293 pages
4.17
1.2K ratings
Business
Design
Technology
What Great Brands Do Summary
What Great Brands Do
The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest
by Denise Lee Yohn 2013 272 pages
3.90
356 ratings
Business
Buisness
Design
Sense and Respond Summary
Sense and Respond
How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously
by Jeff Gothelf 2017 272 pages
4.02
533 ratings
Business
Design
Management
Maximize Your Potential Summary
Maximize Your Potential
Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career
by Jocelyn K. Glei 2013 260 pages
3.97
2.8K ratings
Business
Self Help
Productivity
How to Be an Artist Summary
How to Be an Artist
by Jerry Saltz 2020 144 pages
3.94
3.6K ratings
Art
Self Help
Writing
About Face 3 Summary
About Face 3
The Essentials of Interaction Design
by Alan Cooper 1995 610 pages
4.07
3.5K ratings
Design
Programming
Technology
The Creative Curve Summary
The Creative Curve
How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time
by Allen Gannett 2018 288 pages
3.99
1.6K ratings
Business
Self Help
Psychology
How Customers Think Summary
How Customers Think
Essential Insights into the Mind of the Market
by Gerald Zaltman 2003 323 pages
4.00
439 ratings
Business
Psychology
Buisness
Writing Is Designing Summary
Writing Is Designing
Words and the User Experience
by Michael J. Metts 2020 200 pages
4.32
482 ratings
Design
Writing
Business
Landing Page Optimization Summary
Landing Page Optimization
The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions
by Tim Ash 2008 496 pages
3.82
546 ratings
Business
Design
Web
Web 2.0 Summary
Web 2.0
A Strategy Guide
by Amy Shuen 2007 243 pages
3.32
148 ratings
Business
Technology
Internet
Visual Intelligence Summary
Visual Intelligence
Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life
by Amy E. Herman 2016 341 pages
4.10
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Art
Presentation Zen Summary
Presentation Zen
Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
by Garr Reynolds 2007 229 pages
4.05
14.7K ratings
Business
Design
Communication
The Elements of Content Strategy Summary
The Elements of Content Strategy
by Erin Kissane 2011 88 pages
3.73
1.6K ratings
Design
Business
Website Design
The Business of Expertise Summary
The Business of Expertise
How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight to Impact + Wealth
by David C. Baker 2017 266 pages
4.33
654 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Personal Development
The Substance of Style Summary
The Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
by Virginia Postrel 2003 237 pages
3.49
515 ratings
Design
Business
Cultural
You're My Favorite Client Summary
You're My Favorite Client
by Mike Monteiro 2014 127 pages
4.27
445 ratings
Design
Business
Website Design
Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age Summary
Ogilvy on Advertising in the Digital Age
by Miles Young 2019 288 pages
3.60
257 ratings
Business
Design
Content Strategy for Mobile Summary
Content Strategy for Mobile
by Karen Mcgrane 2012 165 pages
4.01
468 ratings
Design
Website Design
Web
Nicely Said Summary
Nicely Said
Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose
by Nicole Fenton 2014 192 pages
4.12
547 ratings
Writing
Design
Business
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding Summary
The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding
How to Build a Product or Service Into a World-Class Brand
by Laura Ries 1998 192 pages
3.88
3.8K ratings
Business
Design
Buisness
Content Strategy Toolkit, The Summary
Content Strategy Toolkit, The
Methods, Guidelines, and Templates for Getting Content Right
by Meghan Casey 2015 272 pages
4.14
205 ratings
Design
Business
Technology
The Internet of Things Summary
The Internet of Things
by Samuel Greengard 2015 230 pages
3.24
534 ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Innovate Like Edison Summary
Innovate Like Edison
The Success System of America's Greatest Inventor
by Michael J. Gelb 2007 320 pages
3.83
165 ratings
Business
Biography
Personal Development
Storytelling for User Experience Summary
Storytelling for User Experience
Crafting Stories for Better Design
by Whitney Quesenbery 2010 298 pages
3.74
505 ratings
Design
Business
Usability
Unfolding the Napkin Summary
Unfolding the Napkin
The Hands-On Method for Solving Complex Problems with Simple Pictures
by Dan Roam 2009 286 pages
4.03
962 ratings
Business
Design
Self Help
The Evolution of Useful Things Summary
The Evolution of Useful Things
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are
by Henry Petroski 1994 288 pages
3.53
1.4K ratings
History
Science
Design
The Accidental Creative Summary
The Accidental Creative
How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
by Todd Henry 2011 230 pages
4.06
5.9K ratings
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang 2020 176 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Technology
Business
Economics
Content Chemistry Summary
Content Chemistry
An Illustrated Handbook for Content Marketing
by Andy Crestodina 2012 112 pages
4.10
118 ratings
Business
Writing
Design
Resilient Management Summary
Resilient Management
by Lara Hogan 2019 105 pages
4.35
809 ratings
Management
Leadership
Business
How to Speak Machine Summary
How to Speak Machine
Laws of Design for a Computational Age
by John Maeda 2019 240 pages
3.70
484 ratings
Design
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Webs of Influence Summary
Webs of Influence
The Psychology of Online Persuasion
by Nathalie Nahai 2012 271 pages
3.74
302 ratings
Psychology
Business
Design
Hertzian Tales Summary
Hertzian Tales
Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, And Critical Design
by Anthony Dunne 1999 174 pages
4.25
121 ratings
Design
Art
Technology
In Pursuit of Elegance Summary
In Pursuit of Elegance
Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing
by Matthew E. May 2009 224 pages
3.79
553 ratings
Business
Design
Psychology
Beyond Disruption Summary
Beyond Disruption
Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs
by W. Chan Kim 2023 240 pages
3.73
150 ratings
Business
Design
Ideaflow Summary
Ideaflow
The Only Business Metric That Matters
by Jeremy Utley 2022 304 pages
4.13
326 ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
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