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Experiencing Architecture
by Steen Eiler Rasmussen
611 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
ebr_thinkau
4
The Embroiderer's Workbook
by Jan Messent
100 members
5 reviews
4.2
Member
aulsmith
5
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
by Frederick P. Brooks
3,759 members
45 reviews
4.1
Member
aulsmith
6
Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
by Matthys Levy
659 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
aulsmith
7
Thinking with Type
by Ellen Lupton
1,771 members
18 reviews
3.9
8
The Design of Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman
4,864 members
66 reviews
4.1
9
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
by Edward R. Tufte
5,614 members
61 reviews
½ 4.4
10
Envisioning Information
by Edward R. Tufte
4,362 members
24 reviews
½ 4.3
11
The Non-Designer's Design Book
by Robin Williams
2,147 members
32 reviews
4
12
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
by Edward R. Tufte
3,469 members
17 reviews
½ 4.3
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Universal Principles of Design
by William Lidwell
1,428 members
9 reviews
4.1
14
The Elements of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst
2,215 members
22 reviews
½ 4.5
15
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
by Donald A. Norman
1,220 members
16 reviews
½ 3.6
16
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
by Christopher Alexander
2,757 members
28 reviews
½ 4.5
17
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
by Steve Krug
2,481 members
47 reviews
4.2
18
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
by Simon Garfield
2,583 members
121 reviews
3.8
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Beautiful Evidence
by Edward R. Tufte
1,950 members
12 reviews
4.2
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough
2,098 members
33 reviews
4
21
The Evolution of Useful Things
by Henry Petroski
1,693 members
19 reviews
½ 3.5
22
The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life
by John Maeda
982 members
24 reviews
½ 3.4
23
The Art of Looking Sideways
by Alan Fletcher
978 members
12 reviews
½ 4.3
24
The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
by Don Norman
1,341 members
7 reviews
4
25
Design of the 20th Century
by Charlotte Fiell
526 members
2 reviews
3.9
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
by Erich Gamma
3,633 members
25 reviews
4.1
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The Grammar of Ornament
by Owen Jones
666 members
7 reviews
½ 4.4
28
Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
by Garr Reynolds
1,602 members
18 reviews
4
29
Pioneers of modern design : From William Morris to Walter Gropius
by Nikolaus Pevsner
549 members
1 review
4
30
Design Basics
by David A. Lauer
483 members
1 review
3
31
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
by Roman Mars
1,245 members
25 reviews
3.9
32
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
by Victor Papanek
582 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
33
D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks)
by Ellen Lupton
463 members
3 reviews
3.9
34
1000 Chairs
by Charlotte Fiell
483 members
2 reviews
3.9
35
The Timeless Way of Building
by Christopher Alexander
1,320 members
5 reviews
½ 4.3
36
Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction
by George Bain
1,184 members
8 reviews
3.9
37
The Look of the Century
by Michael Tambini
332 members
2 reviews
4.1
38
Interaction of Color
by Josef Albers
1,781 members
7 reviews
4.1
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To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
by Henry Petroski
1,460 members
21 reviews
½ 3.6
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Designing Interactions
by Bill Moggridge
698 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
41
A History of Graphic Design
by Philip B. Meggs
804 members
2 reviews
4.1
42
Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity
by Jakob Nielsen
1,216 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
43
slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
by Nancy Duarte
991 members
16 reviews
4
44
Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design
by Henry Petroski
471 members
4 reviews
½ 3.3
45
The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance
by Henry Petroski
831 members
17 reviews
½ 3.6
46
Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005
by Phil Baines
499 members
6 reviews
4.2
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Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability {first edition}
by Steve Krug
812 members
8 reviews
4.2
48
The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition
by Edward R. Tufte
801 members
11 reviews
3.9
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Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media
by Jim Krause
452 members
2 reviews
3.9
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Designing with Web Standards
