Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler

Mental Models

Mental modles are “affinity diagrams of behaviors made from ethnographic data gathered…

Don’t Make me Think, Revisited

Steve Krug’s book is exactly what it says on the tin: a common sense approach to web (and mobile…

Flow: The Psychology of the Optimal Experiences

Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Pages: 240 (excluding…

The Evolution of Useful Things

Dr. Henry Petroski’s take on the old adage: “form follows function.”

“The Evolution of Useful Things” is the perfect book for someone with a fascination of the art of design and invention as well as a hunger for history. This book presents a few of…

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

iOS Human Interface Guidelines

Communicating well thought out design principles through an equally…

Change by Design

by Tim Brown

Simple and Usable

Web, mobile, and interaction design

How He Built Creativity

A Reflection on Ed Catmull’s Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unforeseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True…