There are a reasonable amount books out there on the subject of industrial design and unfortunately I have not been able to read them all, yet. However I have read my fair share of books relating to design and industrial design, plus I also own what I feel is a pretty decent collection of design books.
So with this in mind, I thought I would share with you my five all time favourite books on, or related to, the field of industrial design.
Here, without further ado, in no particular order are my top five personal favourite industrial design books.
The Design of Everyday Things – Donald A. Norman
A Fine Line: How Design Strategies Are Shaping the Future of Business – Hartmut Esslinger
Designing Interactions – Bill Moggridge
Read the Design Droplets review of Designing Interaction over here.
Designers are Wankers – Lee McCormack
You can check out a Design Droplets review of it over here.
What are your top five favourite industrial design books? Link up your must have’s in the comments, I am always searching for something new to read (as I am sure you are too).
Design Is The Problem by Nathan Shedroff.
Great book, easy reading.
Nikki, thanks for stopping by and sharing. I will certainly have to find a copy of design is the problem to read.
Cheers
Raph
Interesting choice… here’s few more:
Emotional design/ Donald A. Norman
Universal principles of design/ W. Lidwell, K. Holden, J. Butler
Cradle to cradle/ W. McDonough, M Braungart
The interior world of Tom Dixon/ Tom Dixon
Design and the elastic mind/ MoMA
nice post raph, and good suggestion ilan.el…
cradle to cradle is a must have.
ilan.el and Henry thanks for sharing your great suggestions.
‘Cradle to Cradle’ is certainly a good read and I will have to get hold of a copy of ‘The interior world of Tom Dixon’ sto find out what it is like.
Hey Raph,
Great post to be taken into consideration. Many designers do not like to read very much. These top five are a must read. I´ve read a couple but my next one will be definitely “A Fine Line” by Esslinger.
cheers
Great list. I particularly like DEsigners are wankers.
What about the following though. I think it should be included in the list
Universal Principles of Design: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
http://goo.gl/hiISO