If you're new to UX design, it helps to get a broad understanding of the field. This will allow you to speak the language across the UX design process and see which aspects of UX design you enjoy the most
#Show Notes
- What the user experience design process encompasses (00:42)
- A practical book on design thinking: Jobs To Be Done by Tony Ulwick (01:00)
- Information architecture described in plain english: How to Make Sense of Any Mess by Abby Covert. (01:49)
- What is usability and where do some design conventions come from: Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug (02:40)
- Beyond designing for mobile, this book gets you thinking about the importance of device and context: Mobile-First Design by Luke (03:47)
- This brief book gives you a broad understanding of visual design to make your user interfaces more delightful: Designing for Emotion by Aaron Walter (04:24)
- If you replace all mentions of "marketing" in this book with "user experience", you'll have a really good understanding of UX is: This is Marketing by Seth Godin (04:26)
- An inspiring book that puts the focus on practice, practice, practice: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (05:02)
#Links from the episode
These books are free to read online: