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Ask DN: Best books to hone your design skills?

8 years ago from No Name, Non

  • Elizabeth LinElizabeth Lin, 8 years ago

    Here are a few of my favorites!

    • Creativity, Inc.
    • Interaction of Color
    • Understanding Comics
    • Elements of Typographic Style
    • Design of Everyday Things
    13 points
    • Emir BukvaEmir Bukva, 8 years ago

      That’s a lovely variety of angles: the list is a cross-section of management, color theory, semiotics and abstraction, craft & detail in type, and usability. None of those fundamentals are going to change with the next wave of tools and technologies. +1

      4 points
    • Sam Pierce LollaSam Pierce Lolla, 8 years ago

      Understanding Comics is one of those books that reveals something elegant and powerful about product design... without mentioning computers, the web, UI, or any of the "stuff" we think we need to do our jobs. A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander is another.

      3 points

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