50 Books like You're My Favorite Client

Burn Your Portfolio

by Michael Janda • 2013

The business skills design school skipped, and why they matter more than the design itself.

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📐 Business Of Design 💼 Freelance Design 🤝 Client Relationships 💰 Pricing Strategies 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Creative Teamwork

Burn Your Portfolio 96%

The business skills design school skipped, and why they matter more than the design itself.

by Michael Janda 2013

4.14

679 ratings

📐 Business Of Design 💼 Freelance Design 🤝 Client Relationships 💰 Pricing Strategies 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Creative Teamwork

Articulating Design Decisions

by Tom Greever • 2015

Designing is easy. Explaining your choices to skeptical stakeholders is the real job.

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🖥️ Ux Design 🤝 Stakeholder Management 💬 Persuasive Communication 👂 Active Listening 👤 User-Centered Design

Articulating Design Decisions 96%

Designing is easy. Explaining your choices to skeptical stakeholders is the real job.

by Tom Greever 2015

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2k+ ratings

🖥️ Ux Design 🤝 Stakeholder Management 💬 Persuasive Communication 👂 Active Listening 👤 User-Centered Design

Starting Your Career as a Graphic Designer

by Michael Fleishman • 2014

Design skill is the starting line. Pricing, selling, and client survival are the race.

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🎨 Graphic Design 💼 Creative Business 🌱 New Designers 📋 Professional Practice 🤝 Client Management

Starting Your Career as a Graphic Designer Summary

Starting Your Career as a Graphic Designer 95%

Design skill is the starting line. Pricing, selling, and client survival are the race.

by Michael Fleishman 2014

4.00

3 ratings

🎨 Graphic Design 💼 Creative Business 🌱 New Designers 📋 Professional Practice 🤝 Client Management

Design Thinking

by Nigel Cross • 2011

Design has its own logic: designers don't analyze what exists but propose what might be.

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🧠 Design Cognition 🔧 Design Methodology 🖼️ Problem Framing 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🔄 Iterative Process

Design Thinking 95%

Design has its own logic: designers don't analyze what exists but propose what might be.

by Nigel Cross 2011

3.55

315 ratings

🧠 Design Cognition 🔧 Design Methodology 🖼️ Problem Framing 💡 Creative Problem Solving 🔄 Iterative Process

Creative Strategy and the Business of Design

by Douglas Davis • 2016

The business and strategy skills that move designers from order-takers to trusted partners.

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392

🎯 Creative Strategy 💼 Business For Designers 🏷️ Brand Strategy 🧩 Strategic Design 💬 Client Communication

Creative Strategy and the Business of Design Summary

Creative Strategy and the Business of Design 95%

The business and strategy skills that move designers from order-takers to trusted partners.

by Douglas Davis 2016

4.00

392 ratings

🎯 Creative Strategy 💼 Business For Designers 🏷️ Brand Strategy 🧩 Strategic Design 💬 Client Communication

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

by Adrian Shaughnessy • 2005

Design's missing curriculum: land clients, frame your worth, and keep your ethics intact.

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💼 Design Business 🧑‍🎨 Creative Freelancing ⚖️ Design Ethics 👁️ Visual Literacy 🖌️ Studio Practice

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul Summary

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul 95%

Design's missing curriculum: land clients, frame your worth, and keep your ethics intact.

by Adrian Shaughnessy 2005

3.98

5k+ ratings

💼 Design Business 🧑‍🎨 Creative Freelancing ⚖️ Design Ethics 👁️ Visual Literacy 🖌️ Studio Practice

The Ten Faces of Innovation

by Tom Kelley • 2005

When every new idea gets shot down, ten specific roles can rescue innovation.

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💡 Design Thinking 🏢 Innovation Management 🔧 Rapid Prototyping ❤️ Customer Empathy 🤝 Creative Collaboration

The Ten Faces of Innovation 95%

When every new idea gets shot down, ten specific roles can rescue innovation.

by Tom Kelley 2005

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5k+ ratings

💡 Design Thinking 🏢 Innovation Management 🔧 Rapid Prototyping ❤️ Customer Empathy 🤝 Creative Collaboration

Well-Designed

by Jon Kolko • 2014

The best products win on emotion, not features. How to design with empathy instead of assumptions.

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512

📐 Product Design 🧩 User Experience 📋 Product Management 💡 Design Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Design

Well-Designed 95%

The best products win on emotion, not features. How to design with empathy instead of assumptions.

by Jon Kolko 2014

3.89

512 ratings

📐 Product Design 🧩 User Experience 📋 Product Management 💡 Design Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Design

Making Ideas Happen

by Scott Belsky • 2010

The reason creatives don't finish projects isn't talent or ideas; it's the lack of a workflow.

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29k+

📋 Task Management 🎨 Design Thinking 🧑‍🎨 Creative Professionals 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Team Dynamics

Making Ideas Happen 94%

The reason creatives don't finish projects isn't talent or ideas; it's the lack of a workflow.

by Scott Belsky 2010

4.10

29k+ ratings

📋 Task Management 🎨 Design Thinking 🧑‍🎨 Creative Professionals 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🤝 Team Dynamics

CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People

by Warren Berger • 2009

How a single shift in problem solving, from solutions to questions, ignites innovation in any field.

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469

💡 Design Thinking 🏢 Business Innovation 🧠 Creative Problem Solving 🔄 Rapid Prototyping 🔍 User Research

CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People Summary

CAD Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies, and T-Shaped People 94%

How a single shift in problem solving, from solutions to questions, ignites innovation in any field.

by Warren Berger 2009

4.06

469 ratings

💡 Design Thinking 🏢 Business Innovation 🧠 Creative Problem Solving 🔄 Rapid Prototyping 🔍 User Research

The Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A. Norman • 1988

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

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🖥️ User Experience 📐 Product Design 🧠 Design Psychology 🔧 Usability 💡 Design Thinking

The Design of Everyday Things 94%

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

by Donald A. Norman 1988

4.15

48k+ ratings

🖥️ User Experience 📐 Product Design 🧠 Design Psychology 🔧 Usability 💡 Design Thinking

Innovation Games

by Luke Hohmann • 2006

Turn customer discovery into a game: the play-based way to uncover what buyers really need.

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🛠️ Product Development 👥 Participatory Design 💡 Design Thinking 🔍 Customer Insights 🧩 Workshop Facilitation

Innovation Games 94%

Turn customer discovery into a game: the play-based way to uncover what buyers really need.

by Luke Hohmann 2006

3.98

305 ratings

🛠️ Product Development 👥 Participatory Design 💡 Design Thinking 🔍 Customer Insights 🧩 Workshop Facilitation

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 94%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Emotional Design

by Donald A. Norman • 2003

Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.

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🧠 Design Psychology 🎨 Aesthetics And Usability 🖱️ Interaction Design 💡 Design Thinking 🧩 Cognition And Affect

Emotional Design 94%

Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.

by Donald A. Norman 2003

3.95

6k+ ratings

🧠 Design Psychology 🎨 Aesthetics And Usability 🖱️ Interaction Design 💡 Design Thinking 🧩 Cognition And Affect

The Design Thinking Playbook

by Michael Lewrick • 2018

A playbook for applying design thinking beyond products: ecosystems, digital transformation, and AI.

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🧠 Design Thinking 💻 Digital Transformation 👤 Human-Centered Design 🔧 Service Design 🌐 Business Ecosystems

The Design Thinking Playbook 94%

A playbook for applying design thinking beyond products: ecosystems, digital transformation, and AI.

by Michael Lewrick 2018

3.89

482 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 💻 Digital Transformation 👤 Human-Centered Design 🔧 Service Design 🌐 Business Ecosystems

Design thinking

by Mauricio Vianna • 2012

Most innovation chases technology or markets. This method chases human meaning instead.

