An invaluable introduction for designers and creatives on how to create digital interfaces for users.

Delft Design Guide provides an overview of the perspectives, models, approaches, and methods used in the bachelor's and master's curriculum of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). Some of these are unique to the university, others are well known and are used by designers worldwide. Designing products and services at this faculty is considered a systematic and structured activity, deliberately and purposefully, and with moments of increased creativity.

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Design Journeys through Complex Systems combines systemic design, leading thinking practices, and years of the combined authors’ experiences into a practitioner’s handbook for design thinking. By drawing upon the authors’ Systemic Design Toolkit, this book provides detailed knowledge of systems science, expanding upon essential systemic design texts in order to demonstrate the power of visual sensemaking.

No matter if you’re a design professional or have never come across design syste...

75 Tools For Creative Thinking is a brand new card set that stimulates your creative thinking in various stages of any process or situation where new ideas are desired. Being applicable to a diverse range of professions and situations, 75 Tools For Creative Thinking suits anyone who is interested in exercising and improving his or her creativity.

The toolbox consists of 5 card decks:

1. Get Started

2. Check Around

3. Break It Down

4. Break Free

5. Evaluate & Select.

The individual tools within ...

Design Journeys through Complex Systems combines systemic design, leading thinking practices, and years of the combined authors’ experiences into a practitioner’s handbook for design thinking. By drawing upon the authors’ Systemic Design Toolkit, this book provides detailed knowledge of systems science, expanding upon essential systemic design texts in order to demonstrate the power of visual sensemaking.

No matter if you’re a design professional or have never come across design syste...

This book takes a deep dive into visual design structures, focusing on the timeless principles of movement, space, and composition. While design tools and technologies continue to change, these core principles remain just as important. Written in a clear and engaging style, it’s perfect for students looking to build their foundation in design, and also a great resource for professionals who want to revisit or sharpen their skills.

The book goes beyond the basics of design, introducing fresh...

Type Tricks, the third installment in the collection, focuses on usability in typography and how different typefaces and letter shapes influence the way we read. Distilling advanced typographic knowledge into an accessible medium with beautiful illustration, the book acts as a small and handy guide for those looking to impart a certain message from their chosen text.

From beginners looking to learn more about typography to practitioners seeking an advanced level of knowledge without the nee...

People who cannot draw well usually think that professional sketching is a complex and difficult process. However, with this book you will see that even the most complex sketches are just a structure of very simple, yet confidently drawn segments built on each other. It shows which features make drawings look professional and how you can implement those in your own sketches.

The Exceptionally Simple Theory of Sketching - Extended Edition provides you with a very short course, which does not t...

Bedrijven veranderen, en om zich aan te passen en bij te blijven, moeten ze flexibel en snel zijn. Dit vraagt om nieuwe tools. Visueel Creëren leert je hoe je deze tools op de juiste manier gebruikt, verbetert je visuele vakmanschap en verbreedt je vaardigheden. Het is een praktisch en toegankelijk handboek om zakelijk tekenen te integreren in je dagelijkse werk en communicatie, en bouwt voort op het vorige boek Visueel Werken.

Het boek neemt je mee door een nieuwe reeks oefeningen, techniek...

Heb jij het visuele werken al omarmd? Visueel werken en tekenskills worden steeds belangrijker in onze zakelijke omgeving. Een plaatje kan echt meer zeggen dan duizend woorden en visualisatie is voor bedrijven die hun zakelijke agility willen boosten, silo’s willen afbreken en hun klantbetrokkenheid willen vergroten een cruciaal onderdeel.

Het visualiseren van denkprocessen kan je helpen om complexe problemen op te lossen. Het zorgt ervoor dat teams en medewerkers op elkaars ideeën kunnen ...