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Experiencing Architecture
by Steen Eiler Rasmussen
543 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
ebr_thinkau
4
The Embroiderer's Workbook
by Jan Messent
94 members
5 reviews
4.2
Member
aulsmith
5
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
by Frederick P. Brooks
3,496 members
42 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
6
Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
by Matthys Levy
605 members
11 reviews
4
Member
aulsmith
7
Thinking with Type
by Ellen Lupton
1,506 members
16 reviews
3.9
8
The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman
5,467 members
66 reviews
4
9
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
by Edward R. Tufte
5,145 members
56 reviews
½ 4.4
10
Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
4,003 members
22 reviews
½ 4.3
11
The Non-Designer's Design Book
by Robin Williams
1,997 members
32 reviews
4
12
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
by Edward R. Tufte
3,175 members
15 reviews
½ 4.3
13
Universal Principles of Design
by William Lidwell
1,303 members
9 reviews
4
14
The Elements of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst
2,015 members
20 reviews
½ 4.5
15
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman
1,148 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
16
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
by Christopher Alexander
2,465 members
27 reviews
½ 4.5
17
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
by Steve Krug
2,412 members
44 reviews
4.2
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Beautiful Evidence
by Edward R. Tufte
1,744 members
11 reviews
4.2
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
by Simon Garfield
2,326 members
114 reviews
3.8
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough
1,956 members
33 reviews
4
21
The Evolution of Useful Things
by Henry Petroski
1,548 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
22
The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
by John Maeda
897 members
25 reviews
½ 3.5
23
The Art of Looking Sideways
by Alan Fletcher
927 members
12 reviews
½ 4.3
24
Design of the 20th Century
by Charlotte Fiell
447 members
1 review
3.8
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
by Erich Gamma
3,403 members
25 reviews
4.1
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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
by Garr Reynolds
1,523 members
19 reviews
4.1
27
The Grammar of Ornament
by Owen Jones
572 members
7 reviews
½ 4.4
28
Pioneers of modern design : From William Morris to Walter Gropius
by Nikolaus Pevsner
496 members
1 review
3.9
29
Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction
by George Bain
1,093 members
8 reviews
3.9
30
D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks)
by Ellen Lupton
428 members
3 reviews
3.9
31
The Timeless Way of Building
by Christopher Alexander
1,170 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
32
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
by Victor Papanek
517 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
33
Design Basics
by David A. Lauer
424 members
3
34
1000 Chairs
by Charlotte Fiell
410 members
2 reviews
4
35
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
by Roman Mars
878 members
19 reviews
3.9
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Designing Interactions
by Bill Moggridge
668 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by Henry Petroski
1,313 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
38
The Look of the Century
by Michael Tambini
301 members
2 reviews
4
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slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
by Nancy Duarte
930 members
17 reviews
4
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Interaction of Color
by Josef Albers
1,454 members
6 reviews
4.1
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Designing Web Usability : The Practice of Simplicity
by Jakob Nielsen
1,172 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
42
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
by Henry Petroski
761 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
43
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability {first edition}
by Steve Krug
796 members
8 reviews
4.2
44
A History of Graphic Design
by Philip B. Meggs
704 members
2 reviews
4.1
45
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition
by Edward R. Tufte
779 members
10 reviews
3.9
46
Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design
by Jenifer Tidwell
697 members
6 reviews
3.8
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Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005
by Phil Baines
461 members
5 reviews
4.2
48
Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
by Henry Petroski
448 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
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Designing with Web Standards
by Jeffrey Zeldman
793 members
7 reviews
4.2
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Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media
by Jim Krause
420 members
2 reviews
3.9
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Sweater Design in Plain English
by Maggie Righetti
711 members
4 reviews
4.1
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Shaping Things (Mediaworks Pamphlets)
by Bruce Sterling
421 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
53
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
by Stewart Brand
1,295 members
25 reviews
½ 4.3
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Designing Knitwear
by Deborah Newton
481 members
2 reviews
4
55
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
by Susan Weinschenk
399 members
3 reviews
4
56
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
by Timothy Samara
360 members
½ 3.5
57
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find out How Type Works
by Erik Spiekermann
652 members
12 reviews
½ 3.7
58
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites
by Louis Rosenfeld
1,841 members
15 reviews
4
59
Design Basics Index
by Jim Krause
306 members
4 reviews
4.1
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The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
by Dave Shea
641 members
9 reviews
4.1
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Graphic Design Cookbook: Mix & Match Recipes for Faster, Better Layouts
by Leonard Koren
308 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
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Notes on the Synthesis of Form
by Christopher Alexander
507 members
5 reviews
4.2
63
Bauhaus : 1919-1933
by Magdalena Droste
570 members
2 reviews
3.8
64
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
by Matthew Frederick
806 members
9 reviews
3.9
65
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
by Daniel H. Pink
3,458 members
75 reviews
4
67
Information is Beautiful
by David McCandless
937 members
22 reviews
4
68
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm
by Tom Kelley
860 members
7 reviews
½ 3.7
69
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web
by Jesse James Garrett
663 members
7 reviews
3.9
70
The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton
2,187 members
43 reviews
½ 3.7
71
The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live
by Sarah Susanka
1,165 members
8 reviews
4
72
The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
by Jef Raskin
545 members
6 reviews
3.9
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Design as Art
by Bruno Munari
479 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
74
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
by Tim Brown
516 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
75
Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition
by Kimberly Elam
311 members
1 review
½ 3.3
77
About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
by Alan Cooper
628 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
79
Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments
by Jim Krause
249 members
1 review
½ 3.5
80
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
by Scott McCloud
5,195 members
98 reviews
½ 4.3
81
Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
by Leonard Koren
891 members
14 reviews
3.9
82
Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs)
by Kimberly Elam
311 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
83
Massive Change
by Bruce Mau
393 members
3 reviews
3.8
84
Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data
by Stephen Few
564 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
85
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Henry Petroski
367 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
86
The Design of Future Things
by Donald A. Norman
310 members
1 review
3.1
87
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design
by Bill Buxton
417 members
3 reviews
3.9
88
The Dream Factory. Alessi since 1921
by Alberto Alessi
183 members
3 reviews
3.1
89
Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home
by Sarah Susanka
661 members
6 reviews
4
90
The Non-Designer's Web Book
by Robin Williams
405 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
91
Japanese Design Motifs: 4,260 Illustrations of Japanese Crests
by Matsuya Piece-Goods Store
311 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
92
Robin Williams Design Workshop
by Robin Williams
226 members
½ 3.7
93
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
by Eric Evans
791 members
10 reviews
4.2
95
Designing Tessellations : The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns
by Jinny Beyer
286 members
5 reviews
½ 4.5
96
Design: A Very Short Introduction
by John Heskett
204 members
4.1
97
Color Works: The Crafter's Guide to Color
by Deb Menz
573 members
7 reviews
4.2
98
The Non-Designer’s Type Book
by Robin Williams
219 members
2 reviews
3.8
99
Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus and Later, Revised Edition
by Johannes Itten
197 members
1 review
4.2
100
Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
by Steven Heller
195 members
4.1