Don Norman
Cognitive scientist and designer; author of The Design of Everyday Things; co-founder of Nielsen Norman Group; former VP at Apple.
Design Journeys through Complex Systems: Practice Tools for Systemic Design by Peter Jones and Kristel Van Ael
The result is a powerful description and recommendation for taming the otherwise overwhelming complexity of methods and meetings into a coherent sensemaking process that sets the standard for these new skills and methods. All designers involved in these essential societal issues and instructors in design classes that address these need this book.
on jnd.org · 26 Mar 2023
How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
After I discovered this book, I wrote to Flyvbjerg saying that I wished I had read his book before writing mine because it would have made mine better
on jnd.org · 26 Mar 2023
Livable Proximity: Ideas for the City That Cares by Ezio Manzini
Manzini redefines proximity for the digital age, revealing a delightful, creative, sociable way of living. New, yet familiar, merging tradition with technology. Feasible.
on jnd.org · 26 Mar 2023
Make the World a Better Place: Design with Passion, Purpose, and Values by Robert Kozma
Kozma’s book is such a great complement to Design for a Better World that we banded together, and with two other like-minded individuals are presenting a panel discussion of our books and an international design conference (IASDR 2023). My book provides a high-level overview, including the importance of history and past events. Kozma provides excellent case studies and examples: the two books support each other so much, that I recommend reading and using both.
on jnd.org · 26 Mar 2023
No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air by Mark Z. Jacobson
I consider this an extremely powerful and convincing book. However, although the reviewers praise it as "easy to read," I found it slow-going.
on jnd.org · 26 Mar 2023
Sustainable Innovation: Thinking as Behavioral Scientists, Acting as Designers by Michele Visciola
I love the subtitle of this book: Thinking as behavioral scientists, acting as designers.
on jnd.org · 26 Mar 2023
Swivel to Sustainability: A Guidebook to Full Systems Business Transformation by Leyla Acaroglu
Sustainability is now part of the stated goals of numerous companies, but if you are the person responsible for accomplishing the promise, Swivel to Sustainability is the guidebook you need.
on jnd.org · 26 Mar 2023
The Impact Plan: Rethinking Today, Remaking Tomorrow, Designing a Better World by Carolina Lelis
Anyone who pays attention to the news knows that the world is facing multiple crises. Many of us ask, what can I do to help? If you are one of those people, The Impact Plan is the book for you, providing powerful, yet easy-to-use tools that guide you through the hero’s journey, successfully attacking some of the world’s major problems, while still being yourself, an ordinary person in extraordinary times.
on jnd.org · 26 Mar 2023
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