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100

🧑‍🎨 Human-Centered Design 📐 Design Methodology 🚀 Innovation Management 🔁 Iterative Prototyping 🔍 User Research

Design thinking 94%

Most innovation chases technology or markets. This method chases human meaning instead.

by Mauricio Vianna 2012

3.55

100 ratings

🧑‍🎨 Human-Centered Design 📐 Design Methodology 🚀 Innovation Management 🔁 Iterative Prototyping 🔍 User Research

Designing Experiences

by J Robert Rossman • 2019

Turn any interaction into a journey: a design system from first anticipation to final memory.

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159

🎨 Experience Design 💡 Design Thinking 🗺️ Journey Mapping 📖 Narrative Design 🤝 Co-Creation

Designing Experiences 94%

Turn any interaction into a journey: a design system from first anticipation to final memory.

by J Robert Rossman 2019

3.97

159 ratings

🎨 Experience Design 💡 Design Thinking 🗺️ Journey Mapping 📖 Narrative Design 🤝 Co-Creation

Design Systems

by Alla Kholmatova • 2017

Your pattern library is not a design system. Shared language and team practices close the gap.

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608

🧱 Design Systems 🖥️ Interface Design 📐 Design Principles 🤝 Design Collaboration 🏷️ Brand Identity

Design Systems 94%

Your pattern library is not a design system. Shared language and team practices close the gap.

by Alla Kholmatova 2017

4.13

608 ratings

🧱 Design Systems 🖥️ Interface Design 📐 Design Principles 🤝 Design Collaboration 🏷️ Brand Identity

Logos that Last

by Allan Peters • 2023

Six weeks of iteration, vintage hunting, and one rule: build a logo that outlives the trends.

4.21

253

✏️ Logo Design 🏷️ Brand Identity ⚙️ Design Process 📻 Vintage Inspiration 🧩 Brand Systems

Logos that Last 94%

Six weeks of iteration, vintage hunting, and one rule: build a logo that outlives the trends.

by Allan Peters 2023

4.21

253 ratings

✏️ Logo Design 🏷️ Brand Identity ⚙️ Design Process 📻 Vintage Inspiration 🧩 Brand Systems

Creative Confidence

by Tom Kelley • 2013

Creativity is a muscle anyone can build: start with empathy, prototype fast, and learn from failure.

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14k+

👥 Human-Centered Design ✍️ Creative Practice 😨 Fear Of Failure 🔄 Reframing Problems 🧪 Prototyping Methods

Creative Confidence 94%

Creativity is a muscle anyone can build: start with empathy, prototype fast, and learn from failure.

by Tom Kelley 2013

3.97

14k+ ratings

👥 Human-Centered Design ✍️ Creative Practice 😨 Fear Of Failure 🔄 Reframing Problems 🧪 Prototyping Methods

The Laws of Simplicity

by John Maeda • 2006

Simplicity is subtraction with meaning: ten design laws for making complex things feel effortless.

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7k+

🧠 Design Philosophy 💻 User Experience Design ✨ Minimalist Design 🧩 Complexity Management 🗂️ Information Architecture

The Laws of Simplicity 94%

Simplicity is subtraction with meaning: ten design laws for making complex things feel effortless.

by John Maeda 2006

3.89

7k+ ratings

🧠 Design Philosophy 💻 User Experience Design ✨ Minimalist Design 🧩 Complexity Management 🗂️ Information Architecture

Storytelling for User Experience

by Whitney Quesenbery • 2010

Data alone doesn't persuade. Turn user research into stories that align teams and drive design.

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505

🖥️ Ux Design 📖 Storytelling In Design 🔍 Design Research 👤 User-Centered Design 💬 Design Communication

Storytelling for User Experience Summary

Storytelling for User Experience 94%

Data alone doesn't persuade. Turn user research into stories that align teams and drive design.

by Whitney Quesenbery 2010

3.75

505 ratings

🖥️ Ux Design 📖 Storytelling In Design 🔍 Design Research 👤 User-Centered Design 💬 Design Communication

The User Experience Team of One

by Leah Buley • 2013

Win allies, test fast, and ship better products as the solo UX designer: the lightweight methods.

