Design Book Summaries

Normal Accidents Summary
Normal Accidents
Living with High-Risk Technologies
by Charles Perrow 1984 464 pages
4.05
669 ratings
Science
Engineering
Technology
Competing Against Luck Summary
Competing Against Luck
by Clayton M. Christensen 2016 288 pages
4.15
5.8K ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The Lean Product Playbook Summary
The Lean Product Playbook
How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback
by Dan Olsen 2015 307 pages
4.27
3.5K ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
HTML and CSS Summary
HTML and CSS
Design and Build Websites
by Jon Duckett 2011 514 pages
4.30
4.9K ratings
Programming
Design
Computer Science
Universal Principles of Design Summary
Universal Principles of Design
by William Lidwell 2003 216 pages
4.16
5.9K ratings
Design
Business
Art
A Game Design Vocabulary Summary
A Game Design Vocabulary
Exploring the Foundational Principles Behind Good Game Design
by Anna Anthropy 2013 211 pages
3.94
126 ratings
Game Design
Games
Design
Jobs to be Done Summary
Jobs to be Done
Theory to Practice
by Anthony W. Ulwick 2016 171 pages
3.73
925 ratings
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
The Architecture of Happiness Summary
The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton 2006 288 pages
3.86
14.1K ratings
Architecture
Philosophy
Art
Business Model Generation Summary
Business Model Generation
by Alexander Osterwalder 2010 273 pages
4.21
57.9K ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Lean UX Summary
Lean UX
Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
by Jeff Gothelf 2012 148 pages
3.99
6.6K ratings
Design
Business
Technology
Serious Creativity Summary
Serious Creativity
Using The Power Of Lateral Thinking To Create New Ideas
by Edward de Bono 1995
3.83
505 ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Thinkertoys Summary
Thinkertoys
A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques
by Michael Michalko 1991 416 pages
3.98
4.1K ratings
Business
Design
Self Help
Designing for Growth Summary
Designing for Growth
A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers
by Jeanne Liedtka 2011 227 pages
4.00
950 ratings
Business
Design
Leadership
Obviously Awesome Summary
Obviously Awesome
How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It
by April Dunford 2019 204 pages
4.26
3.6K ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Art and Fear Summary
Art and Fear
by David Bayles 1994 122 pages
3.78
98.5K ratings
Art
Writing
Self Help
The Interior Design Handbook Summary
The Interior Design Handbook
Furnish, Decorate, and Style Your Space
by Frida Ramstedt 2019 240 pages
4.15
1.8K ratings
Design
Architecture
Reference
Meaningful Summary
Meaningful
The Story of Ideas That Fly
by Bernadette Jiwa 2015 176 pages
3.71
923 ratings
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
The Animator's Survival Kit Summary
The Animator's Survival Kit
by Richard Williams 2001 342 pages
4.41
7.9K ratings
Art
Reference
Design
Design Justice Summary
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020 360 pages
4.18
506 ratings
Design
Technology
Social Justice
Product Design for the Web Summary
Product Design for the Web
Principles of Designing & Releasing Web Products
by Randy J. Hunt 2013 214 pages
3.76
275 ratings
Design
Business
Website Design
Testing Business Ideas Summary
Testing Business Ideas
A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation
by David J. Bland 2019 368 pages
4.25
973 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Strategic Brand Management Summary
Strategic Brand Management
by Kevin Lane Keller 2007 692 pages
4.03
438 ratings
Business
Management
Textbooks
Escaping the Build Trap Summary
Escaping the Build Trap
How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value
by Melissa Perri 2018 199 pages
4.29
4.5K ratings
Business
Management
Design
The Creative Habit Summary
The Creative Habit
Learn It and Use It for Life
by Twyla Tharp 2003 247 pages
4.08
39.7K ratings
Art
Self Help
Writing
Creative Confidence Summary
Creative Confidence
Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All
by Tom Kelley 2013 288 pages
3.98
14.0K ratings
Design
Business
Self Help
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited Summary
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
by Steve Krug 2000 216 pages
4.24
30.2K ratings
Design
