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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Susan M. Weinschenk
The essential guide for every designer from a behavioral psychologist
16 min
4.3
The Lives of the Artists
The Lives of the Artists
Giorgio Vasari
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects
26 min
4.3
The Net and the Butterfly
The Net and the Butterfly
Olivia Fox Cabane
The Art and Practice of Breakthrough Thinking
16 min
How to Tell a Story
How to Tell a Story
The Moth
The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
16 min
3.6
The Art of Impossible
The Art of Impossible
Steven Kotler
A Peak Performance Primer
25 min
4.7
Creativity
Creativity
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Psychology of Discovery and Invention
22 min
4.1
The Art of Possibility
The Art of Possibility
Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
Transforming Professional and Personal Life
25 min
4.4
The Tempest
The Tempest
William Shakespeare
Embark On an Enchanted Journey Through a Magical Island Realm
20 min
4.5

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Visual Thinking for Design
Visual Thinking for Design
Colin Ware
The Daily Choices That Define Us
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare
A Comedy of Love, Magic, and Mischief
22 min
4.2
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Follow Alice down a rabbit hole of whimsical, witty absurdity.
25 min
4.8
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Transform your product into a compelling brand narrative
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Gemini: The Versatile Intellectual
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Pisces: The Empathetic Dreamer
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Kirk Thompson's Book Recommendations
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Think Like a Freak
Think Like a Freak
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Find the unconvential yet brilliant ideas hidden in data
21 min
4.3
How to Think More Effectively
How to Think More Effectively
The School of Life
A guide to greater productivity, insight and creativity
18 min
4.4
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4
Shane Parrish
Economics and Art
18 min
4.1
The Creative Act
The Creative Act
Rick Rubin
A Way of Being
13 min
4.5
Ideas Are Your Only Currency
Ideas Are Your Only Currency
Rod Judkins
100 creative projects to open your mind & inspire great ideas
17 min
4.0
Non-Obvious Thinking
Non-Obvious Thinking
Rohit Bhargava
How to See What Others Miss
17 min
4.2
Make Your Mark
Make Your Mark
Jocelyn K. Glei
The Creative’s Guide to Building a Business with Impact
18 min
4.2
Calm the F*ck Down
Calm the F*ck Down
Sarah Knight
How to Stop Freaking Out and Get On With Your Life
14 min
3.9
Living in Flow
Living in Flow
Sky Nelson-Isaacs
The Science of Synchronicity and How Your Choices Shape Your World
16 min
4.1
The Shape of Things Unseen
The Shape of Things Unseen
Adam Zeman
A New Science of Imagination
21 min
4.0
Othello
Othello
William Shakespeare
Love, Betrayal, and the Fall of a Hero
25 min
4.7
Your Brain on Art
Your Brain on Art
Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
How the Arts Transform Us
17 min
4.5
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
A Tale of Two Mirrored Fates
15 min
4.6
The Creativity Choice
The Creativity Choice
Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
The Science of Making Decisions to Turn Ideas Into Action
20 min
The Hobbit
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
A Journey Through Middle Earth—A Lord of the Rings Prequel
21 min
4.7
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy
A Journey to Reckoning with Mortality
16 min
4.7
How to Take Smart Notes
How to Take Smart Notes
Sönke Ahrens
One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
18 min
4.4
Never Play It Safe
Never Play It Safe
Chase Jarvis
A Practical Guide to Freedom, Creativity, and a Life You Love
17 min
4.5
The Innovator’s Dilemma
The Innovator’s Dilemma
Clayton Christensen
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
14 min
4.4
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Experience a Magical Journey Through India’s Tumultuous History
21 min
3.8
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
A Novel
21 min
4.3
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
Michael J. Gelb
Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
19 min
4.6
The Illusion of Innovation
The Illusion of Innovation
Elliott Parker
Escape Efficiency and Unleash Radical Progress
16 min
Originals
Originals
Adam Grant
How Non-Conformists Move the World
17 min
4.3

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