Design Book Summaries

Organising Knowledge Summary
Organising Knowledge
Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness
by Patrick Lambe 2007 277 pages
3.95
64 ratings
Design
Business
Information Science
The Gamer's Brain Summary
The Gamer's Brain
How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design
by Celia Hodent 2017 272 pages
4.30
218 ratings
Game Design
Design
Games
The Creativity Leap Summary
The Creativity Leap
Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work
by Natalie Nixon 2020 224 pages
3.78
136 ratings
Business
Design
Self Help
Graphic Design Rules Summary
Graphic Design Rules
365 Essential Design Dos and Don'ts
by Sean Adams 2012 384 pages
3.90
337 ratings
Design
Art
Art Design
Storytelling for User Experience Summary
Storytelling for User Experience
Crafting Stories for Better Design
by Whitney Quesenbery 2010 298 pages
3.74
505 ratings
Design
Business
Usability
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People Summary
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People
by Henry Carroll 2015 129 pages
4.13
1.3K ratings
Photography
Art
Reference
Forever Employable Summary
Forever Employable
by Jeff Gothelf 2020
3.72
424 ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
Copywriting Summary
Copywriting
Successful Writing for Design, Advertising, and Marketing
by Mark Shaw 2009 216 pages
4.05
412 ratings
Writing
Business
Design
Design Your Work Summary
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
by Tiago Forte 2017 303 pages
4.04
191 ratings
Productivity
Business
Self Help
Captivology Summary
Captivology
The Science of Capturing People's Attention
by Ben Parr 2015 256 pages
3.80
382 ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Authenticity Summary
Authenticity
What Consumers Really Want
by James H. Gilmore 2007 320 pages
3.69
220 ratings
Business
Psychology
Philosophy
Networks of New York Summary
Networks of New York
An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure
by Ingrid Burrington 2016 112 pages
3.80
226 ratings
Technology
New York
Architecture
Ignore Everybody Summary
Ignore Everybody
and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
by Hugh MacLeod 2009 159 pages
4.05
26.7K ratings
Business
Art
Self Help
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book Summary
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book
by Adobe Creative Team 2012 400 pages
4.15
312 ratings
Design
Computers
Technology
Ideaflow Summary
Ideaflow
The Only Business Metric That Matters
by Jeremy Utley 2022 304 pages
4.13
326 ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
A Beautiful Constraint Summary
A Beautiful Constraint
How To Transform Your Limitations Into Advantages, and Why It's Everyone's Business
by Adam Morgan 2004 288 pages
3.97
672 ratings
Business
Leadership
Psychology
Evidence-Guided Summary
Evidence-Guided
Creating High Impact Products in the Face of Uncertainty
by Itamar Gilad 2023 250 pages
4.47
145 ratings
Business
Design
Everything I Know Summary
Everything I Know
by Paul Jarvis 2013 146 pages
3.72
798 ratings
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Moments of Impact Summary
Moments of Impact
How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change
by Chris Ertel 2014 272 pages
4.01
457 ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
Structural Analysis Summary
Structural Analysis
by Russell C. Hibbeler 1982 640 pages
4.11
402 ratings
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Physics
Chief Culture Officer Summary
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
by Grant McCracken 2009 272 pages
3.76
253 ratings
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
Small Things Considered Summary
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
by Henry Petroski 2003 304 pages
3.40
332 ratings
Design
Science
Engineering
Focus Groups Summary
Focus Groups
A Practical Guide for Applied Research
by Richard A. Krueger 1988 320 pages
3.79
126 ratings
Research
Academic
Buisness
Making Comics Summary
Making Comics
Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
by Scott McCloud 2006 264 pages
4.35
9.5K ratings
Comics
Art
Graphic Novels
The Basics of User Experience Design Summary
The Basics of User Experience Design
A UX Design Book by the Interaction Design Foundation
by Mads Soegaard 2018 96 pages
3.65
189 ratings
Design
Technology
Home Therapy Summary
Home Therapy
Interior Design for Increasing Happiness, Boosting Confidence, and Creating Calm: An Interior Design Book
