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Books like Designing Design
The best books like Designing Design are The Design of Everyday Things, Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees, and Concerning the Spiritual in Art. Designing Design by Kenya Hara is about design philosophy, emptiness, japanese aesthetics. 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 philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
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Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
Lawrence Weschler · Biography
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees is Lawrence Weschler's extended portrait of Robert Irwin, the California artist who began his career as an abstract expressionist painter and progressively dismantled every element of conventional art-making — frame, canvas, pigment, discrete object — until he was working with pure perception itself.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Concerning the Spiritual in Art
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Wassily Kandinsky · Philosophy
Wassily Kandinsky's 1911 manifesto is the founding document of abstract art.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Pirsig · Philosophy
Robert Pirsig's 1974 book is structured as a cross-country motorcycle journey from Minnesota to California, narrated by a father traveling with his young son Chris.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Experiencing Architecture
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Steen Eiler Rasmussen · Philosophy
Experiencing Architecture is the Danish architect and town planner Steen Eiler Rasmussen's attempt to teach non-architects how to see and feel buildings.
Both dig into sensory experience.
Read the summary → - Lying
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Sam Harris · Philosophy
Lying is a short philosophical essay — barely 80 pages — in which Sam Harris argues that lying is almost never justified and that most people dramatically underestimate its costs.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Understanding Media
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Marshall McLuhan · Philosophy
Understanding Media, published in 1964, is Marshall McLuhan's most developed work and the book that made "the medium is the message" a catchphrase of the twentieth century.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - A World Without Email
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Cal Newport · Business
A World Without Email is Cal Newport's most targeted critique of modern knowledge work culture.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Co-Active Coaching
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Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Phillip Sandahl, and Laura Whitworth · Business
Co-Active Coaching presents the model developed at the Coaches Training Institute (CTI), which has trained more professional coaches than any other organization in the world.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Crucial Accountability
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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Business
Crucial Accountability is the sequel to Crucial Conversations, narrowing its focus from high-stakes dialogue to one specific problem: what to do when someone fails to meet an expectation.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler · Self-help
Crucial Conversations is a book about what to do when the stakes are high, emotions run strong, and opinions diverge.
Both dig into communication.
Read the summary → - Death by Meeting
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Patrick Lencioni · Business
Death by Meeting is Patrick Lencioni's diagnosis of one of the most universal corporate dysfunctions: meetings that are simultaneously painful and pointless.
Both dig into communication.
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Books like Designing Design: quick answers
What are the best books like Designing Design?
The best books like Designing Design by Kenya Hara are The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler, Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig, Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Designing Design, such as design philosophy, emptiness, japanese aesthetics.
What should I read after Designing Design?
A natural next read after Designing Design is The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler, Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.
What books are similar to Designing Design by Kenya Hara?
Designing Design centers on design philosophy, emptiness, japanese aesthetics. Books with a similar feel include The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler, Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig, Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Lying by Sam Harris — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
