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Interaction Design Foundation

UX Design Articles and BooksThe Interaction Design Foundation

Independent Authors

Design

Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by Tim Browngoodreads

Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanekgoodreads

Universal Principles of Design: 100 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach Through Design by William Lidwellgoodreads

The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life by John Maedagoodreads

The Laws of Simplicity / John Maeda

Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All by Tom Kelleygoodreads

The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelleygoodreads

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Camerongoodreads

Meggs' History of Graphic Design by Philip B. Meggsgoodreads

Product Design

https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+design+of+everyday+things&qid=1599325352&sr=8-1

Product Design Book: A Comprehensive Guide on Designing Digital Products People Will Love by Dávid Pásztorgoodreads

Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services by Kim Goodwingoodreads

Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knappgoodreads

Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagangoodreads

Interaction Design

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Normangoodreads

Microinteractions: Designing with Details by Dan Saffergoodreads

Inclusive Design Patterns - Coding Accessibility Into Web Design by Heydon Pickeringgoodreads

About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Coopergoodreads

Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Kruggoodreads

Designing Interactions [With CDROM] by Bill Moggridgegoodreads

Information Architecture

A Practical Guide to Information Architecture by Donna Spencergoodreads

Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web by Christina Wodtkegoodreads

How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody by Abby Covertgoodreads

Reframing Information Architecture by Andrea Resminigoodreads

Pervasive Information Architecture: Designing Cross-Channel User Experiences by Andrea Resminigoodreads

Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tuftegoodreads

UX

Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems by Hugh Beyergoodreads

Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience by Jeff Gothelfgoodreads

The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web by Jesse James Garrettgoodreads

Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-It-Yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems by Steve Kruggoodreads

Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design by Bill Buxtongoodreads

Agile Experience Design: A Digital Designer's Guide to Agile, Lean, and Continuous by Lindsay Ratcliffegoodreads

The UX Book: Process and Guidelines for Ensuring a Quality User Experience by Rex Hartsongoodreads

Behavioral Science

How to Get People to Do Stuff: Master the Art and Science of Persuasion and Motivation by Susan M. Weinschenkgoodreads

A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pinkgoodreads

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyalgoodreads

100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know about People by Susan M. Weinschenkgoodreads

Rework by Jason Friedgoodreads

NNGroup

O'REILLY

Others

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Ideas-Happen-Overcoming-Obstacles/dp/1591844118

PDFs

Title	Author	Area
Montreal Design declaration	World Design Summit	Design
The Disciplines of User Experience Design	Dan Saffer	UX
A Guide to UX Careers	Onward Search	UX Career
The Basics of User Experience Design	Interaction Design Foundation	UX
Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines	GSA	Usability

UXpin

InVision

Enterprise Design SprintsEnterprise Design Sprints - DesignBetter

DesignOps Handbook | DesignBetter.CoDesignOps Handbook - DesignBetter

Design Systems Handbook—from DesignBetter.CoDesign Systems Handbook - DesignBetter

Design Thinking Handbook, your @InVisionApp primer for sparking design thinking transformationDesign Thinking Handbook - Guide to a Design Thinking Process

Principles of Product DesignPrinciples of Product Design, a book of essential practices to produce great products

InVsion Reports

2019 Product Design Hiring Report | InVisionInVision

The New Design Frontier by InVisionDesign Maturity Model by InVision: The New Design Frontier

Transformative collaboration for all the work you do | InVisionInVision

Design Trends Report: Talent | InVisionInVision

A Book Apart

Top of the class brief books for people who make websites.

Brief Series

Chronicle Books

Chronicle Books — innovative and design-y adult and children’s books, based in San Francisco

Draw Down

Draw Down — large catalog of small-press books and zines on graphic design, culture, criticism, art, and more.

Gestalten

Gestalten — high-quality books on graphic design, art, and culture

Rosenfeld Media

Rosenfeld Media – user experience books, training, workshops, seminars, and experts

MIT Press

MIT Press — hundreds of new books published yearly from leading researchers on technology, art, and science

Smashing Magazine

Smashing Magazine — affordable, practical books from digital design practitioners

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