Universal Principles of Design is a book that I should’ve read earlier as a product designer. It gave me new perspectives in thinking about the tricky design problems or situations I encountered in the past, and new ideas on how to approach a design project in the future. Below are 5 principles that stuck with me after I read this book.
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Learnings from Reading Atomic Design
As a product designer, you may have used a design system in the past, but have you actually built one yourself? The book Atomic Design by Brad Frost talks about the atomic principle when it comes to creating a design system, and dives into the nitty gritty of how to do that.
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What I’ve Learned from Reading Antifragile
If something is antifragile, not only does it not break in the face of chaos, stress, shock or volatility, but also overcompensates and gain from them. The book Antifragile by Nassim Taleb explains this very interesting phenomenon, and is full of nuggets of wisdom.
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This Book Will Change the Way You Look at Data in Design: Learnings from Reading Designing with Data
How do you feel when the success of your design hinges on metrics? For me, I used to not like it. I felt that it was too rigid and that design shouldn’t be reduced to a number game, which I talked about earlier. Since then, I’d been trying to learn the best practices of integrating data into design, and this book Designing with Data — written by Rochelle King, Elizabeth F. Churchill and Caitlin Tan— helped me understand better the role data plays in product design. I’m sure you’ll benefit a lot from this book, just like I did. Below are my learnings.
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Be an Excellent Facilitator: Learnings from Reading Communicating the UX Vision
If you want to design the best product or experience for your team, you might want to read Communicating the UX Vision by Martina Hodges-Schell and James O’Brien. It isn’t a book about design thinking, or user research, or interaction design, but a collection of anti-patterns that we designers often exhibit that prevent us from working in the most effective way with the team. Below are my learnings from the book and I’d like to share them with you.
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