Readings and Resources

These are some books and articles I've found to be useful in figuring out what design used to be, where design is going, and how ideas from other fields are mingling with design. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.



Online Articles, Papers, and Essays:

• The Hannover Principles, Design for Sustainability by William McDonough
• In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm by David Segal
• Design Thinking Won't Save You by Helen Walters

Cognitive Science/Neuroscience:

• On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins
• Mind Time by Benjamin Libet
• The Vision Revolution by Mark Changizi
• Supersizing The Mind by Andy Clark
• The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks

Interactive and Digital Design:

• Designing Interactions by Bill Moggridge
• Persuasive Technology by B.J. Fogg
• Affective Computing by Rosalind Picard

Social Dynamics:

• Paradoxes of Group Life: Understanding Conflict, Paralysis, and Movement in Group Dynamics by Smith and Berg
• The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
• The Courage To Be by Paul Tillich
• Engineer Culture by Gideon Kunda
• The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
• The Skilled Facilitator by Robert Schwarz

Fundamental Concepts in Design:

• Exposing the Magic of Design by Jon Kolko
• The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda
• The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
• Emotional Design by Donald Norman
• The Design of Future Things by Donald Norman
• Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart
• Design is the Problem by Nathan Shedroff

Business:

• The Lean Start-up by Eric Ries
• Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder

Anthropology:

• The Silent Language by Edward T. Hall
• The Hidden Dimension by Edward T. Hall
• Alone Together by Sherry Turkle

Storytelling:

• Storytelling for User Experience: Crafting Stories for Better Design by Whitney Quesenbery and Kevin Brooks

Visualizing information/conversations/etc:

• Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam