
Design Thinking
by Nigel Cross
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2011–2018first – last mentioned
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by Nigel Cross
100% recommend
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For you budding industrial designers; The Design of Everyday Things - Don Norman Ways of Seeing - Jon Berger Principles of Form and Design - Wucius Wong Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work - Nigel Cross
on “Ask HN: What are the best textbooks in your field of expertise?” ↗…stuff. His book Designerly Ways of Knowing (2006) is good but published in some absurdly expensive, for-libraries-only monograph series, so find it in a library rather than buying it. His more recent book, Design Thinking, is a collection of case studies with some analysis, a bit lighter but also good (and not $149: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847886361/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...)
on “How to self-educate if you lack a formal design education” ↗