by Anita Yokota 2022 304 pages
3.56
335 ratings
Design
Adult
Self Help
HTML5 for Web Designers Summary
HTML5 for Web Designers
by Jeremy Keith 2010 87 pages
3.98
3.1K ratings
Technology
Design
Reference
How to Measure Anything Workbook Summary
How to Measure Anything Workbook
Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business
by Douglas W. Hubbard 2014 160 pages
4.09
213 ratings
Business
Management
Design
Radical Product Thinking Summary
Radical Product Thinking
The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter
by R. Dutt 2021 216 pages
3.97
176 ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
The Longing for Less Summary
The Longing for Less
Living with Minimalism
by Kyle Chayka 2020 272 pages
3.48
1.2K ratings
Philosophy
Art
Design
Product Leadership Summary
Product Leadership
How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams
by Richard Banfield 2017 246 pages
3.64
1.1K ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
The Connected Company Summary
The Connected Company
by Dave Gray 2012 303 pages
4.11
612 ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The Designing for Growth Field Book Summary
The Designing for Growth Field Book
A Step-by-Step Project Guide
by Jeanne Liedtka 2013 133 pages
4.01
112 ratings
Design
Management
Business
Well-Designed Summary
Well-Designed
How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love
by Jon Kolko 2014 224 pages
3.90
497 ratings
Design
Business
Leadership
Presenting Data Effectively Summary
Presenting Data Effectively
Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact
by Stephanie D.H. Evergreen 2013 200 pages
4.33
123 ratings
Business
Design
Reference
The Graphic Facilitator’s Guide Summary
The Graphic Facilitator’s Guide
How to use your listening, thinking and drawing skills to make meaning
by Brandy Agerbeck 2012 306 pages
4.20
125 ratings
Business
Design
Teaching
The Systems Bible Summary
The Systems Bible
The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small
by John Gall 1977 316 pages
3.99
1.0K ratings
Business
Science
Programming
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector Summary
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector
The Failure of the Reform Regime... and a Manifesto for a Better Way
by John Seddon 2008 224 pages
3.95
100 ratings
Business
Design
Undercover User Experience Design Summary
Undercover User Experience Design
Learn How to Do Great UX Work with Tiny Budgets, No Time, and Limited Support
by Cennydd Bowles 2010 183 pages
4.03
506 ratings
Design
Business
Usability
Power to the Public Summary
Power to the Public
The Promise of Public Interest Technology
by Tara Dawson McGuinness 2021 208 pages
4.00
304 ratings
Politics
Technology
Government
Smashing WordPress Summary
Smashing WordPress
Beyond the Blog
by Thord D. Hedengren 2010 322 pages
3.77
248 ratings
Reference
Website Design
Computers
Creativity for Life Summary
Creativity for Life
Practical Advice on the Artist's Personality, and Career from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
by Eric Maisel 2007 400 pages
3.94
116 ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Design Your Work Summary
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
by Tiago Forte 2017 303 pages
4.04
191 ratings
Productivity
Business
Self Help
Memory Summary
Memory
by Alan Baddeley 1982 464 pages
3.80
216 ratings
Psychology
Science
Textbooks
The Book on the Bookshelf Summary
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski 1999 304 pages
3.75
1.5K ratings
Books About Books
History
Microhistory
Coaching the Artist Within Summary
Coaching the Artist Within
Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
by Eric Maisel 2005 256 pages
4.07
388 ratings
Writing
Art
Self Help
Presentations in Action Summary
Presentations in Action
80 Memorable Presentation Lessons from the Masters
by Jerry Weissman 2011 188 pages
3.71
171 ratings
Business
Reference
How To
The Elements of Typographic Style Summary
The Elements of Typographic Style
Version 4.0
by Robert Bringhurst 1992 382 pages
4.26
9.0K ratings
Design
Art
Reference
The Art & Science of Facilitation Summary
The Art & Science of Facilitation
How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams
by Marsha Acker 2021 196 pages
4.19
103 ratings
Business
Leadership
Design
Start at the End Summary
Start at the End
How to Build Products That Create Change
by Matt Wallaert 2019 256 pages
3.81
413 ratings
Business
Design
Psychology
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