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A vibrant, visual playbook that transforms the way you look at the objects and interfaces around you. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Design is Storytelling.
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- thought-provoking
- 01
Thinking with Type
Ellen Lupton · 2004
A visually arresting, deeply practical masterclass that permanently changes the way you look at the printed word.
- 02
100 things every designer needs to know about people
Susan Weinschenk
A brisk, bite-sized masterclass in the psychological quirks that drive human behavior and interaction.
- 03
Storytelling with Data
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic
A clarifying, highly visual masterclass in turning dense spreadsheets into compelling, persuasive narratives.
- 04
Designing For Emotion
Aarron Walter
A warm, practical manifesto for injecting humanity and delight into the cold spaces of the digital world.
- 05
The Design of Future Things
Don Norman · 2007
A fascinating, consumer-oriented exploration of how we interact with the increasingly intelligent machines that populate our daily lives.
- 06
Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins
Annette Simmons
A grounding guide to finding the human heartbeat beneath the cold data of modern business communication.
- 07
Change by design
Brown, Tim · 2009
An empowering, pragmatic guide that reframes complex challenges as opportunities for human-centered design.
- 08
Sketching User Experiences
Bill Buxton
An engaging, holistic exploration of how early ideation and sketching can shape the future of human-computer interaction.
- 09
Design as art
Bruno Munari · 1971
A playful, eye-opening invitation to see the hidden artistry in the mundane objects that shape our daily lives.
- 10
Information is Beautiful
David McCandless
A visually stunning antidote to information overload that transforms complex data into beautiful, digestible art.
- 11
Made to stick
Chip Heath and Dan Heath
A masterclass in communication that reads like a collection of fascinating campfire stories.
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slide:ology
Nancy Duarte
An empowering masterclass in transforming complex ideas into clear, influential visual stories.
