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The Laws of Simplicity
The Laws of Simplicity
John Maeda
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The MIT Press · Visual Systems
Designing for the Digital Age
Designing for the Digital Age
Kim Goodwin
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Wiley · Visual Systems
Information Architecture
Information Architecture
Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, Jorge Arango
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O'Reilly Media · Visual Systems
Atomic Design
Atomic Design
Brad Frost
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Brad Frost · Visual Systems
Design Systems
Design Systems
Alla Kholmatova
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· Visual Systems
Laws of UX
Laws of UX
Jon Yablonski
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O'Reilly Media · Visual Systems
The Elements of User Experience
The Elements of User Experience
Jesse James Garrett
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New Riders · Visual Systems
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Susan Weinschenk
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New Riders Pub · Visual Systems
Universal Principles of Design
Universal Principles of Design
William Lidwell
Rockport Publishers · Visual Systems
Designing Interfaces
Designing Interfaces
Jenifer Tidwell, Charles Brewer, Aynne Valencia
O'Reilly Media · Visual Systems
Refactoring UI
Refactoring UI
Adam Wathan, Steve Schoger
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· Visual Systems
About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, David Cronin
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Wiley · Visual Systems
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love
Marty Cagan
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Wiley · Visual Systems
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five
Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five
Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz
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Simon & Schuster · Visual Systems
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal
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· Visual Systems
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Don't Make Me Think, Revisited
Steve Krug
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New Riders · Visual Systems
Swiss Graphic Design Histories
Swiss Graphic Design Histories
Edited by Lars Müller, Victor Malsy
Scheidegger and Spiess · Visual Systems
Steal Like an Artist
Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon
Workman Publishing Company · Visual Systems
Designing Design
Designing Design
Kenya Hara
Lars Müller Publishers · Visual Systems
Interaction of Color
Interaction of Color
Josef Albers
HATJE CANTZ · Graphic Design
The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition
Don Norman
· Visual Systems
The Elements of Typographic Style
The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst
Hartley & Marks · Typography
Thinking with type
Thinking with type
Ellen Lupton
Princeton Architectural Press · Typography
Grid systems in graphic design
Grid systems in graphic design
Josef Müller-Brockmann
Niggli · Graphic Design