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<h4>A comprehensive list of books that will inspire you to think deeply in design</h4>
Main category: Design in Business, Contemporary Design, Design History, Sub-fields of Design History and Design Theory and Methods.
<h3>Design in Business</h3>
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<li>Change by Design | Tim Brown</li>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Change-Design-Transforms-Organizations-Innovation/dp/0061766089/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641098&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Change+by+Design">Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation</a>
2. Make it New: The History and Theory of Silicon Valley Design | Barry Katz
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Make-New-History-Silicon-Valley/dp/0262029634/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641109&amp;sr=1-2-fkmr1&amp;keywords=Make+it+New%3A+The+History+and+Theory+of+Silicon+Valley+Design">Make It New: A History of Silicon Valley Design (MIT Press)</a>
3. The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage | Roger Martin
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Business-Thinking-Competitive-Advantage/dp/1422177807/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641125&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=The+Design+of+Business">The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage</a>
4. The Opposable Mind: How successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking | Roger Martin
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Opposable-Mind-Successful-Integrative-Thinking/dp/1422118924/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641144&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Opposable+Mind">The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking</a>
5. Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value | Thomas Lockwood
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Thinking-Integrating-Innovation-Experience/dp/1581156685/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641204&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Design+Thinking%3A+Integrating+Innovation%2C+Customer+Experience%2C">Design Thinking: Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value</a>
6. Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design | Maria Giudice and Christopher Ireland
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rise-DEO-Leadership-Design-Voices/dp/0321934393/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641229&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Rise+of+the+DEO">Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design (Voices That Matter)</a>
7. The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design Firm | Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Innovation-Lessons-Creativity-Americas/dp/0385499841/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641246&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Art+of+Innovation%3A+Lessons+in+Creativity+from+IDEO">The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America&#8217;s Leading Design Firm</a>
<h3>Contemporary Design</h3>
8. Designing for People | Henry Dreyfuss
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1581153120/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2Z59DX6G828YA&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0">Designing for People</a>
9. Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change | Victor Papanek
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Real-World-Ecology-Social/dp/0897331532/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641396&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Design+for+the+Real+World">Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change</a>
10. The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture | Victor Papanek
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Green-Imperative-Ecology-Ethics-Architecture/dp/0500278466/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641441&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=The+Green+Imperative%3A+Ecology+and+Ethics+in+Design+and+Architecture">The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture</a>
11. The Design of Everyday Things | Donald Norman
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641346&amp;sr=1-4&amp;keywords=The+Design+of+Everyday+Things">The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition</a>
12. Living with Complexity | Donald Norman
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Living-Complexity-Press-Donald-Norman/dp/0262528940/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641505&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=living+with+complexity">Living with Complexity (MIT Press)</a>
13. Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things | Donald Norman
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Design-Love-Everyday-Things/dp/0465051367/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641363&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Emotional+Design%3A+Why+We+Love">Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things</a>
14. Women Designers in the USA, 1900–2000: Diversity and Difference | Pat Kirkham
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Women-Designers-USA-1900-2000-Difference/dp/0300093314/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641293&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Women+Designers+in+the+USA%2C+1900%E2%80%932000%3A+Diversity+and+Difference">Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference</a>
15. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things | William McDonough and Michael Braungart
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cradle-Remaking-Way-Make-Things/dp/0865475873/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641308&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Cradle+to+Cradle%3A+Remaking+the+Way+We+Make+Things">Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things</a>
16. Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come to Be As They Are | Harvey Molotch
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Where-Stuff-Comes-Toasters-Computers/dp/0415944007/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641327&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Where+Stuff+Comes+From%3A+How+Toasters%2C">Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As They Are</a>
<h3>Design History</h3>
17. Design: The Whole Story | Elizabeth Wilhide
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/379138189X/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IN0C5IWJ5HKRG&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0">Design: The Whole Story</a>
18. The Story of Design: From the Paleolithic to the Present
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1580934706/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I246PW396QJGUN&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0">The Story of Design: From the Paleolithic to the Present</a>
