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Product designers: what are your favorite books / resources for someone interesting in learning about design? Bonus points if it is written by someone who has actually shipped great products. Double bonus points for tactical knowledge, not strategies or business books.

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Shape of Design was formative for me https://shapeofdesignbook.com

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designing with the mind in mind, don’t make me think, the elements of typographic style, the timeless way of building, everything bret victor has ever written

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Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda. Not a fan of his online persona lately but I like the book’s interplay between design and engineering thinking.

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About Face by Alan Cooper

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Cameron Armstrong

@moar product design books

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@eichenkundiger

exactly what I needed, thanks! for inspiration i have 'A Dictionary of Color Combinations' 'Soviet Logos - Lost Marks of the Utopia' for typography, logo, symbol inspo everything by Yasaburo Kuwayama

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People are understandably recommending books. However, there are some docs you should absolutely check out around this topic Objectified & Rams by Garry Huswit https://shorturl.at/dCV56 https://shorturl.at/mqENP How to Make a Book with Steidl https://shorturl.at/CEP06 All are tactical, entertaining & worth your time

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- Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug - 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People by Susan Weinschenk - Hooked by Nir Eyal - Mobile First by Luke W - Responsive Design by Ethan Marcotte All by well known design thought leaders/practitioners and tactical knowledge that can be immediately applied.

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@abhishek1point0

A book that really shapes a mould for a designer’s mind is Medium Design by Keller Easterling. The only book I’ve found that goes beyond methodologies and do’s and don’t’s and goes beyond a dozen case studies to instead concisely paint a 35 page picture.

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@moar weekend read

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Great design book! You’ll never look at doors the same way :)

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@ayaz save it brother!

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@peterferguson.eth

+1 on this but I am not sure how many designers are on fc

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Not sure this is what you’re looking for but I’ve been long aggregating here. https://warpcast.com/les/0x0343cd

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https://blog.asmartbear.com/slc.html https://paulstamatiou.com/craft/ https://www.amazon.com.au/Competing-Against-Luck-Innovation-Customer/dp/0062435612

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