Design
Great design shapes every aspect of our world, from the digital interfaces we use daily to the creative processes that drive innovation and problem-solving. These books explore the principles, methodologies, and transformative power of design thinking across disciplines, offering practical frameworks and inspiration for creating more intuitive, meaningful, and human-centered solutions.
Design Book Summaries
Web 2.0
A Strategy Guide
Business
Technology
Internet
Optimize
How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media, and Content Marketing
Business
Social Media
Design
Exposing the Magic of Design
A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis
Design
Business
Education
The Accidental Creative
How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
Business
Self Help
Personal Development
The Shibumi Strategy
A Powerful Way to Create Meaningful Change
Design
Ignore Everybody
and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Business
Art
Self Help
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People
Photography
Art
Reference
Networks of New York
An Illustrated Field Guide to Urban Internet Infrastructure
Technology
New York
Architecture
Creative, Inc.
The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business
Business
Design
Art
Organising Knowledge
Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness
Design
Business
Information Science
Copywriting
Successful Writing for Design, Advertising, and Marketing
Writing
Business
Design
Evidence-Guided
Creating High Impact Products in the Face of Uncertainty
Business
Design
You're My Favorite Client
Design
Business
Website Design
Forever Employable
Business
Leadership
Design
Structural Analysis
Engineering
Civil Engineering
Physics
Bottlenecks
Aligning UX Design with User Psychology
Design
Psychology
12 Essential Skills for Software Architects
Architecture
Programming
Software
The Creativity Leap
Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work
Business
Design
Self Help
Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book
Design
Computers
Technology
Captivology
The Science of Capturing People's Attention
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Small Things Considered
Why There Is No Perfect Design
Design
Science
Engineering
The Basics of User Experience Design
A UX Design Book by the Interaction Design Foundation
Design
Technology
Storytelling for User Experience
Crafting Stories for Better Design
Design
Business
Usability
Moments of Impact
How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change
Business
Leadership
Design
A Beautiful Constraint
How To Transform Your Limitations Into Advantages, and Why It's Everyone's Business
Business
Leadership
Psychology
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
Everything I Know
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
Productivity
Business
Self Help
Ideaflow
The Only Business Metric That Matters
Business
Leadership
Design
Well-Designed
How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love
Design
Business
Leadership
The Longing for Less
Living with Minimalism
Philosophy
Art
Design
Systems Thinking in the Public Sector
The Failure of the Reform Regime... and a Manifesto for a Better Way
Business
Design
How to Measure Anything Workbook
Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business
Business
Management
Design
The Connected Company
Business
Management
Leadership
Presenting Data Effectively
Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact
Business
Design
Reference
Radical Product Thinking
The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter
Business
Leadership
Design
HTML5 for Web Designers
Technology
Design
Reference
Product Leadership
How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams
Business
Leadership
Design
Home Therapy
Interior Design for Increasing Happiness, Boosting Confidence, and Creating Calm: An Interior Design Book
Design
Adult
Self Help
The Graphic Facilitator’s Guide
How to use your listening, thinking and drawing skills to make meaning
Business
Design
Teaching
The Book on the Bookshelf
Books About Books
History
Microhistory
The Art & Science of Facilitation
How to Lead Effective Collaboration with Agile Teams
Business
Leadership
Design
Power to the Public
The Promise of Public Interest Technology
Politics
Technology
Government
Designing Products People Love
How Great Designers Create Successful Products
Design
Business
Entrepreneurship
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web
Designing Large-Scale Web Sites
Design
Web
Reference
Undercover User Experience Design
Learn How to Do Great UX Work with Tiny Budgets, No Time, and Limited Support
Design
Business
Usability
The Designing for Growth Field Book
A Step-by-Step Project Guide
Design
Management
Business
Smashing WordPress
Beyond the Blog
Reference
Website Design
Computers
Creativity for Life
Practical Advice on the Artist's Personality, and Career from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
Writing
Art
Self Help
Coaching the Artist Within
Advice for Writers, Actors, Visual Artists, and Musicians from America's Foremost Creativity Coach
Writing
Art
Self Help
