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Art as Therapy Summary
Art as Therapy
by Alain de Botton 2013 240 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Art
Philosophy
Psychology
Design Driven Innovation Summary
Design Driven Innovation
Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean
by Roberto Verganti 2009 288 pages
4.00
498 ratings
Design
Business
Startup
StoryBranding 2.0 Summary
StoryBranding 2.0
Creating Stand-Out Brands Through the Purpose of Story
by Jim Signorelli 2011 296 pages
3.95
216 ratings
Business
Buisness
Communication
Mapping Experiences Summary
Mapping Experiences
A Complete Guide to Creating Value through Journeys, Blueprints, and Diagrams
by James Kalbach 2015 379 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Reference
The Little Dictionary of Fashion Summary
The Little Dictionary of Fashion
A Guide to Dress Sense for Every Woman
by Christian Dior 1954 128 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Fashion
Art
Coffee Table Books
The Choice Factory Summary
The Choice Factory
25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy
by Richard Shotton 2018 202 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
The Product Book Summary
The Product Book
How to Become a Great Product Manager
by Product School 2017 314 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Design
Drawing the Head and Hands Summary
Drawing the Head and Hands
by Andrew Loomis 1956 154 pages
4.23
6k+ ratings
Art
Drawing
Reference
Making and Breaking the Grid Summary
Making and Breaking the Grid
A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
by Timothy Samara 2003 208 pages
3.88
4k+ ratings
Design
Art
Art Design
The Back of the Napkin Summary
The Back of the Napkin
Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
by Dan Roam 2008 278 pages
3.96
15k+ ratings
Business
Design
Communication
Click Summary
Click
How to Make What People Want
by Jake Knapp 2025 240 pages
4.09
330 ratings
Business
Design
Startup
101 Design Methods Summary
101 Design Methods
A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization
by Vijay Kumar 2012 336 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Ebooks
Gamify Summary
Gamify
by Brian Burke 2014 162 pages
3.44
500+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Games
Mental Models Summary
Mental Models
Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior
by Indi Young 2008 299 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Design
Psychology
Business
Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands Summary
Lovemarks The Future Beyond Brands
by Kevin Roberts 2004 248 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Business
Design
Buisness
Hello, My Name Is Awesome Summary
Hello, My Name Is Awesome
How to Create Brand Names That Stick
by Alexandra Watkins 2014 110 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
Beyond Disruption Summary
Beyond Disruption
Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs
by W. Chan Kim 2023 240 pages
3.73
168 ratings
Business
Design
inGenius Summary
inGenius
A Crash Course on Creativity
by Tina Seelig 2012 216 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Psychology
Creative Strategy and the Business of Design Summary
Creative Strategy and the Business of Design
by Douglas Davis 2016 208 pages
4.00
392 ratings
Design
Business
Art Design
The Workshop Survival Guide Summary
The Workshop Survival Guide
How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
by Rob Fitzpatrick 2019 221 pages
4.36
485 ratings
Business
Design
Education
Graphic Design Summary
Graphic Design
The New Basics
by Ellen Lupton 2008 248 pages
3.95
2k+ ratings
Design
Art
Art Design
The Elements of Typographic Style Summary
The Elements of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst 1992 352 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Design
Art
Reference
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto Summary
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto
by Blair Enns 2010 144 pages
4.44
2k+ ratings
Business
Design
Entrepreneurship
Measuring the User Experience Summary
Measuring the User Experience
Collecting, Analyzing, and Presenting Usability Metrics
by Thomas Tullis 2008 320 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Usability
Do the F*cking Work Summary
Do the F*cking Work
Lowbrow Advice for High-Level Creativity
by Brian Buirge 2019 256 pages
3.92
281 ratings
Self Help
Creative
Design
Strategic Writing for UX Summary
Strategic Writing for UX
Drive Engagement, Conversion, and Retention with Every Word
by Torrey Podmajersky 2019 192 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
Design
Writing
Business
Product Roadmaps Relaunched Summary
Product Roadmaps Relaunched
How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty
by C. Todd Lombardo 2017 358 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Business
Management
Design
Design Systems Summary
Design Systems
by Alla Kholmatova 2017 291 pages
4.13
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Website Design
Jony Ive Summary
Jony Ive
The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
by Leander Kahney 2013 274 pages
3.99
7k+ ratings
Biography
Design
Business
How to Fly a Horse Summary
How to Fly a Horse
The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
by Kevin Ashton 2014 336 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Business
History
Science
UX Strategy Summary
UX Strategy
How to Devise Innovative Digital Products that People Want
by Jaime Levy 2014 310 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Design
Business
Technology
Outside In Summary
Outside In
The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business
by Harley Manning 2012 272 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Business
Design
Management
Sparks of Genius Summary
Sparks of Genius
The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People
by Michele Root-Bernstein 2000 416 pages
3.88
475 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Education
Design Thinking Summary
Design Thinking
Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value
by Thomas Lockwood 2009 304 pages
3.85
451 ratings
Design
Business
Art
Solving Product Design Exercises Summary
Solving Product Design Exercises
Questions & Answers
by Artiom Dashinsky 2018 158 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Reference
Content Strategy for the Web Summary
Content Strategy for the Web
by Kristina Halvorson 2012 198 pages
4.00
2k+ ratings
Design
Business
Writing
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
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Professional Development
About Face 3 Summary
About Face 3
The Essentials of Interaction Design
by Alan Cooper 1995 648 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Design
Programming
Technology
UX for Lean Startups Summary
UX for Lean Startups
Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design
by Laura Klein 2013 233 pages
4.10
2k+ ratings
Design
Business
Startup
The Gamer's Brain Summary
The Gamer's Brain
How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design
by Celia Hodent 2017 272 pages
4.29
231 ratings
Game Design
Design
Games
Articulating Design Decisions Summary
Articulating Design Decisions
Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience
by Tom Greever 2015 259 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Design
Business
Communication
Good Services Summary
Good Services
How to design services that work
by Lou Downe 2020 224 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Technology
Emotion By Design Summary
Emotion By Design
Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike
by Greg Hoffman 2022 302 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
Business
Design
Leadership
Designing Experiences Summary
Designing Experiences
by J Robert Rossman 2019 224 pages
3.97
159 ratings
Business
Design
Leadership
Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits Summary
Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits
by Debbie Millman 2011 256 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Design
Business
Psychology
Architectural Digest at 100 Summary
Architectural Digest at 100
A Century of Style
by Architectural Digest 2019 464 pages
4.19
326 ratings
Coffee Table Books
Design
Architecture
Against the smart city Summary
Against the smart city
by Adam Greenfield 2013 152 pages
3.96
132 ratings
Cities
Urban Studies
Design
Design for a Better World Summary
Design for a Better World
Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered
by Donald A. Norman 2023 376 pages
3.61
198 ratings
Design
Sustainability
Environment
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
Glued to Games Summary
Glued to Games
How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound
by Scott Rigby 2011 200 pages
4.00
111 ratings
Game Design
Games
Psychology
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