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2k+

📱 User Experience Design 🧑‍💻 Solo Designers 🔍 Guerrilla Research 🧪 Usability Testing 🤝 Stakeholder Buy-In

The User Experience Team of One 94%

Win allies, test fast, and ship better products as the solo UX designer: the lightweight methods.

by Leah Buley 2013

4.19

2k+ ratings

📱 User Experience Design 🧑‍💻 Solo Designers 🔍 Guerrilla Research 🧪 Usability Testing 🤝 Stakeholder Buy-In

The Art of Innovation

by Tom Kelley • 2001

How the firm behind Apple's first mouse systematized innovation into a repeatable process.

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8k+

🧠 Design Thinking 🎨 Product Design 🔍 User Research 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping ✨ Experience Design

The Art of Innovation 94%

How the firm behind Apple's first mouse systematized innovation into a repeatable process.

by Tom Kelley 2001

3.95

8k+ ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 🎨 Product Design 🔍 User Research 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping ✨ Experience Design

46 Rules of Genius, The

by Marty Neumeier • 2014

Break the rules, then build better ones: a designer's system for making creativity reliable.

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302

🎨 Design Thinking 🧩 Innovation Frameworks 🔗 Systems Thinking ✂️ Simplification 🔍 Problem Framing

46 Rules of Genius, The 94%

Break the rules, then build better ones: a designer's system for making creativity reliable.

by Marty Neumeier 2014

3.85

302 ratings

🎨 Design Thinking 🧩 Innovation Frameworks 🔗 Systems Thinking ✂️ Simplification 🔍 Problem Framing

Mental Models

by Indi Young • 2008

Turn user research chaos into a single diagram that exposes exactly what your product is missing.

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1k+

🧭 Ux Strategy 🧩 Design Strategy 📦 Product Management 🔍 User Research Methods 📋 Task Analysis

Mental Models 94%

Turn user research chaos into a single diagram that exposes exactly what your product is missing.

by Indi Young 2008

3.86

1k+ ratings

🧭 Ux Strategy 🧩 Design Strategy 📦 Product Management 🔍 User Research Methods 📋 Task Analysis

Product Design for the Web

by Randy J. Hunt • 2013

Why shipping early and designing the invisible parts matters more than getting the pixels right.

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278

📱 Product Design ✨ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Design 🧭 Usability 🏗️ Lean Methodology

Product Design for the Web 94%

Why shipping early and designing the invisible parts matters more than getting the pixels right.

by Randy J. Hunt 2013

3.76

278 ratings

📱 Product Design ✨ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Design 🧭 Usability 🏗️ Lean Methodology

Think Like a UX Researcher

by David Travis • 2019

Observation beats opinion. How to run UX research that actually drives business decisions.

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329

🧪 Design Research 🔍 Usability Testing 👁️ Behavioral Observation 🤲 Human-Centered Design 🔄 Iterative Design

Think Like a UX Researcher 94%

Observation beats opinion. How to run UX research that actually drives business decisions.

by David Travis 2019

4.57

329 ratings

🧪 Design Research 🔍 Usability Testing 👁️ Behavioral Observation 🤲 Human-Centered Design 🔄 Iterative Design

The Freelance Manifesto

by Joey Korenman • 2017

Motion designers can hit six figures freelancing. A field guide to portfolio, pricing, and trust.

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551

🎬 Motion Design 💼 Freelance Business 🎨 Creative Careers 📁 Portfolio Building 🤝 Client Relationships

The Freelance Manifesto 94%

Motion designers can hit six figures freelancing. A field guide to portfolio, pricing, and trust.

by Joey Korenman 2017

4.52

551 ratings

🎬 Motion Design 💼 Freelance Business 🎨 Creative Careers 📁 Portfolio Building 🤝 Client Relationships

Designing for Growth

by JeanneLiedtka • 2011

Four questions, simple canvases, fast prototypes: the design thinking playbook for managers.

