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Undercover User Experience Design: Learn How to Do Great UX Work with Tiny Budgets, No Time, and Limited Support
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Include books by the same authorInformation Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites
Peter Morville, Louis Rosenfeld · 486 pages
The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale and maintainable web sites that are appealing and
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Steve Krug · 204 pages
Yesterday's Web looked far different from today's Web, and tomorrow's Web will look more different still. Amidst all of this change, however, one aspect of Web use remains the same: The sites that offer the best, easiest, most intuitive experience are the ones people visit again and again. To ensure that your sites provide that experience, this guide from usability guru Krug distills his years of
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
Garr Reynolds · 268 pages
Presentation designer and internationally acclaimed communications expert Garr Reynolds, creator of the most popular Web site on presentation design and delivery on the net — presentationzen.com — shares his experience in a provocative mix of illumination, inspiration, education, and guidance that will change the way you think about making presentations with PowerPoint or Keynote. Presentation Zen
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures
Dan Roam · 288 pages
A bold new way to tackle tough business problems—even if you draw like a second graderWhen Herb Kelleher was brainstorming about how to beat the traditional hub-and-spoke airlines, he grabbed a bar napkin and a pen. Three dots to represent Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Three arrows to show direct flights. Problem solved, and the picture made it easy to sell Southwest Airlines to investors and
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
William McDonough, Michael Braungart · 208 pages
Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights
Steve Portigal · 142 pages
In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs
Grace Bonney · 359 pages
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York
Chandler Burr · 336 pages
No journalist has ever been allowed into the ultrasecretive, highly pressured process of originating a perfume. But Chandler Burr, the New York Times perfume critic, spent a year behind the scenes observing the creation of two major fragrances. Now, writing with wit and elegance, he juxtaposes the stories of the perfumes--one created by a Frenchman in Paris for an exclusive luxury-goods house, the
This is Service Design Thinking: Basics – Tools – Cases
Marc Stickdorn · 376 pages
"Twenty-three authors from the global service design community invested their knowledge, experience and passion to create this ... book. It introduces service design thinking to beginners and students, and will be a valuable resource for consultants, marketers, innovators and design professionals."--Cover.
Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior
Indi Young · 299 pages
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson · 631 pages
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industrie
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within
Edward R. Tufte · 32 pages
Using specific examples, Tufte explains how PowerPoint's templates "usually weaken verbal and spatial reasoning and almost always corrupt statistical analysis," and describes concrete ways to improve content of presentations.
The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide
Leah Buley · 246 pages
"The User Experience Team of One prescribes approaches that have big impact and take less time and fewer resources than the standard lineup of UX deliverables. Whether you want to cross over into user experience or you're a seasoned practitioner trying to drag your organization forward, this book gives you tools and insight for doing more with less."--Back cover.
Craft, Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby into a Business
Meg Mateo Ilasco · 160 pages
Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
Leander Kahney · 321 pages
"The bestselling author of Inside Steve's Brain profiles Apple's legendary chief designer, Jonathan Ive. Jony Ive's designs have not only made Apple one of the most valuable companies in the world; they've overturned entire industries, from music and mobile phones to PCs and tablets. But for someone who has changed the world as much as he has, little is widely known about Apple's senior vice presi
A Project Guide to UX Design: For user experience designers in the field or in the making
Russ Unger, Carolyn Chandler
ART/WORK: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career
Heather Darcy Bhandari, Jonathan Melber
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from Ideo, America's Leading Design Firm
Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman · 307 pages
The story of the origin and design process of IDEO, a design company in San Jose, CA. Shares examples of innovation from both IDEO and such companies as REI, Pike Place Market, and Nike.
Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
Jeff Gothelf · 194 pages