Design Books

Here are design books recommendations, especially about design thinking, behaviour change, design research and more.
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Starbursting Technique: Evaluating New Ideas
Starbursting is another creative brainstorming tool with a different approach from other brainstorming techniques. When the team inside the organisation brainstorms new ideas using mind mapping and brainstorming tools, the The post Starbursting Technique: Evaluating New Ideas appeared first on Designorate.
How to Apply Blue Ocean Strategy
One of the biggest challenges that face today’s companies is market competency. The challenge factor is magnified for new companies as they try to find a value proposition that allows The post How to Apply Blue Ocean Strategy appeared first on Designorate.
How to Conduct Heuristic Evaluation?
The usability testing is one of the essential stages of the user experience design process where the prototype is tested and evaluated to ensure that the final product is user-friendly The post How to Conduct Heuristic Evaluation? appeared first on Designorate.
The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman
Don Norman is one of the leading professors in behaviour psychology and human-computer interaction (HCI). His book, The Design of Everyday Things, is based on a simple observation: why do we love and hate some elements in our lives? And what is the psychology behind our behaviour toward products? Addressing these two questions presents a cornerstone of your design practice. For example, why do some people love products such as Apple, Mini Cooper, or IKEA? By understanding how consumers love or hate products, the design team can target these features to build an empathic relationship between the product (or service) and the client, known as emphatic design.
What are the principles of Good Digital Healthcare Design?
The broad role of digital healthcare design is progressing rapidly, driven by the need for digital and technological solutions to address the increasing challenges facing healthcare systems worldwide. Several barriers The post What are the principles of Good Digital Healthcare Design? appeared first on Designorate.
How to use Card Sorting to Improve Service Design
Service design follows the same design thinking processes that we highlighted in previous articles about design thinking. However, when it comes to the prototyping stage, there should be a coherent structure The post How to use Card Sorting to Improve Service Design appeared first on Designorate.
The Double Diamond Design Thinking Process and How to Use it
We explored the design thinking different frameworks in various articles, and one of these models is the Double Diamond design thinking process which the British Design Council developed. Like other The post The Double Diamond Design Thinking Process and How to Use it appeared first on Designorate.
How to Use Role-Play Method in UX Research
As human beings, our lives are formed as a net of intersected stories. Reading or watching stories help us to put ourselves on others shoes, feel their pains and pleasant The post How to Use Role-Play Method in UX Research appeared first on Designorate.
What Are The Six Thinking Hats? And How to Use Them?
Design thinking and group discussion are highly complex processes in which thoughts are shared, ideas bubble up, and others are buried. De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats technique provides a systematic The post What Are The Six Thinking Hats? And How to Use Them? appeared first on Designorate.
Stage Gate Process: The Complete Practice Guide
When it comes to the process of new product development, the stakes are high to achieve the target goals and introduce to the market a product that can satisfy both The post Stage Gate Process: The Complete Practice Guide appeared first on Designorate.
Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work
In this small yet informative book, Design Thinking, Nigel Cross explores how designers think and reach creative ideas in the design field and the nature of design from the perspective of idea formation. To this goal, the book overviews design practice based on observing and interviewing creative designers and exploring expert tips with them. Design processes try to explore the design expertise from creating the idea to applying it. Click the link to read the follow review of the book.
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What is Design? And What is not?
What is design? We will explore design characteristics based on different scholars and practitioners to answer this question. The post What is Design? And What is not? appeared first on Designorate.
How to Apply Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Framework
The critical thinking framework provides an efficient method for designers, design students, and researchers to evaluate arguments and ideas through rational reasoning. As a result, we eliminate biases, distractions, and similar factors The post How to Apply Paul-Elder Critical Thinking Framework appeared first on Designorate.
Why is Medical Technology Innovation so Hard?
Medical technology innovation has dramatically expanded, especially during the COVID-19 lockdown. Mobile apps were used to track and trace to spread of the pandemic, and video chatting apps replace physical The post Why is Medical Technology Innovation so Hard? appeared first on Designorate.