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952

🧠 Design Thinking 🏢 Corporate Innovation 👥 Human-Centered Design 💙 Customer Empathy ⚡ Rapid Prototyping

Designing for Growth 94%

Four questions, simple canvases, fast prototypes: the design thinking playbook for managers.

by JeanneLiedtka 2011

3.99

952 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 🏢 Corporate Innovation 👥 Human-Centered Design 💙 Customer Empathy ⚡ Rapid Prototyping

Design Your Thinking

by Pavan Soni • 2020

A five-stage system that treats creative problem-solving as a repeatable skill, not a rare gift.

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283

🧠 Design Thinking 💡 Creative Problem-Solving ⚡ Rapid Prototyping ❤️ Empathy In Business 📉 Failure Culture

Design Your Thinking 94%

A five-stage system that treats creative problem-solving as a repeatable skill, not a rare gift.

by Pavan Soni 2020

4.62

283 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 💡 Creative Problem-Solving ⚡ Rapid Prototyping ❤️ Empathy In Business 📉 Failure Culture

Badass

by Kathy Sierra • 2015

Better users beat better features. A method for designing skill into the first 30 minutes.

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1k+

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ User Experience 🧠 Learning Science 👤 User-Centered Design 📐 Learning Design

Badass 94%

Better users beat better features. A method for designing skill into the first 30 minutes.

by Kathy Sierra 2015

4.17

1k+ ratings

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ User Experience 🧠 Learning Science 👤 User-Centered Design 📐 Learning Design

The Project50

by Tom Peters • 1999

Turn any project into art: the contrarian rules for stunning, revolutionary, indispensable work.

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247

📋 Project Management 💡 Innovation Culture 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping 🤝 Stakeholder Buy-In 👤 User Experience

The Project50 94%

Turn any project into art: the contrarian rules for stunning, revolutionary, indispensable work.

by Tom Peters 1999

4.04

247 ratings

📋 Project Management 💡 Innovation Culture 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping 🤝 Stakeholder Buy-In 👤 User Experience

Design a Better Business

by Patrick van der Pijl • 2016

Replace business plans with business experiments: the visual toolkit for strategy and innovation.

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318

🧠 Design Thinking 💼 Business Model Innovation 👁️ Visual Thinking 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping 💗 Customer Empathy

Design a Better Business 93%

Replace business plans with business experiments: the visual toolkit for strategy and innovation.

by Patrick van der Pijl 2016

4.14

318 ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 💼 Business Model Innovation 👁️ Visual Thinking 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping 💗 Customer Empathy

The Brand Flip

by Marty Neumeier • 2015

The internet handed customers the controls. Most companies still haven't noticed who's driving.

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673

🎯 Brand Strategy ✨ Customer Experience 🎨 Design Thinking 🧠 Consumer Psychology 👥 Community Building

The Brand Flip 93%

The internet handed customers the controls. Most companies still haven't noticed who's driving.

by Marty Neumeier 2015

4.30

673 ratings

🎯 Brand Strategy ✨ Customer Experience 🎨 Design Thinking 🧠 Consumer Psychology 👥 Community Building

Good Services

by Lou Downe • 2020

Your service assumes a normal user. That user doesn't exist. The design rules that work anyway.

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891

🧩 Service Design 🤲 Human-Centered Design ♿ Inclusive Design 💻 Digital Transformation 🔍 User Research

Good Services 93%

Your service assumes a normal user. That user doesn't exist. The design rules that work anyway.

by Lou Downe 2020

4.29

891 ratings

🧩 Service Design 🤲 Human-Centered Design ♿ Inclusive Design 💻 Digital Transformation 🔍 User Research

How Creativity Rules the World

by Maria Brito • 2022

Your best idea will arrive in silence, after a failure, or from someone unlike you.

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251

🎨 Art And Business 💼 Creative Business 🛠️ Creative Process 🧘 Creative Solitude 💥 Embracing Failure

How Creativity Rules the World 93%

Your best idea will arrive in silence, after a failure, or from someone unlike you.

by Maria Brito 2022

3.78

251 ratings

🎨 Art And Business 💼 Creative Business 🛠️ Creative Process 🧘 Creative Solitude 💥 Embracing Failure

Exposing the Magic of Design

by Jon Kolko • 2010

Research reveals what is; synthesis reveals what could be. The methods for crossing that gap.

