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Books like Articulating Design Decisions
The best books like Articulating Design Decisions are The Design of Everyday Things, Don't Make Me Think, and Thinking with Type. Articulating Design Decisions by Tom Greever is about design communication, stakeholder management, ux design. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Design of Everyday Things
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Donald Norman · Psychology
The Design of Everyday Things began as The Psychology of Everyday Things when first published in 1988, and Donald Norman revised it substantially for a 2013 edition that updated the examples for a digital age.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Don't Make Me Think
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Steve Krug · Business
Don't Make Me Think is Steve Krug's short, plainspoken guide to web usability.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Thinking with Type
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Ellen Lupton · Self-help
Thinking with Type is Ellen Lupton's critical guide to typography — not as a catalog of fonts, but as a discipline for thinking about how written language takes visual form.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Switch
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Chip Heath and Dan Heath · Business
Switch is Chip Heath and Dan Heath's framework for understanding and overcoming the central paradox of change: people want things to be different, and yet change is consistently hard.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Nonviolent Communication
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Marshall B. Rosenberg · Self-help
Nonviolent Communication is Marshall Rosenberg's framework for communicating in ways that preserve connection and address needs rather than triggering defensiveness.
A kindred business read.
Read the summary → - Power and Love
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Adam Kahane · Business
Power and Love is Adam Kahane's attempt to resolve a tension he encountered repeatedly in his work facilitating multi-stakeholder processes on complex social problems: the people with power to make change rarely feel the need for love, and the people motivated by love rarely feel comfortable with power.
Both dig into collaboration.
Read the summary → - Clean Code
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Robert C. Martin · Science
Clean Code is Robert Martin's extended argument that writing readable, maintainable code is a professional obligation, not an optional refinement.
Both dig into professional practice.
Read the summary → - How to
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Michael Bierut · Biography
How to is Michael Bierut's account of thirty-five years of practice as a graphic designer at Pentagram, the world's largest independent design firm.
Both dig into professional practice.
Read the summary → - In the Blink of an Eye
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Walter Murch · Philosophy
In the Blink of an Eye is Walter Murch's extended meditation on film editing — what it is, why it works, and what an editor is actually doing when they cut from one image to another.
Both dig into collaboration.
Read the summary → - Making Movies
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Sidney Lumet · Biography
Making Movies is Sidney Lumet's account of how films get made, written by a director who spent fifty years making them.
Both dig into collaboration.
Read the summary → - The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein · Memoir
The Autobiography of Alice B.
Both dig into collaboration.
Read the summary → - The Extended Mind
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Annie Murphy Paul · Science
The Extended Mind is Annie Murphy Paul's argument that the brain is not the only seat of cognition.
Both dig into collaboration.
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Books like Articulating Design Decisions: quick answers
What are the best books like Articulating Design Decisions?
The best books like Articulating Design Decisions by Tom Greever are The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug, Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton, Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Articulating Design Decisions, such as design communication, stakeholder management, ux design.
What should I read after Articulating Design Decisions?
A natural next read after Articulating Design Decisions is The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman. A kindred business read. Other strong choices are Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug, Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton, Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.
What books are similar to Articulating Design Decisions by Tom Greever?
Articulating Design Decisions centers on design communication, stakeholder management, ux design. Books with a similar feel include The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug, Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton, Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath, Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, Power and Love by Adam Kahane — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
