Design Resources (for engineers or anyone)

design-resources-for-engineers.md

Design Resources (for engineers)

Overview

What's included below is a living document of books and resources for learning design principles and practices. If you're a designer, you are probably already familiar with most of this, but feel free to peruse. If you'd like to learn how to think like a designer, this list is for you!

Design Principles

• The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded - Don Norman
• Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated - William Lidwell, Jill Butler, and Kritina Holden

Design Thinking

• Change By Design, Revised and Updated - Tim Brown
• Field Guide to Human-Centered Design - IDEO

Design Systems

• Design Systems - Alla Kholmatova

User Experience / Interaction Design / Story Mapping

• Don't Make Me Think, Revisited - Steve Krug
• The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide - Leah Buley
• About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design - Alan Cooper
• The User's Journey: Storymapping Products That People Love - Donna Lichaw
• The Best Interface Is No Interface - Golden Krishna

Systems Thinking

• Thinking in Systems: A Primer - Donella H. Meadows