Books For Learning to Design, The Hard Way ↗

The books people recommended

2011-11-25 · 161 points · 33 comments · 8 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.

5Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Betty Edwards
5 here · 11 all-time · #612 overall
Buy on Amazon4.7 out of 5, 4,403 ratings on Amazon
1
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
1 here · 95 all-time · #33 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 8,629 ratings on Amazon
1
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
1 here · 35 all-time · #149 overall
Buy on Amazon4.6 out of 5, 4,670 ratings on Amazon
1The Design of Design
The Design of Design
Frederick P. Brooks
1 here · 9 all-time · #754 overall
1The Non-Designer's Design Book
The Non-Designer's Design Book
Robin Williams
1 here · 4 all-time · #1706 overall
1Universal Principles of Design
Universal Principles of Design
William Lidwell
1 here · 4 all-time · #1844 overall
1Designing Visual Interfaces
Designing Visual Interfaces
Kevin Mullet, Daniel Sano
1 here · 3 all-time · #2106 overall
1The Sciences of the Artificial
The Sciences of the Artificial
Herbert Simon
1 here · 3 all-time · #2296 overall