Design category: 5388 books
Designing the Obvious
A Common Sense Approach to Web & Mobile Application Design
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Designing the Obvious belongs in the toolbox of every person charged with the design and development of Web-based software, from the CEO to the programming team. Designing the Obvious explores the character traits of great Web applications and uses them as guiding principles of application design so...
by Keller Easterling
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Privileging declarations, right answers, proofs, and universals, culture is often banging away with the same blunt tools that are completely inadequate to address contemporary chemistries of power. On the flip side of these logics, Medium Design offers no dramatic manifestos where things are new or...
Seductive Interaction Design
Creating Playful, Fun, and Effective User Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
What happens when you’ve built a great website or app, but no one seems to care? How do you get people to stick around long enough to see how your service might be of value? In Seductive Interaction Design, speaker and author Stephen P. Anderson takes a fresh approach to designing sites and interactions...
The Beautiful Edible Garden
Design A Stylish Outdoor Space Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
Learn how to artfully incorporate organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs into an attractive garden design with this stylish, beautifully photographed guide.
We’ve all seen the vegetable garden overflowing with corn, tomatoes, and zucchini that looks good for a short time, but then quickly...
Elements of User Experience,The
User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
From the moment it was published almost ten years ago, Elements of User Experience became a vital reference for web and interaction designers the world over, and has come to define the core principles of the practice. Now, in this updated, expanded, and full-color new edition, Jesse James Garrett...
Solid Modeling and Applications
Rapid Prototyping, CAD and CAE Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
The lessons in this fundamental text equip students with the theory of Computer Assisted Design (CAD), Computer Assisted Engineering (CAE), the essentials of Rapid Prototyping, as well as practical skills needed to apply this understanding in real world design and manufacturing settings. The book...
Designing Connected Products
UX for the Consumer Internet of Things
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Networked thermostats, fitness monitors, and door locks show that the Internet of Things can (and will) enable new ways for people to interact with the world around them. But designing connected products for consumers brings new challenges beyond conventional software UI and interaction design.
This...
Project Management
Strategic Design and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
Today's Most Effective Guide for Applying Project Management to Implement Organizational Strategies -- Now Updated and Expanded!
Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation delivers complete guidance on applying the theory, processes, practices, and techniques of project management...
The Nest Home Design Handbook
Simple ways to decorate, organize, and personalize your place
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Decorating for the first time can be completely overwhelming. How do you find your style? How do you keep expenses under control? What essential pieces does every home need for maximum functionality and flair? How will you merge tastes—and stuff—to create a space that feels like home to you both?...
by Don Norman
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
By the author of THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS. For decades, Don Norman has spoken the language of gadgets, explaining how the things we see every day are made and made better. In this smart, sharp, fun exploration of design, Norman pulls back the curtain on the things we make to make our lives easier....
Product Design for the Web
Principles of Designing and Releasing Web Products
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Web designers are no longer just web designers. To create a successful web product that’s as large as Etsy, Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest–or even as small as a tiny app–you need to know more than just HTML and CSS. You need to understand how to create meaningful online experiences so that...
Paper Prototyping
The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2003
Do you spend a lot of time during the design process wondering what users really need? Do you hate those endless meetings where you argue how the interface should work? Have you ever developed something that later had to be completely redesigned?
Paper Prototyping can help. Written by a usability...
Knowledge Intensive Design Technology
IFIP TC5 / WG5.2 Fifth Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD July 23–25, 2002, St. Julians, Malta
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Knowledge Intensive Design Technology is a collection of papers presented at the Fifth Workshop on Knowledge Intensive CAD, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 5.2 and hosted by the Department of Manufacturing Engineering at the University...
Beyond BIM
Architecture Information Modeling
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Beyond BIM explores the vast and under-explored design potential undertaken by information modeling. Through a series of investigations grounded in the analysis of built work, interviews with leading practitioners, and speculative projects, the author catalogs the practical advantages and theoretical...