The Design of Everyday Things

Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans--from physical objects to computer programs to conceptual tools--must read this book, and it is an equally tremendous read for anyone who has to use anything created by another human. It could forever change how you experience and interact with your physical surroundings, open your eyes to the perversity of bad design and the desirability of good design, and raise your expectations about how things should be designed.

• Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
• Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
• Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter)
• 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People (Voices That Matter)
• The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business
• The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
• Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction
• Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love
• To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design
• Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Guidelines