Business
Programming
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Summary
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
by Betty Edwards 1979 291 pages
3.87
369.0K ratings
Art
Drawing
Reference
Neuromarketing Summary
Neuromarketing
Understanding the Buy Buttons in Your Customer's Brain
by Patrick Renvoisé 2005 256 pages
3.90
760 ratings
Psychology
Business
Neuroscience
Design thinking Summary
Design thinking
Business innovation
by Mauricio Vianna 2012 161 pages
3.58
97 ratings
Design
Business
Feck Perfuction Summary
Feck Perfuction
Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life
by James Victore 2019 160 pages
4.05
1.5K ratings
Design
Self Help
Business
Keep Going Summary
Keep Going
10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
by Austin Kleon 2019 224 pages
4.26
16.3K ratings
Art
Self Help
Writing
101 UX Principles Summary
101 UX Principles
A definitive design guide
by Will Grant 2018 273 pages
4.10
153 ratings
Design
Website Design
Software
Emotional Design Summary
Emotional Design
Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman 2003 272 pages
3.95
5.4K ratings
Design
Psychology
Business
The Language of New Media Summary
The Language of New Media
by Lev Manovich 2001 354 pages
3.86
1.0K ratings
Theory
Art
Technology
The Game Changer Summary
The Game Changer
How to Use the Science of Motivation with the Power of Game Design to Shift Behaviour, Shape Culture and Make Clever Happen
by Jason Fox 2014 240 pages
3.87
182 ratings
Business
Self Help
Game Design
A Theory Of Fun For Game Design Summary
A Theory Of Fun For Game Design
by Ralph Koster 2004 279 pages
3.91
3.4K ratings
Game Design
Games
Design
Game Design Workshop Summary
Game Design Workshop
A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games
by Tracy Fullerton 2008 496 pages
4.10
503 ratings
Game Design
Games
Design
Monetizing Innovation Summary
Monetizing Innovation
How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price
by Madhavan Ramanujam 2016 256 pages
4.17
1.2K ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Designing with the Mind in Mind Summary
Designing with the Mind in Mind
Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules
by Jeff Johnson 2010 201 pages
4.10
1.6K ratings
Design
Psychology
Business
Scorecard Marketing Summary
Scorecard Marketing
The four-step playbook for getting better leads and bigger profits
by Daniel Priestley 2022 137 pages
3.76
175 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
The Sciences of the Artificial Summary
The Sciences of the Artificial
by Herbert A. Simon 1969 248 pages
4.29
635 ratings
Science
Philosophy
Design
Storytelling with Data Summary
Storytelling with Data
Let's Practice!
by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic 2019 448 pages
4.48
168 ratings
Business
Design
Technical
Decoded Summary
Decoded
The Science Behind Why We Buy
by Phil P. Barden 2013 280 pages
4.18
1.2K ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
To Engineer Is Human Summary
To Engineer Is Human
The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by Henry Petroski 1985 251 pages
3.68
2.4K ratings
Engineering
Science
Design
Brand Flip, The Summary
Brand Flip, The
Why customers now run companies and how to profit from it
by Marty Neumeier 2015 160 pages
4.30
630 ratings
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
Design for How People Learn Summary
Design for How People Learn
by Julie Dirksen 2011 259 pages
4.26
1.9K ratings
Design
Teaching
Psychology
Buyer Personas Summary
Buyer Personas
How to Gain Insight into your Customer's Expectations, Align your Marketing Strategies, and Win More Business
by Adele Revella 2015 240 pages
3.85
428 ratings
Business
Buisness
Design
Designing Your Life Summary
Designing Your Life
Build a Life that Works for You
by Bill Burnett 2016 240 pages
3.91
21.9K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Business
Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This Summary
Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This
A Guide to Creating Great Ads
by Luke Sullivan 1998 304 pages
4.21
4.9K ratings
Business
Writing
Design
One Plus One Equals Three Summary
One Plus One Equals Three
A Masterclass in Creative Thinking
by Dave Trott 2015 235 pages
4.20
1.6K ratings
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
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