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This is a reading list I use for teaching Design Thinking module on the Digital Media Management masters degree course at Sheffield Hallam University.
It contains an expanding mix of literature relating to general design and design thinking as well as specific digital design topics and practice.
It contains an expanding mix of literature relating to general design and design thinking as well as specific digital design topics and practice.
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Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience
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The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm
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The Designful Company: How to Build a Culture of Nonstop Innovation
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User Experience Re-Mastered: Your Guide to Getting the Right Design
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
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Nir Eyal (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 49,227 ratings
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The Practitioner's Guide to Product Management
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Jock Busuttil (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 184 ratings
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The Design of Everyday Things
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
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Steve Krug (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 30,453 ratings
score: 93,
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Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value
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Thomas Lockwood (editor)
3.84 avg rating — 446 ratings
score: 92,
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The Culture of Design
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3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 91,
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Transforming an Idea Into a Business with Design Thinking: The Structured Approach from Silicon Valley for Entrepreneurs and Leaders
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Muhammad Mashhood Alam (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
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Sasha Costanza-Chock (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 525 ratings
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What a Body Can Do
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The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage
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Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
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Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming
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Rethinking Users: The Design Guide to User Ecosystem Thinking
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User Experience Design: A Practical Introduction
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
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Simon Sinek (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 261,611 ratings
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Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind
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3.66 avg rating — 126 ratings
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Handbook of Design Thinking: Tips & Tools for how to design thinking
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Christian Mueller-Roterberg (Goodreads Author)
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score: 80,
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Service Design and Delivery (Service Science: Research and Innovations in the Service Economy)
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Design for How People Think: Using Brain Science to Build Better Products
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3.65 avg rating — 313 ratings
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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
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Jake Knapp (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 23,184 ratings
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The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
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4.39 avg rating — 3,362 ratings
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The Guide to Mockups
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This Is Service Design Methods: Expanded Service Design Thinking Methods for Real Projects
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Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation: What They Can't Teach You at Business or Design School
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3.62 avg rating — 400 ratings
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Design, When Everybody Designs: An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation
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Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff They Don't Teach You in Design School, But Should
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4.14 avg rating — 667 ratings
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Exposing the Magic of Design: A Practitioner's Guide to the Methods and Theory of Synthesis (Human Technology Interaction Series)
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Jon Kolko (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 210 ratings
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list created January 5th, 2021
by Chris Dymond (votes) .
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accessibility, design-thinking, hci, mobile, service-design, ui, usability, user-experience, user-interfaces, ux, ux-design, web
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