19. Theory and Design in the First Machine Age | Reyner Banham
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Design-First-Machine-Age/dp/0851396321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640469&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Theory+and+Design+in+the+First+Machine+Age">Theory and Design in the First Machine Age, 2nd Edition (MIT Press)</a>
20. Twentieth Century Limited: Industrial Design in America, 1925–1939 | Jeffrey Meikle
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twentieth-Century-Limited-Industrial-Civilization/dp/1566398932/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640680&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=Twentieth+Century+Limited">Twentieth Century Limited: Industrial Design In America 1925-1939 (American Civilization)</a>
21. History of Modern Design | David Raizman
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/History-Modern-Design-2nd-Fashion/dp/0205728502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640668&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=History+of+Modern+Design">History of Modern Design (2nd Edition) (Fashion Series)</a>
22. An Introduction to Design and Culture: 1900 to the Present | Penny Sparke
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Design-Culture-1900-Present/dp/0415686199/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640641&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=And+Introduction+to+Design+and+Culture">An Introduction to Design and Culture: 1900 to the Present</a>
23. Twentieth-Century Design | Jonathan Woodham
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twentieth-Century-Design-Oxford-History-Art/dp/0192842048/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640598&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=Twentieth-Century+Design">Twentieth-Century Design (Oxford History of Art)</a>
<h3>Sub-fields of Design History</h3>
24. A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals | Spiro Kostof, Gregory Castillo
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/History-Architecture-Settings-Rituals/dp/0195083792/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640815&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=A+History+of+Architecture%3A+Settings+and+Rituals">World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History</a>
25. A History of Graphic Design | Philip Meggs, Alston Purvis
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Meggs-History-Graphic-Design-Philip/dp/1118772059/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640902&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=A+History+of+Graphic+Design">Meggs&#8217; History of Graphic Design</a>
26. A History of Interior Design | John Pile, Judith Gura
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/History-Interior-Design-John-Pile/dp/1118403517/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640941&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=A+History+of+Interior+Design">History of Interior Design</a>
27. Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity | Ulrich Lehmann
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tigersprung-Fashion-Modernity-Ulrich-Lehmann/dp/0262122316/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513640998&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Tigersprung%3A+Fashion+in+Modernity">Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity</a>
28. Designing Interactions | Bill Moggridge
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Interactions-Press-Bill-Moggridge/dp/0262134748/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641026&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Designing+Interactions">Designing Interactions (MIT Press)</a>
<h3>Design Theory and Methods</h3>
29. Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work | Nigel Cross
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Design-Thinking-Understanding-Designers-Think/dp/1847886361/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641459&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Design+Thinking%3A+Understanding+How+Designers+Think+and+Work">Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work</a>
30. Designerly Ways of Knowing | Nigel Cross
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Designerly-Knowing-International-Research-Design/dp/3764384840/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641489&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=nigel+cross">Designerly Ways of Knowing (Board of International Research in Design)</a>
31. 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People | Susan Weinschenk
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Things-Designer-People-Voices-Matter/dp/0321767535/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641526&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=100+Things+Every+Designer+Needs+to+Know+About+People">100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter)</a>
32. Universal Principles of Design: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design | William Lidwell, Kritina Holden
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Principles-Design-Revised-Updated/dp/1592535879/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1513641543&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Universal+Principles+of+Design%3A+125+Ways">Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design</a>
33. The Meanings of Modern Design: Towards the Twenty-First Century | Peter Dormer
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0500276323/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I3S1DORR78MLDM&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0">The Meanings of Modern Design: Towards the Twenty-First Century</a>
34. 101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization | Vijay Kumar
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118083466/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1LKLK7XM3HBIH&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0">101 Design Methods: A Structured Approach for Driving Innovation in Your Organization</a>
35. The Culture of Design | Guy Julier
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1446273598/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IKJMONRVIE8ZH&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0">The Culture of Design</a>
36. Objects of Desire: Design and Society Since 1750 | Adrian Forty
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0500274126/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2NW9WJN2D7O8F&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0">Objects of Desire: Design and Society Since 1750</a>
37. The Philosophy of Design | Glenn Parsons
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0745663893/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2OBQ5IO3IQTVM&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0">https://www.amazon.com/dp/0745663893/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2OBQ5IO3IQTVM&amp;colid=7X15PHO0C1ZF&amp;psc=0</a>
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