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Books like The Elements of User Experience
The best books like The Elements of User Experience are Making and Breaking the Grid, A Pattern Language, and The New Typography. The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett is about user experience design, information architecture, product 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.
- Making and Breaking the Grid
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Timothy Samara · Self-help
Making and Breaking the Grid is a textbook for graphic designers that does something most design textbooks avoid: it teaches both halves of its title with equal seriousness.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - A Pattern Language
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Christopher Alexander · Science
A Pattern Language is an extraordinary attempt to describe, in systematic form, the conditions that make human habitats feel alive.
Both dig into human-centered design.
Read the summary → - The New Typography
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Jan Tschichold · Philosophy
The New Typography, published in German in 1928 as Die neue Typographie, is Jan Tschichold's manifesto for a modernist approach to printed communication.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal · Business
Hooked is Nir Eyal's framework for designing products that people return to without external prompting.
Both dig into product design.
Read the summary → - About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
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About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design
Alan Cooper · Science
Alan Cooper's About Face, first published in 1995 and revised through multiple editions, is the foundational text of interaction design as a professional discipline.
Both dig into design process.
Read the summary → - Designing Brand Identity
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Alina Wheeler · Business
Alina Wheeler's Designing Brand Identity, first published in 2003 and revised through multiple editions, is the standard reference text for brand practitioners — designers, strategists, marketing directors, and brand managers who need a shared vocabulary and a working framework for the process.
Both dig into design process.
Read the summary → - No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
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No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
Sarah Frier · Business
No Filter is Sarah Frier's account of Instagram's founding, its acquisition by Facebook, and the decade-long tension between Instagram's founders and Mark Zuckerberg over what the product should become.
Both dig into product design.
Read the summary → - Sprint
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Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz · Business
Sprint is the account of the design sprint methodology developed at Google Ventures — a five-day process for answering critical business questions through rapid prototyping and real user testing.
Both dig into product design.
Read the summary → - Universal Principles of Design
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Universal Principles of Design
William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler · Science
Universal Principles of Design is a reference book organized as an encyclopedia: 125 design principles, each given a two-page spread with a clear definition, a visual example, and a brief note on application.
Both dig into product design.
Read the summary → - 12 Rules for Life
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Jordan Peterson · Self-help
12 Rules for Life is Jordan Peterson's attempt to distill what clinical psychology, comparative mythology, the Bible, and evolutionary biology say about how to live.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - A Mind for Numbers
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Barbara Oakley · Self-help
A Mind for Numbers is Barbara Oakley's guide to learning hard subjects effectively, written primarily for students struggling with mathematics and science but drawing on cognitive science principles that apply to any demanding field.
A kindred self-help read.
Read the summary → - Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques
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Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques
Valérie Filiou · Self-help
Abstract Painting is a practical handbook for painters who want to move beyond representation and learn to work with color, form, and gesture on their own terms.
A kindred self-help read.
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Books like The Elements of User Experience: quick answers
What are the best books like The Elements of User Experience?
The best books like The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett are Making and Breaking the Grid by Timothy Samara, A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, The New Typography by Jan Tschichold, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal, About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Elements of User Experience, such as user experience design, information architecture, product design.
What should I read after The Elements of User Experience?
A natural next read after The Elements of User Experience is Making and Breaking the Grid by Timothy Samara. A kindred self-help read. Other strong choices are A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, The New Typography by Jan Tschichold, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal.
What books are similar to The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett?
The Elements of User Experience centers on user experience design, information architecture, product design. Books with a similar feel include Making and Breaking the Grid by Timothy Samara, A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, The New Typography by Jan Tschichold, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal, About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper, Designing Brand Identity by Alina Wheeler — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
