Design Book Summaries

Design Is a Job Summary
Design Is a Job
by Mike Monteiro 2012 135 pages
4.22
5.1K ratings
Design
Business
Website Design
Community Building on the Web Summary
Community Building on the Web
Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
by Amy Jo Kim 1999 380 pages
3.68
102 ratings
Cultural
Design
Business
The Upcycle Summary
The Upcycle
Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance
by William McDonough 2013 257 pages
4.02
1.2K ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Design
What Customers Want Summary
What Customers Want
Using Outcome-Driven Innovation to Create Breakthrough Products and Services
by Anthony W. Ulwick 2005 256 pages
4.05
600 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Success through Failure Summary
Success through Failure
The Paradox of Design
by Henry Petroski 2006 256 pages
3.59
198 ratings
Engineering
Science
Design
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
This Is Not a T-Shirt Summary
This Is Not a T-Shirt
A Brand, a Culture, a Community--a Life in Streetwear
by Bobby Hundreds 2019 338 pages
4.21
1.2K ratings
Business
Fashion
Memoir
Mobile First Summary
Mobile First
by Luke Wroblewski 2011 130 pages
3.90
2.1K ratings
Design
Website Design
Web
Lean B2B Summary
Lean B2B
Build Products Businesses Want
by Γ‰tienne Garbugli 2014 270 pages
4.18
228 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Information is Beautiful Summary
Information is Beautiful
by David McCandless 2001 255 pages
4.12
3.5K ratings
Design
Reference
Science
Convert! Summary
Convert!
Designing Web Sites to Increase Traffic and Conversion
by Ben Hunt 2011 312 pages
3.94
126 ratings
Business
Design
Usability
Neuro Web Design Summary
Neuro Web Design
What Makes Them Click?
by Susan M. Weinschenk 2008 168 pages
3.85
985 ratings
Design
Psychology
Business
The Freelance Manifesto Summary
The Freelance Manifesto
A Field Guide for the Modern Motion Designer
by Joey Korenman 2017 360 pages
4.54
530 ratings
Business
Design
Productivity
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 Art of Creative Thinking Summary
The Art of Creative Thinking
89 Ways to See Things Differently
by Rod Judkins 2016 208 pages
3.83
260 ratings
Self Help
Design
Art Design
Validating Product Ideas Summary
Validating Product Ideas
Through Lean User Research
by Tomer Sharon 2016 345 pages
4.11
288 ratings
Design
Business
Research
The Power of Visual Storytelling Summary
The Power of Visual Storytelling
How to Use Visuals, Videos, and Social Media to Market Your Brand
by Ekaterina Walter 2014 240 pages
3.67
283 ratings
Business
Design
Social Media
Lateral Thinking Summary
Lateral Thinking
by Edward de Bono 1991 272 pages
3.76
4.6K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Business
Herding Tigers Summary
Herding Tigers
Be the Leader That Creative People Need
by Todd Henry 2018 272 pages
4.22
1.0K ratings
Leadership
Business
Design
Different Summary
Different
Escaping the Competitive Herd
by Youngme Moon 2010 288 pages
3.99
1.9K ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
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
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
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
Think Like a UX Researcher Summary
Think Like a UX Researcher
How to Observe Users, Influence Design, and Shape Business Strategy
by David Travis 2019 294 pages
4.57
311 ratings
Design
Research
Business
Design a Better Business Summary
Design a Better Business
New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation
by Patrick van der Pijl 2016 272 pages
4.13
313 ratings
Business
Design
Leadership
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
Diffusion of Innovations Summary
Diffusion of Innovations
by Everett M. Rogers 1982 576 pages
4.09
1.5K ratings
Business
Sociology
Management
Birth of the Chaordic Age Summary
Birth of the Chaordic Age
VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
by Dee Hock 2000 360 pages
4.25
207 ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Solving Problems with Design Thinking Summary
Solving Problems with Design Thinking
Ten Stories of What Works
by Jeanne Liedtka 2013 232 pages
3.68
196 ratings
Design
Business
Management
Design Thinking for the Greater Good Summary
Design Thinking for the Greater Good
Innovation in the Social Sector
by Jeanne Liedtka 2017 352 pages
3.98
48 ratings
Business
Design
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
Graphic Design Summary
Graphic Design
The New Basics
by Ellen Lupton 2008 248 pages
3.95
2.2K ratings
Design
Art
Art Design
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum Summary
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity
by Alan Cooper 1999 255 pages
3.94
2.9K ratings
Design
Business
Technology
Think Simple Summary
Think Simple
How Smart Leaders Defeat Complexity
by Ken Segall 2016 256 pages
3.64
379 ratings
Business
Leadership
Self Help
How to Get People to Do Stuff Summary
How to Get People to Do Stuff
Master the art and science of persuasion and motivation
by Susan M. Weinschenk 2013 216 pages
3.83
698 ratings
Psychology
Business
Design
How to Have Creative Ideas Summary
How to Have Creative Ideas
62 Games to Develop the Mind
by Edward de Bono 2007 224 pages
3.69
418 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Education
Logo Design Love Summary
Logo Design Love
A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities
by David Airey 2009 220 pages
4.20
4.2K ratings
Design
Business
Art
Manage Your Day-to-Day Summary
Manage Your Day-to-Day
Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind
by Jocelyn K. Glei 2013 253 pages
3.95
25.9K ratings
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Biomimicry Summary
Biomimicry
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus 1997 308 pages
4.01
2.5K ratings
Science
Design
Sustainability
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
How To Get To The Top of Google Summary
How To Get To The Top of Google
The Plain English Guide to SEO
by Tim Cameron-Kitchen 2020 301 pages
4.38
256 ratings
Business
Reference
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
Make Good Art Summary
Make Good Art
by Neil Gaiman 2013 80 pages
4.28
9.8K ratings
Art
Writing
Essays
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang 2020 176 pages
3.62
1.1K ratings
Technology
Business
Economics
How to Think More Effectively Summary
How to Think More Effectively
A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity
by The School of Life 2020 112 pages
4.10
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Productivity
Insight Out Summary
Insight Out
Get Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World
by Tina Seelig 2015 256 pages
3.77
412 ratings
Business
Design
Self Help
The Things We Make Summary
The Things We Make
The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans
by Bill Hammack 2023 272 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
History
Science
Engineering
Mapping Innovation Summary
Mapping Innovation
A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age
by Greg Satell 2017 240 pages
3.88
235 ratings
Business
Design
Leadership
Feng Shui Modern Summary
Feng Shui Modern
by Cliff Tan 2022 192 pages
4.15
1.4K ratings
Design
Self Help
Architecture
Design Systems Summary
Design Systems
A practical guide to creating design languages for digital products
by Alla Kholmatova 2017 288 pages
4.14
588 ratings
Design
Business
Website Design
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