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The mechanics of non-human personas

UX Collective

Almost 50 years later, in March 2017, the Whanganui River in New Zealand was the first river to be granted personhood [2]. Yes, there are important movements like sustainable design, eco design and circular design. There are plenty of tools and frameworks to consider the environmental impact during a design process.

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59 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2022

Shillington

He picks apart how design can convince us of a certain way of thinking, in both an overt and covert manner. Through examples, not just from graphic design but also product design, industrial design and architecture, Adams illustrates how design can inspire, provoke, amuse, anger or reassure us and the reasons why it does this.

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50 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2020

Shillington

This first volume of Jens Müller’s comprehensive and enlightening 2017 book traces 70 years of graphic design, designers, and developments from the late 19th century through the economic boom after the Second World War. Buy the book. Buy the book. And here’s the book to explain it.