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Sep 19, 2021

A collection of my favorite books I believe a designer should read. Some of these are design books but many will make you a better designer without being about design at all. What do you think is missing from the list? notes.thisisehsan.com/D+Public+Notes

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what books do you think should be on a must read list for designers?

Andy Matuschak

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It's hard. There are few great books about digital product design. So I'd emphasize books about futurism, cybernetics, mechanism design, etc. A few: - Dream Machine - Computer Lib, Literary Machines - Governing the Commons - Technopoly - Orality & Literacy - Inmates Are Running…

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I really don't understand why there are so few great books about software design. There are several in the "fine" tier, basically none in the "outstanding" tier.

Ehsan Nour

@thisisehsan

Sep 19, 2021

Completely agree. No books on software design have necessarily changed how I approach design — most tend to focus on basic intros, are a portfolio of work, or focus too much on a hyper specific methodology. Really appreciate this list. Just added all of them to my reading list.

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