Design Book Recommendation # 1

Designing Your Life

Problem Findings + Problem Solving = Well Designed Life

As a designer, I’m using the design thinking process to solve design problems, but can my life problem be solved by the same procedure?

The answer is absolutely YES!

Real-life problems and digital problems are no different.

We are always struggling to find the solutions or tools to fix those problems, but we always have it — Designing thinking!

About the Author

Designing your life is written by Bill Burnett, the Executive Director of the Product Design Program and an Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering — Design at Stanford. He is also the co-founder of the Life Design Lab and co-author of Designing Your Life, a book that captures the lessons from 13 years of teaching the Stanford class of the same name, and Designing Your Work Life, a book that helps you reimagine work and your job.

Main Content:

“The five mind-sets you are going to learn in order to design your life are curiosity, bias to action, reframing, awareness, and radical collaboration. These are your design tools, and with them you can build anything, including a life you love.”