4.09

210

🧩 Sensemaking 🔍 Design Research 🧠 Abductive Reasoning 🗺️ Concept Mapping 🛤️ Experience Mapping

Exposing the Magic of Design 93%

Research reveals what is; synthesis reveals what could be. The methods for crossing that gap.

by Jon Kolko 2010

4.09

210 ratings

🧩 Sensemaking 🔍 Design Research 🧠 Abductive Reasoning 🗺️ Concept Mapping 🛤️ Experience Mapping

The Creativity Leap

by Natalie Nixon • 2020

You're not uncreative. You just haven't been trained to toggle between curiosity and discipline.

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💡 Design Thinking 🎨 Creativity At Work 🎭 Improv In Business 🔮 Intuition At Work ❓ Inquiry Cultures

The Creativity Leap 93%

You're not uncreative. You just haven't been trained to toggle between curiosity and discipline.

by Natalie Nixon 2020

3.75

153 ratings

💡 Design Thinking 🎨 Creativity At Work 🎭 Improv In Business 🔮 Intuition At Work ❓ Inquiry Cultures

Insanely Simple

by Ken Segall • 2012

Apple's secret: a hatred of complexity that governs teams, products, marketing. An insider explains.

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6k+

📱 Product Design 🏢 Corporate Culture 👥 Small Teams ✨ User Experience 🎯 Brand Strategy

Insanely Simple 93%

Apple's secret: a hatred of complexity that governs teams, products, marketing. An insider explains.

by Ken Segall 2012

3.91

6k+ ratings

📱 Product Design 🏢 Corporate Culture 👥 Small Teams ✨ User Experience 🎯 Brand Strategy

Hello, My Name Is Awesome

by Alexandra Watkins • 2014

A veteran namer's simple filter for brand names that charm strangers instead of confusing them.

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983

🏷️ Brand Strategy ✏️ Identity Design 😊 Emotional Branding 💬 Word Of Mouth 💡 Creative Process

Hello, My Name Is Awesome 93%

A veteran namer's simple filter for brand names that charm strangers instead of confusing them.

by Alexandra Watkins 2014

4.13

983 ratings

🏷️ Brand Strategy ✏️ Identity Design 😊 Emotional Branding 💬 Word Of Mouth 💡 Creative Process

The Design of Business

by Roger L. Martin • 2009

Data tells you what worked yesterday. Breakthroughs demand a logic that works forward.

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2k+

🧩 Design Thinking 🏗️ Organizational Design 💡 Innovation Strategy 🫂 Human-Centered Design 🎨 Creativity In Business

The Design of Business 93%

Data tells you what worked yesterday. Breakthroughs demand a logic that works forward.

by Roger L. Martin 2009

3.92

2k+ ratings

🧩 Design Thinking 🏗️ Organizational Design 💡 Innovation Strategy 🫂 Human-Centered Design 🎨 Creativity In Business

Introduction to Design Thinking for UX Beginners

by Uijun Park • 2023

UX is problem discovery, not decoration. A beginner's method from research to testing to hired.

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114

🎨 Ux Design 🧠 Design Thinking 🔍 User Research 🏗️ Information Architecture 📋 Ux Career

Introduction to Design Thinking for UX Beginners Summary

Introduction to Design Thinking for UX Beginners 93%

UX is problem discovery, not decoration. A beginner's method from research to testing to hired.

by Uijun Park 2023

4.09

114 ratings

🎨 Ux Design 🧠 Design Thinking 🔍 User Research 🏗️ Information Architecture 📋 Ux Career

Meaningful

by Bernadette Jiwa • 2015

Why solving the problems people have stopped noticing builds brands they never stop loving.

