{"id":14415,"date":"2018-02-22T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marvel7077.wpengine.com\/?p=14415"},"modified":"2020-09-03T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T11:57:18","slug":"good-books-design-thinkers-read-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marvelapp.com\/blog\/good-books-design-thinkers-read-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Books for Design Thinkers to Read in\u00a02018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This reading list is based on recommended reading from a design class at Stanford \u2014 The History and Theory of Design. Main category: Design in Business, Contemporary Design, Design History, Sub-fields of Design History and Design Theory and Methods.<\/p>\n

Design in\u00a0Business<\/h2>\n
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  1. Change by Design | Tim Brown<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation<\/span>The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that most\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

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    2. Make it New: The History and Theory of Silicon Valley Design | Barry Katz<\/p>\n

    Make It New: A History of Silicon Valley Design (MIT Press)<\/span>The role of design in the formation of the Silicon Valley ecosystem of innovation.California's Silicon Valley is home\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    3. The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage | Roger Martin<\/p>\n

    The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage<\/span>Most companies today have innovation envy. They yearn to come up with a game-changing innovation like Apple's iPod, or\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    4. The Opposable Mind: How successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking | Roger Martin<\/p>\n

    The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking<\/span>If you want to be as successful as Jack Welch, Larry Bossidy, or Michael Dell, read their autobiographical advice books\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    5. Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value | Thomas Lockwood<\/p>\n

    Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value<\/span>Design Thinking confirms that design, as a process and as an output, has greater opportunity to add value to the triple\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    6. Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design | Maria Giudice and Christopher Ireland<\/p>\n

    Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design (Voices That Matter)<\/span>The majority of companies, their employees and their leaders navigate a space where competitors appear overnight\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    7. The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America\u2019s Leading Design Firm | Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman<\/p>\n

    The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm<\/span>IDEO, the widely admired, award-winning design and development firm that brought the world the Apple mouse, Polaroid's\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    8. Designing for People | Henry Dreyfuss<\/p>\n

    Designing for People<\/span>From the first answering machine (\"the electronic brain\") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    9. Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change | Victor Papanek<\/p>\n

    Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change<\/span>Design for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    10. The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture | Victor Papanek<\/p>\n

    The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture<\/span>This work asserts the belief that the power of design can influence a more responsible approach to our threatened\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    11. The Design of Everyday Things | Donald Norman<\/p>\n

    The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition<\/span>Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    12. Living with Complexity | Donald Norman<\/p>\n

    Living with Complexity (MIT Press)<\/span>Why we don\u2019t really want simplicity, and how we can learn to live with complexity.If only today\u2019s technology were\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    13. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things | Donald Norman<\/p>\n

    Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things<\/span>Did you ever wonder why cheap wine tastes better in fancy glasses? Why sales of Macintosh computers soared when Apple\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    14. Women Designers in the USA, 1900\u20132000: Diversity and Difference | Pat Kirkham<\/p>\n

    Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference<\/span>A celebration of the many contributions of women designers to 20th-century American culture. Encompassing work in\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    15. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things | William McDonough and Michael Braungart<\/p>\n

    Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things<\/span>A manifesto for a radically different philosophy and practice of manufacture and environmentalism\"Reduce, reuse\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    16. Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come to Be As They Are | Harvey Molotch<\/p>\n

    Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As\u2026<\/span>Molotch takes us on a fascinating exploration into the worlds of technology, design, corporate and popular culture. We\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    Design History<\/h2>\n

    17. Design: The Whole Story | Elizabeth Wilhide<\/p>\n

    Design: The Whole Story<\/span>From the 18th century to the present, every aspect of design is covered in one single, spectacularly designed volume\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    18. The Story of Design: From the Paleolithic to the Present<\/p>\n

    The Story of Design: From the Paleolithic to the Present<\/span>Encompassing the fields of architecture, graphics, industrial design, and interior design, this definitive account\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    19. Theory and Design in the First Machine Age | Reyner Banham<\/p>\n

    Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, 2nd Edition (MIT Press)<\/span>First published in 1960, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age has become required reading in numerous courses on\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    20. Twentieth Century Limited: Industrial Design in America, 1925\u20131939 | Jeffrey Meikle<\/p>\n

