10 Books that changed our (UX) lives
Instagram post on 18.9.2019
How to become a great UX designer? Read. And practice. And Read again. We prepared a list of books that we’ve personally read and that gave us a solid foundation for our jobs.
The list is separated into three sections:
- Books that provide the general “good to know” information when you want to start with UX design.
- Books that every designer should read.
- Book with more than thousand pages full of UX. It’s not the “must-read” book. However, it could be the one that you just have in your bookcase and search for the advice in it from time to time.
1
Universal Principles of design
Doesn’t matter if you design a car or the UI of the mobile app. This book teaches you the elementary principles you should know and follow.
Start with why
In business, it doesn’t matter what you do but WHY you do that. Learn to ask why properly.
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Know how people behave, think and see things. The lean product playbook This book is a very practical guide on how to design products that are really loved by people.
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, Revised Edition
Do you know that the fewer options users have the less stressed they are? Probably you do. But read this great book anyway.
The Elements of User Experience
Gain a big picture of UX and its basic elements.
2
Design of everyday things
“Part operating manual for designers and part manifesto on the power of designing for people.” If you haven’t seen examples of bad UX design around you until now, you will definitely begin to see them after reading this book.
Don’t make me think
“This book gives you a clear direction and guidance about how the vast majority of users surf the net and how to make your site easy for the majority of users.”
Thinking fast and slow
Learn how people think. You will never perceive human thinking as you did before.
3
The UX Book
This book is a very complex overview of UX methods and processes; your personal UX encyclopedia.
Have you read at least one of these? Would you also recommend it? Have you read a book that is not mentioned here and it definitely should be? Let us know!