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939

🎨 Design Thinking 💛 Customer Empathy 🎯 Product-Market Fit 🤝 Brand Affinity 💫 Emotional Design

Meaningful 93%

Why solving the problems people have stopped noticing builds brands they never stop loving.

by Bernadette Jiwa 2015

3.71

939 ratings

🎨 Design Thinking 💛 Customer Empathy 🎯 Product-Market Fit 🤝 Brand Affinity 💫 Emotional Design

What Would Apple Do?

by Dirk Beckmann • 2013

The design and business rules Apple uses to dominate industries, and how to steal them.

3.21

📱 Product Design 💻 Technology Business 🧑‍💻 User-Centered Design 🔗 Platform Ecosystems 🏷️ Brand Building

What Would Apple Do? 93%

The design and business rules Apple uses to dominate industries, and how to steal them.

by Dirk Beckmann 2013

3.21

43 ratings

📱 Product Design 💻 Technology Business 🧑‍💻 User-Centered Design 🔗 Platform Ecosystems 🏷️ Brand Building

Manage Your Day-to-Day

by Jocelyn K. Glei • 2013

Reclaim your best creative hours from email and distraction with one rule that puts the work first.

3.98

28k+

🎨 Creative Workflow 🔕 Attention Management 🔄 Habit Design 📵 Digital Minimalism 🚧 Creative Constraints

Manage Your Day-to-Day 93%

Reclaim your best creative hours from email and distraction with one rule that puts the work first.

by Jocelyn K. Glei 2013

3.98

28k+ ratings

🎨 Creative Workflow 🔕 Attention Management 🔄 Habit Design 📵 Digital Minimalism 🚧 Creative Constraints

Presentation Zen

by Garr Reynolds • 2007

A presentation is a documentary, not a document. Strip it down to story, image, and space.

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15k+

🎨 Presentation Design 🎤 Public Speaking 📖 Storytelling In Business 👁️ Visual Communication 🧘 Zen And Creativity

Presentation Zen 93%

A presentation is a documentary, not a document. Strip it down to story, image, and space.

by Garr Reynolds 2007

4.05

15k+ ratings

🎨 Presentation Design 🎤 Public Speaking 📖 Storytelling In Business 👁️ Visual Communication 🧘 Zen And Creativity

One Little Spark!

by Marty Sklar • 2015

Ten principles from Disney Imagineering that turn ideas into attractions millions love.

3.96

694

🎢 Theme Park Design 🌟 Creative Leadership 📐 Design Principles 🏰 Guest Experience Design 🤝 Creative Collaboration

One Little Spark! 93%

Ten principles from Disney Imagineering that turn ideas into attractions millions love.

by Marty Sklar 2015

3.96

694 ratings

🎢 Theme Park Design 🌟 Creative Leadership 📐 Design Principles 🏰 Guest Experience Design 🤝 Creative Collaboration

The Win Without Pitching Manifesto

by Blair Enns • 2010

The pitch is the enemy: how creative firms win clients without giving away their thinking.

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3k+

💼 Professional Services 🏛️ Agency Management 🎯 Niche Specialization 🩺 Diagnostic Selling 🧠 Expert Positioning

The Win Without Pitching Manifesto Summary

The Win Without Pitching Manifesto 93%

The pitch is the enemy: how creative firms win clients without giving away their thinking.

by Blair Enns 2010

4.44

3k+ ratings

💼 Professional Services 🏛️ Agency Management 🎯 Niche Specialization 🩺 Diagnostic Selling 🧠 Expert Positioning

Red Thread Thinking

by Debra Kaye • 2013

Innovation isn't genius. It's connecting what you already have to what consumers won't say.

3.74

201

🔄 Innovation Strategy 🧠 Design Thinking 🔍 Consumer Research 📱 Product Design 🎨 Visual Communication

Red Thread Thinking 93%

Innovation isn't genius. It's connecting what you already have to what consumers won't say.

by Debra Kaye 2013

3.74

201 ratings

🔄 Innovation Strategy 🧠 Design Thinking 🔍 Consumer Research 📱 Product Design 🎨 Visual Communication

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