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20 Must-Read Books for Product Designers at Any Stage

Creative Market

Product design is a complex discipline, requiring careful study and understanding of your user. We asked Creative Market’s own product minds to open up their libraries and share some of the books that have shaped their careers. You can learn the psychology behind what users like and improve your design strategies.

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Leveraging neurodivergent traits for design strategy

UX Collective

The existing stigma (and misunderstanding) around ADHD would have some recruiters or hiring managers view ADHD as a disqualifier. Some designers have shared that they can hear ideas or problems shared with them from product managers or other stakeholders, and in those moments they can visualize a solution in their mind.

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30 LinkedIn Group for Designers and Developers

HONGKIAT

The UX Pros group is dedicated to discussing UX trends and best practices with other professional designers like yourself. It’s where members discuss topics such as research techniques, interface design strategies, and prototyping tools among others. Web Design and Development, UX/UI. Web Professionals Connect.

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Should designers PM?

UX Collective

Fortunately, that’s over, but it really does help us designers to at least get a feel for coding so we can work more smoothly and empathetically with our engineering teammates. As a designer, I still code a little myself both at work and as a hobby. The same goes with our product management (PM) teammates. y tho In the?

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The waves of research practice

UX Collective

The current wave is cresting, ready to wash over software design and product management. And third-wave research will reach even higher, moving into product and organizational strategy. Its grounding frames are consolidated sets of user needs that extend into organizational composition and the market landscape.

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‘Doing strategy’ as a product designer

UX Collective

Only problem is I didn’t know what strategy was. I started reading books, saving articles, shadowing product managers, and seeking out mentors. What Strategy Is In general, business strategy explains how a company tries to beat the competition. It’s being able to think of many solid, profitable ideas for products.

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Good UX is not enough without a proper communication plan

UX Collective

Not everything needs a communication plan; part of creating a design strategy is to think about how and when to communicate things to make them relevant to users. So, one of the most critical skills for designers is communicating design intent; as Kazden Cattapan recalls in the article, “Design communication is a critical skill.”