4 Books to Enhance your UX
There are a great amount of books and resources available on UX Design, however in my journey to advance my skill set I’ve come across many geared towards the beginner, rather than those looking to upgrade their abilities to the next level.
In this article, I’ve put together 4 books that I found particularly useful in application to my skills, helping me transform my capabilities and increase the value add of UX!
I’ve included some amazon links below to add to your wishlist, but I also recommend searching for them on Just Books Second Hand
Start with why
Whilst not geared towards the designer, Start with Why is a great book that will change how you start your design process, as well as what makes successful user experiences.
I’d recommend this book to any designer that wants to create more impact in their design decisions.
Creative Selection
Who better to take learning from than arguably the greatest innovators of experience in the 21st century than Apple?
Creative Selection will take your design process from A grade to an A+, focused on building effective demo’s and gathering useful commentary and feedback from stakeholders; an essential key to successful UX.
Articulating Design Decisions
Communicating your decisions and convincing stakeholders to deliver the best possible user experience is something that can take a little more than just practice — and that’s where I found Articulating Design Decisions useful!
Recommended to those who want to take their stakeholder communication to the next stage, with valuable tactics that help us to demonstrate exactly why we make the decisions we make, and why they give value.
Fascinate
This book is a great read even as a generic recommendation to all, but when combined with a UX mindset you’ll be geared not only to build better products, but to better garner interest in what you create; to both users and stakeholders
Another plus to this book is the enjoyability factor that most typical non-fiction reads lack, reminiscent of one of my all time UX favourites, ‘Don’t make me think’.
In Summary
If you asked me to give you a ‘must read’ list, you’d end with a library, which is why the essentials are important!
With this list, now you have what I consider fantastic reads for those wanting to take their UX to the next stage!
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