Lee Lefever “The Art of Explaining”

 Book Lee Lefever “The Art of Explaining” The title of this book is one of those that may not accurately reveal its content. For me, “explanation” is the use of words, gestures and signs to convey something from one person to another. But also “explanation” is the design of an ...

Susan Waynshank’s “100 Core Principles of Presentation”

 Book Susan Waynshank’s “100 Core Principles of Presentation” Susan Weishenk is a PhD in Psychology, author of the popular book 100 Essential Design Principles. Over the course of her life, she has held hundreds of presentations in front of a wide variety of audiences: bored students, anti-all programmers, managers and ...

Mike Rhodey “Visual Notes”

 Book Mike Rhodey “Visual Notes” Sketching – this is a way of recording information, which allows not to write down 100% of the text heard (and unprepared people are unlikely to succeed at all), but, on the contrary, to highlight only the very essence of the lecturer’s entire speech and ...

David Sibbet “Visualize It!”

 Book David Sibbet “Visualize It!” Do you know who Dan Roham is? Yes, yes, the one who wrote a series of books on how to express your ideas on paper: simple drawings, arrows, lines, circles and stuff like that. So, David Sibbet is a colleague of Dan Roham, they do ...

Austin Cleon “Show Your Work”

 Book Austin Cleon “Show Your Work” In fact, the full title of the book is “Show your work. 10 ways to get noticed “… And this is the second book by Austin Cleon, which was published in Russia quite recently and, I am sure, will enjoy no less popularity than ...
Industrial design books

Industrial design books

 Book Industrial design books An excellent selection of industrial design books. The selection contains 1 book in Russian and 5 in English. “Design Sketching” There are very few books on industrial design, and even fewer good textbooks. Design in Sketches is arguably the best illustrated book for industrial designers. Twenty-four ...

10 book novelties for designers in January 2015

 Book 10 book novelties for designers in January 2015 There are many interesting books to be found among the January prints for designers. Some of them are for beginners, some for real pros. And there is also interesting literature for general development. Michael Janda “Burn Your Portfolio! What is not ...

5 books for the aspiring designer

 Design 5 books for the aspiring designer Getting started is never easy. Moreover, when ordinary textbooks do not provide the knowledge that is needed in practice. For aspiring designers, below there is a selection of the best books that will help them learn the basics of this profession and move ...

Tina Seelig “Breaking the Pattern”

 Book Tina Seelig “Breaking the Pattern” Tina Seelig – PhD, a neurologist at the Stanford School of Medicine, lectures on entrepreneurship at Stanford University and conducts many trainings to develop lateral thinking, which is designed to help solve problems quickly and most effectively. What is this book about Tina Seelig’s ...

Ludwig Bystronovsky “What books a designer should read”

 Book Ludwig Bystronovsky “What books a designer should read” Lecture by Ludwig Bystronovsky about which books are important for a designer to read. Here is a list of the books Ludwig talks about: 1. The Art of Talking About Books You Haven’t Read, Pierre Bayard 2. Ulysses, James Joyce 3. ...