How Design Makes the World
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4.7 • 10 Ratings
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
"Everything you use, from your home to your smartphone, from highways to supermarkets, was designed by someone. What did they get right? Where did they go wrong? And what can we learn from how these experts think that can help us improve our own lives?
In How Design Makes The World, bestselling author and designer Scott Berkun reveals how designers, from software engineers to city planners, have succeeded and failed us. From the airplane armrest to the Facebook "like" button, and everything in between, Berkun shows how design helps or hinders everyone, and offers a new way to think about the world around you.
Whether you spend time in a studio or a boardroom, an office or the outdoors, How Design Makes the World empowers you to ask better questions—and to understand the designs in everything that matters.
Customer Reviews
Everyone who is or works with designers should read this book
I'm a professional designer. I've done many of the things described in this book. But now, I can explain it to others in a way that's more concise and more understandable. I'll be reviewing this book, and the countless passages I highlighted within in, every few months.
Beyond teaching me to communicate better, "How Design Makes the World" has made me a better designer. The author goes beyond the basics to explain why having too few cooks during the design process is just as bad as having too many cooks, why product demos don't showcase who well designed a product is, and why the craft of defining problems is as important as designing solutions. This is the best design book since "Don't Make Me Think."