by Jeffrey Zeldman
806 members
7 reviews
4.2
51
Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design
by Jenifer Tidwell
723 members
6 reviews
3.8
52
Design as Art
by Bruno Munari
606 members
4 reviews
3.9
53
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
by Susan Weinschenk
460 members
4 reviews
4
54
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
by Timothy Samara
460 members
½ 3.5
55
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites
by Louis Rosenfeld
1,882 members
16 reviews
3.9
56
Sweater Design in Plain English
by Maggie Righetti
747 members
4 reviews
4.1
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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find out How Type Works
by Erik Spiekermann
726 members
13 reviews
½ 3.7
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Designing Knitwear
by Deborah Newton
500 members
2 reviews
4
59
Shaping Things (Mediaworks Pamphlets)
by Bruce Sterling
432 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
60
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
by Stewart Brand
1,421 members
29 reviews
½ 4.3
61
Design Basics Index
by Jim Krause
334 members
4 reviews
4.1
62
Graphic Design Cookbook: Mix & Match Recipes for Faster, Better Layouts
by Leonard Koren
334 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
63
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm
by Tom Kelley
928 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
64
Bauhaus : 1919-1933
by Magdalena Droste
634 members
2 reviews
3.8
65
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
by Matthew Frederick
859 members
11 reviews
3.9
66
The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web
by Jesse James Garrett
693 members
7 reviews
3.9
67
The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web
by Dave Shea
644 members
9 reviews
4.1
68
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
by Christopher Alexander
563 members
5 reviews
4.2
69
The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton
2,441 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
70
Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
by Leonard Koren
1,055 members
17 reviews
3.9
71
Information is Beautiful
by David McCandless
1,052 members
21 reviews
4
73
About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
by Alan Cooper
667 members
4 reviews
4.2
74
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future
by Daniel H. Pink
3,666 members
76 reviews
4
75
Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition
by Kimberly Elam
356 members
1 review
½ 3.4
76
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
by Tim Brown
592 members
7 reviews
½ 3.5
77
The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
by Jef Raskin
568 members
7 reviews
3.9
78
Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team
by Alina Wheeler
431 members
2 reviews
3.8
79
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
by Scott McCloud
5,761 members
107 reviews
½ 4.3
80
The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live
by Sarah Susanka
1,229 members
8 reviews
4
81
Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs)
by Kimberly Elam
342 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
83
Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments
by Jim Krause
260 members
1 review
½ 3.6
84
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design
by Bill Buxton
430 members
3 reviews
3.9
85
Massive Change
by Bruce Mau
417 members
3 reviews
3.8
86
Japanese Design Motifs: 4,260 Illustrations of Japanese Crests
by Matsuya Piece-Goods Store
339 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
87
Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
by Henry Petroski
388 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
88
Industrial Design A-Z
by Charlotte Fiell
212 members
3.8
89
Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data
by Stephen Few
595 members
4 reviews
3.8
90
Design: A Very Short Introduction
by John Heskett
228 members
3.8
91
Creating the Not So Big House: Insights and Ideas for the New American Home
by Sarah Susanka
710 members
7 reviews
4
92
The Design of Future Things
by Donald A. Norman
333 members
1 review
3.2
93
The Dream Factory. Alessi since 1921
by Alberto Alessi
203 members
3 reviews
3.1
94
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
by Eric Evans
867 members
10 reviews
4.2
95
The Non-Designer's Web Book
by Robin Williams
420 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
96
Robin Williams Design Workshop
by Robin Williams
237 members
½ 3.7
97
Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
by Francis D. K. Ching
1,154 members
5 reviews
4.1
98
Designing Tessellations : The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns
by Jinny Beyer
314 members
5 reviews
½ 4.5
99
Designing for Weaving: A Study Guide for Drafting, Design and Color
by Carol Kurtz
249 members
2 reviews
½ 2.7
100
Design and Form: The Basic Course at the Bauhaus and Later, Revised Edition
by Johannes Itten
225 members
1 review
½ 4.3