Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It
By: Mike Monteiro
4.12
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
The world is working exactly as designed. The combustion engine which is destroying our planet’s…
Want to Read $ 9.99"We need to value the consequences of our actions more than the cleverness of our ideas."-Mike Monteiro, Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It
"We need to value the consequences of our actions more than the cleverness of our ideas."-Mike Monteiro, Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It
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1. Just Enough Research
By: Erika Hall , Jeffrey Zeldman
4.18
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
Design research is a hard slog that takes years to learn and time away from the real work of design… read more
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- art design
- nonfiction
- design
- business
- technology
"A large corporation is more like Australia: it’s impossible to see the whole landscape at once and there are so many things capable of maiming or killing you."-Erika Hall, Just Enough Research
"Some websites are completely optimized for simple conversion, and it’s easy to tell. The design centers on one clear call to action, a vivid lozenge labeled with a verb."-Erika Hall, Just Enough Research
2. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
By: Nir Eyal
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
How do successful companies create products people can’t put down?Why do some products capture wide… read more
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- business
- nonfiction
- design
- technology
3. Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung
By: None , Josef Muller-Brockmann
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Das Werk eignet sich für das Arbeiten in der automatischen Text-/Bildgestaltung. Es zeigt Beispiele… read more
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- art
- art design
- nonfiction
- design
- programming
"Every visual creative work is a manifestation of the character of the designer."-None, Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung
"Every visual creative work is a manifestation of the character of the designer. It is a reflection of his knowledge, his ability, and his mentality."-None, Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung
4. Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
By: Victor Papanek
4.25
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Design for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. … read more
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- art
- art design
- nonfiction
- design
- business
"You are responsible for what you put into the world."-Victor Papanek, Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
"There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a very few of them."-Victor Papanek, Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
"Advertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don`t need, with money they don`t have, in order to impress others who don`t care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today."-Victor Papanek, Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
"It would be tedious to continue piling example upon example, statistic upon statistic. For at a certain point, a feeling of deep lethargy sets in, and our reaction is: 'What's the use?' or 'What can …"-Victor Papanek, Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
5. Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
By: Steve Krug
4.30
Format: None pages, Paperback
Since Don't Make Me Think was first published in 2000, over 400,000 Web designers and developers ha… read more
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- nonfiction
- design
- programming
- business
- technology
6. The Design of Everyday Things
By: Donald A. Norman
4.11
Format: 559 pages, Paperback
Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to c… read more
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- art
- business
- nonfiction
- design
7. Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
By: David Kelley , Tom Kelley
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner an… read more
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- art
- business
- nonfiction
- design
8. Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
By: Jake Knapp , John Zeratsky , None
4.03
Format: 166 pages, Hardcover
From three design partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems… read more
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- business
- nonfiction
- design
9. Speculative Everything - Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming
By: Anthony Dunne
3.33
Format: None pages,
Today designers often focus on making technology easy to use, sexy, and consumable. In "Speculative… read more
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10. Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience
By: None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Every designer has had to justify designs to non-designers, yet most lack the ability to explain th… read more
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11. Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems
By: Steve Krug
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
It's been known for years that usability testing can dramatically improve products. But with a typi… read more
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12. Thinking with Type
By: Ellen Lupton
3.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
The organization of letters on a blank sheet--or screen--is the most basic challenge facing anyone … read more
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13. Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
By: Marty Cagan
4.24
Format: 349 pages, Hardcover
The basic premise of Inspired is that the best tech companies create products in a manner very diff… read more
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- technology
- nonfiction
- design
- business
- audiobook
14. Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It
By: Mike Monteiro
4.12
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
The world is working exactly as designed. The combustion engine which is destroying our planet’s… read more
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- audiobook
- cultural
- art
- politics
- art design
- nonfiction
- design
- programming
- business
- technology
"We need to value the consequences of our actions more than the cleverness of our ideas."-Mike Monteiro, Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It
15. Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
By: Kat Holmes
4.12
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
How inclusive methods can build elegant design solutions that work for all. Sometimes designed obje… read more
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- audiobook
- art
- art design
- nonfiction
- design
- business
- technology
16. Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot
By: Matt Abrahams
3.74
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Develop the life-changing ability to excel in spontaneous communication situations—from public spea… read more
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- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
"Be obvious’ is the most powerful, creative mantra that there is,"-Matt Abrahams, Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot
17. Design Is Storytelling
By: Ellen Lupton
3.97
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Ellen Lupton, award-winning author of Thinking with Type and How Posters Work, demonstrates how sto… read more
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- art
- art design
- nonfiction
- design
- business
18. A Perfect Day to Be Alone
By: Nanae Aoyama
3.12
Format: 160 pages, ebook
It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in… read more
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- audiobook
"I feel like maybe I should use up all my sadness now while I'm young. So, I don't end up all miserable when I'm old."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
"Is that how it feels to you? Oh, you bet. Pain, suffering - that stuff's always scary, no matter how long you've been around."-Nanae Aoyama, A Perfect Day to Be Alone
19. User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
By: Cliff Kuang
4.14
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition can be found here. In User Friendly, Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant… read more
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- audiobook
- art
- art design
- nonfiction
- design
- business
- technology
"Simple as it sounds, that bit of information means the difference between feeling like you’re taking a ride, and feeling like you’ve been taken hostage."-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
"Whether we’re communicating with a human or a machine, the goal is to create a shared understanding of the world. That’s the point behind both the rules governing polite conversation and how a user-f…"-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
"Being polite means following a conversation, not co-opting it and dragging it in other directions. It means knowing who you’re talking with, and knowing what they know. It’s rude to talk over people,…"-Cliff Kuang, User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
20. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
By: Emily Chang
4.01
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
For women in tech, Silicon Valley is not a fantasyland where millions of dollars grow on trees. It'… read more
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- technology
- politics
- nonfiction
- business
- audiobook
21. Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services
By: Jon Yablonski
4.35
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
An understanding of psychology—specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact wit… read more
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- audiobook
- art design
- nonfiction
- design
- programming
- business
- technology
"minimise choices when response time is critical to decrease decision time"-Jon Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services
"As designers, we have a responsibility to remove inherent complexity from our interfaces, or else we ship that complexity to our users. This can result in confusion, frustration and a bad user experi…"-Jon Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services
