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
Actionable Gamification
Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards
Business
Design
Psychology
Emotion By Design
Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike
Business
Design
Leadership
Making Ideas Happen
Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
Business
Productivity
Design
Scorecard Marketing
The four-step playbook for getting better leads and bigger profits
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
Making and Breaking the Grid
A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
Design
Art
Art Design
Landing Page Optimization
The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions
Business
Design
Web
22 Immutable Laws of Branding. Abridged.
Business
Design
Self Help
Product Leadership
How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams
Business
Leadership
Design
Resonate
Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences
Business
Design
Communication
Gamification by Design
Implementing Game Mechanics in Web and Mobile Apps
Design
Game Design
Business
The Workshop Survival Guide
How to design and teach educational workshops that work every time
Business
Design
Education
Product-Led Growth
How to Build a Product That Sells Itself
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
UX for Lean Startups
Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design
Design
Business
Entrepreneurship
Copywriting
Successful Writing for Design, Advertising, and Marketing
Writing
Business
Design
Design for How People Learn
Design
Teaching
Psychology
Strategic Writing for UX
Drive Engagement, Conversion, and Retention with Every Word
Design
Writing
Business
Design Is Storytelling
Design
Art
Business
Design a Better Business
New Tools, Skills, and Mindset for Strategy and Innovation
Business
Design
Leadership
How to Speak Machine
Laws of Design for a Computational Age
Design
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Design Your Work
Praxis Volume 1
Productivity
Business
Self Help
Storytelling for User Experience
Crafting Stories for Better Design
Design
Business
Usability
Keep Going
10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
Art
Self Help
Writing
The Making of a Manager
What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
Business
Leadership
Management
Birth of the Chaordic Age
VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization
Business
Leadership
Management
The Product Book
How to Become a Great Product Manager
Business
Management
Design
Refactoring UI
Design
Programming
Technology
Loved
How to Market Tech Products Customers Adore
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Outside In
The Power of Putting Customers at the Center of Your Business
Business
Design
Buisness
Designing Your Life - How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life
Self Help
Personal Development
Psychology
The Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
Design
Business
Cultural
Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards
A Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Project Performance
Business
Management
Design
The Gamification Revolution
How Leaders Leverage Game Mechanics to Crush the Competition
Business
Game Design
Games
Game Design Workshop
A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games
Game Design
Games
Design
Gamestorming
A Playbook for Innovators, Rule-breakers, and Changemakers
Business
Design
Leadership
Innovation Games
Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play
Business
Design
Management
The Multiplayer Classroom
Designing Coursework as a Game
Education
Teaching
Games
Community Building on the Web
Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
Cultural
Design
Business
The User Experience Team of One
A Research and Design Survival Guide
Design
Business
Reference
Validating Product Ideas
Through Lean User Research
Design
Business
Research
Normal Accidents
Living with High-Risk Technologies
Science
Engineering
Technology
The Connected Company
Business
Management
Leadership
Do the F*cking Work
Lowbrow Advice for High-Level Creativity
Self Help
Design
Business
Testing Business Ideas
A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation
Business
Entrepreneurship
Design
How to Get People to Do Stuff
Master the art and science of persuasion and motivation
Psychology
Business
Design
Webs of Influence
The Psychology of Online Persuasion
Psychology
Business
Design
How To Get To The Top of Google
The Plain English Guide to SEO
Business
Reference
Design
Maximize Your Potential
Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career
Business
Self Help
Productivity
Designing Brand Identity
An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team
Design
Business
Art Design
Evidence-Guided
Creating High Impact Products in the Face of Uncertainty
Business
Design
Badass
Making Users Awesome
Business
Design
Technology