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Dieter Rams: Ten Principles for Good Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 77 ratings — published
User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,982 ratings — published 2019
Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,118 ratings — published
Design Is a Job (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,062 ratings — published 2012
The Shape of Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.04 — 235 ratings — published 1993
White (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.13 — 925 ratings — published 2008
The Timeless Way of Building (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,660 ratings — published 1978
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.42 — 5,441 ratings — published 1977
The Design of Everyday Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 47,562 ratings — published 1988
Designing Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.49 — 973 ratings — published 2003
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,609 ratings — published 1979
Towards Speculative Realism: Essays and Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.65 — 166 ratings — published 2010
Prince of Networks: Bruno Latour and Metaphysics (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.75 — 190 ratings — published 2009
The Public and its Problems (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.93 — 536 ratings — published 1927
The Poetics of Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.18 — 11,205 ratings — published 1957
Urban Hidden Palimpsest Atlas : Mapping The City's Hidden Paterns (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Design Anthropology: Object Culture in the 21st Century (Edition Angewandte)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.03 — 29 ratings — published 2010
The New Normal (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.62 — 73 ratings — published
Design for Dasein: Understanding the Design of Experiences (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.18 — 56 ratings — published 2015
Theorien des Designs zur Einführung (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
Teoría de la creatividad (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.62 — 34 ratings — published
Design as Art (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.97 — 4,978 ratings — published 1966
Tools for Conviviality (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.99 — 968 ratings — published 1973
How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,142 ratings — published 2015
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.08 — 61,320 ratings — published 2014
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.96 — 337,308 ratings — published 2012
Damn Good Advice (For People with Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America's Master Communicator, George Lois
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,286 ratings — published 2012
The Vignelli Canon (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.41 — 896 ratings — published 2010
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.62 — 18,190 ratings — published 2003
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.98 — 5,011 ratings — published 2005
The Design Method: A Philosophy and Process for Functional Visual Communication (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.99 — 142 ratings — published 2013
Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 851 ratings — published 2011
Thoughts on Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,116 ratings — published 1947
Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 3.94 — 436,046 ratings — published 1972
How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,120 ratings — published 2007
The Art of Looking Sideways (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,628 ratings — published 2001
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,493 ratings — published 2018
Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,599 ratings — published 2013
Beautiful Evidence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,377 ratings — published 2006
One Plus One Equals Three: A Masterclass in Creative Thinking (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,660 ratings — published 2015
Work for Money, Design for Love: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Starting and Running a Successful Design Business (Voices That Matter)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 500 ratings — published 2012
Design for How People Learn (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.27 — 2,014 ratings — published 2011
Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.19 — 22,308 ratings — published 2008
Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.26 — 293 ratings — published 1997
Envisioning Information (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.23 — 7,949 ratings — published 1990
Semiology of graphics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.32 — 158 ratings — published 1967
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.27 — 265 ratings — published 1979
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,108 ratings — published 1997
Design for Real Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.31 — 425 ratings — published 2016
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as design-philosophy)
avg rating 4.34 — 168,281 ratings — published 2019
“Creativity doesn’t start with a blank page. It starts with the people, the place, the culture—it starts with context.”
― Design Beyond Form
― Design Beyond Form
“Design is thinking made visible. Every choice carries responsibility, culture, and understanding. When designers listen before they create, their work moves beyond decoration and becomes communication that lasts.”
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