Bookself
Reading. A practice that many designers sadly avoid and when they do, they focus on “design books”. Don’t get me wrong, I love them too; I can spend hours in the design section of a good book store. But we can’t lose ourselves there. In contrary, I believe we should be reading more from everything.
If you’re here to look for design books, I update this list quite oftern. If you are looking for other books, check out my Goodreads profile or get in touch. I’m always happy to talk about books.
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
— Fran Lebowitz
- Sad by Design: On Platform Nihilism, Geert Lovink
- The Design of Everyday Things, Donald Norman
- The art of looking backward, Allan Flecher
- Design as Art, Bruno Munari
- The Vignelli Canon, Massimo Vignelli
- Ways of Seeing, John Berger
- B is for Bauhaus, Deyan Sudjic
- Change by Design, Tim Brown
- What is a Designer, Norman Potter
- Ruined by Design, Mike Monteiro
- User Friendly, Cliff Kuang with Robert Fabricant
- Don't Make me Think, Steve Krug
- Design for the Real World, Victor Papanek
- Thoughts on Design, Paul Rand
- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward R. Tufte
- The Art of Immersion, Frank Rose
- Collaborative Product Design, Austin Govella
- The User Experience Team of One, Leah Buley