UX Resources
I am an avid reader of business books, and on most days, if you don’t find me carrying a book I am probably listening to a UX Podcast. Below are some of my favorites.
Industry Primers
- The Inmates Are Running the Asylum by Alan Cooper
- The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
- Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug
- The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett
- A Project Guide to UX Design by Russ Unger and Carolyn Chandler
- Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butle
Information Architecture
- Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville
- Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web by Christina Wodtke and Austin Govella
Interaction Design
- Thoughts on Interaction Design by John Kolko
- About Face 3 by Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, and David Cronin
- Designing Web Interfaces: Principles and Patterns for Rich Interactions by Theresa Neil
User Research
- Observing the User Experience by Mike Kuniavsky
- Real World Research by Colin Robson
- User and Task Analysis for Interface Design by Janice Redish, Joann T. Hackos
Usability
- Usability Engineering by Jakob Nielsen
- Handbook of Usability Testing by Jeffrey Rubin and Dana Chisnell
- Rockert Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug
Innovation
- The Design of Things to Come: How Ordinary People Create Extraordinary Products by Craig M. Vogel (one of my CMU Professors)
- Creating Breakthrough Products: Innovation from Product Planning to Program Approval by Jonathan Cagan and Craig M. Vogel
- The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman
- The Creative Priority by Jerry Hirshberg
- The Myths of Innovation by Scott Berkun
Creativity
- Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- The Mind’s Best Work by David Perkins
- Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
- A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel H. Pink
Typography & Visual Design
- The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
- Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition) by Erik Spiekermann and E.M. Ginger
- Creativity for Graphic Designers by Mark Oldach
- Designing with Type by James Craig
Always within arms reach
- In search of Semiotics by David Sless
- The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
- Art as Experience by John Dewey
- How we think by John Dewey
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Hi Bella,
I came across your website and I LOVE IT! Wow! I really appreciate all the resources.
Keep up the great work!