5 Design Books Every UX Designer Should Read

Question 7: An amazing curated list of design books

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“I’m a believer in doing over reading. You learn the most from actually designing and building products instead of reading about the practice.” (Mizko)

“Psychology and social sciences are the foundation of user experience.” (Kaiting Huang)

Simon Pan — Senior Product Designer at Medium, San Francisco, USA

Nationality:

Australian 🇦🇺

5 design books every UX designer should read

• About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design — Alan Cooper
• The User Experience Team of One: A Research and Design Survival Guide — Leah Buley
• Designing Together: The collaboration and conflict management handbook for creative professionals — Dan M. Brown
• 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People — Susan Weinschenk
• Practical Empathy: For Collaboration and Creativity in Your Work — Indi Young

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simonpan.com or on twitter

Andrew Doherty — CEO, Another.ai, Berlin, Germany

Formerly Product Design Manager at Google, Mountain View

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