Design Reading Weekly | 3
Hello friends,
I am terribly sorry for the huge delay. I had my own reasons, but I know you don’t care about them, so let’s jump into fancy parts ;)
READINGS
BOOKS
You’re my Favorite Client — Mike Monteiro
This book is not for designers but people who buy design.
In his follow-up to Design Is a Job, Mike Monteiro demystifies the design process and helps you prepare for your role. Ensure you’re asking the right questions, giving effective feedback, and hiring designers who will challenge you to make your product the best it can be.
ARTICLES
The lost art of thinking — Mark Wilson / Wilson Fletcher
Everything seems to be fitting into a framework and it’s putting a straitjacket on the most important attribute of innovation: thinking.
Documenting Design Discovery — Dan Brown
This is the struggle with discovery: a single artifact like a wireframe or site map or mental model can be used for so many different things. If you don’t know the intention of your artifacts, you can’t rely on them to guide your decisions about the product.
RESOURCES
Font Pair — Helps designers pair Google Fonts together.
KEYNOTES
This issue’s keynote (from Mike Monteiro) might be 6 years old but that doesn’t lessen it’s importance. I had a chance to meet Mike at ServiceDesignNetwork conference — who can forget that poor squeaky chicken ;)
