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tb303 · 2012-12-26
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Developers looking to increase their design vocabulary and skillset outside of top five lists may find this introductory book beneficial:
http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Principles-Design-Revised-Up...
azharcs · 2010-06-30
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These were some of the books which taught me a lot about Design were:
Don't make me Think by Steve Krug http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/032134...
Non-Designer's Design Book http://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Typographic-...
Universal Principles of Design http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Principles-Design-Revised-Up...
Also make sure you go through design's everyday on Behance.net, they have some really amazing designers and design.
Branded Interactions: Creating the Digital Experience - (https://www.amazon.com/Branded-Interactions-Creating-Digital...)
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information - https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Display-Quantitative-Informati...
Universal Principles of Design - https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Principles-Design-Revised-U...
The Interface: IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945-1976 - https://www.amazon.com/Interface-Transformation-Corporate-19...
Multiple Signatures: On Designers, Authors, Readers and Users - https://www.amazon.com/Multiple-Signatures-Designers-Authors...
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation - https://www.amazon.com/Change-Design-Transforms-Organization...
Thoughts on Design - https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Design-Paul-Rand/dp/08118754...
Notes on the Synthesis of Form - https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Synthesis-Form-Harvard-Paperbac...
..and a list of ones I'm considering adding:
Unflattening - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674744438/ref=oh_aui_deta...
Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038534936X/ref=oh_aui_deta...
The Design Method - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321928849/ref=oh_aui_deta...
Product Design for the Web: Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321929039/ref=oh_aui_deta...