    Twentieth Century Limited: Industrial Design In America 1925-1939 (American Civilization)<\/span>In the late 1920s streamlined became the term businessmen used to describe new models that were easier to produce and\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    21. History of Modern Design | David Raizman<\/p>\n

    History of Modern Design (2nd Edition) (Fashion Series)<\/span>Filling the gap for an extensively illustrated history of modern design, this introduction provides a balanced\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    22. An Introduction to Design and Culture: 1900 to the Present | Penny Sparke<\/p>\n

    An Introduction to Design and Culture: 1900 to the Present<\/span>This third edition of An Introduction to Design and Culture has been revised and updated throughout to include issues\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    23. Twentieth-Century Design | Jonathan Woodham<\/p>\n

    Twentieth-Century Design (Oxford History of Art)<\/span>The most famous designs of the twentieth century are not those in museums, but in the marketplace. The Coca-Cola bottle\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    Sub-fields of Design\u00a0History<\/h2>\n

    24. A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals | Spiro Kostof, Gregory Castillo<\/p>\n

    World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History<\/span>Spiro Kostof's groundbreaking work, A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals, helped to reshape the study of\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    25. A History of Graphic Design | Philip Meggs, Alston Purvis<\/p>\n

    Meggs' History of Graphic Design<\/span>The bestselling graphic design reference, updated for the digital age Meggs' History of Graphic Design is the industry\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    26. A History of Interior Design | John Pile, Judith Gura<\/p>\n

    History of Interior Design<\/span>This classic reference presents the history of interior design from prehistory to the present. Exploring a broad range\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    27. Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity | Ulrich Lehmann<\/p>\n

    Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity<\/span>Far from being a frivolous subject, fashion is the supreme expression of the contemporary spirit. Sartorial elements\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    28. Designing Interactions | Bill Moggridge<\/p>\n

    Designing Interactions (MIT Press)<\/span>A pioneer in interaction design tells the stories of designers who changed the way people use everyday things in the\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    Design Theory and\u00a0Methods<\/h2>\n

    29. Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work | Nigel Cross<\/p>\n

    Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work<\/span>Design thinking is the core creative process for any designer; this book explores and explains this apparently\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    30. Designerly Ways of Knowing | Nigel Cross<\/p>\n

    Designerly Ways of Knowing (Board of International Research in Design)<\/span>Das Buch bietet einen faszinierenden und qualifizierten Einblick in die Welt der Design-Kreativit\u00e4t. Die sieben Kapitel\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    31. 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People | Susan Weinschenk<\/p>\n

    100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter)<\/span>We design to elicit responses from people. We want them to buy something, read more, or take action of some kind\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    32. Universal Principles of Design: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design | William Lidwell, Kritina Holden<\/p>\n

    Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence\u2026<\/span>Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    33. The Meanings of Modern Design: Towards the Twenty-First Century | Peter Dormer<\/p>\n

    The Meanings of Modern Design: Towards the Twenty-First Century<\/span>The Meanings of Modern Design: Towards the Twenty-First Century [Peter Dormer] on Amazon.com.*FREE* shipping on\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    34. 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization | Vijay Kumar<\/p>\n

    101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization<\/span>The first step-by-step guidebook for successful innovation planning Unlike other books on the subject, 101 Design\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    35. The Culture of Design | Guy Julier<\/p>\n

    The Culture of Design<\/span>What is the social impact of design? How do culture and economics shape the objects and spaces we take for granted? How\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    36. Objects of Desire: Design and Society Since 1750 | Adrian Forty<\/p>\n

    Objects of Desire: Design and Society Since 1750<\/span>\u201cOne of the most significant contributions to design history in recent years.\u201d?Financial TimesObjects of Desire looks\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

    37. The Philosophy of Design | Glenn Parsons<\/p>\n

    The Philosophy of Design<\/span>The Philosophy of Design is an introduction to the fundamental philosophical issues raised by the contemporary practice\u2026<\/em>www.amazon.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/section>\n

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