# Books

> 20 posts tagged Books on Timo Arnall's site, 2002 to 2004: Design research books; Interaction design books; Adaptive design books; Architecture theory…

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- [Design research books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/08/design-research/) (2004): A short reading list on design research: Norman Potter's two books, Brenda Laurel's Design Research, Miller & Lupton's Design Writing Research, Helfand.
- [Interaction design books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/03/interaction-design/) (2004): A reading list on interaction design: Raskin's Humane Interface, Cooper's Inmates, Suchman's Plans and Situated Actions, Shneiderman, Winograd.
- [Adaptive design books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/03/adaptive-design/) (2004): A reading list on adaptive and emergent systems: Christopher Alexander, Steven Johnson, Stewart Brand, Jane Jacobs, Rheingold's Smart Mobs, Wolfram.
- [Architecture theory books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/02/architecture-theory/) (2004): A reading list on architecture theory: Calvino's Invisible Cities, Bachelard, Tschumi, Mitchell's City of Bits, Le Corbusier, Iain Borden.
- [Design management books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/10/design-management/) (2003): A short reading list on design management and workflow: the Robertsons on requirements, Wiegers on software requirements, Goto & Cotler's Web Redesign.
- [Information design books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/09/information-design/) (2003): A reading list on information design: Tufte's trilogy, Mijksenaar, Colin Ware on visualisation, How to Lie With Statistics, atlases of the world.
- [Usability books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/08/usability/) (2003): A reading list on usability: Norman’s Design of Everyday Things, Nielsen, Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think, Beyer & Holtzblatt on contextual design and more.
- [Game design books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/04/game-design/) (2003): A reading list on game design: Salen & Zimmerman's Rules of Play, Poole's Trigger Happy, Lucien King's Game On and the practical design manuals of 2003.
- [Experience design books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/02/experience-design/) (2003): A reading list on experience design: Garrett's Elements of User Experience, Dewey's Art as Experience, Csikszentmihalyi on flow.
- [Visual design books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/01/visual-design/) (2003): A reading list on visual design: Muller-Brockmann, Itten, Albers, Rand and Pevsner alongside the showcase books of the early-2000s web.
- [Broadcast design books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/01/broadcast-design/) (2003): A reading list on motion graphics and broadcast design: Pause, Type in Motion, the Meyers on After Effects, Richard Williams's Animator's Survival Kit.
- [Brand and communication books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/01/brand-and-communication/) (2003): A short reading list on brand and communication: Klein's No Logo, Wally Olins on identity, Kapferer on strategic brand management, Jane Pavitt.
- [Typography books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/01/typography/) (2003): A reading list on typography: Bringhurst, Kinross, Spiekermann, Baines, Weingart, Smeijers on punchcutting, and more, my 2003 typography shelf.
- [Business and strategy books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/01/business-and-strategy/) (2003): A short reading list on design business and strategy: Kelley on IDEO, Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma, Pine & Gilmore on the experience economy.
- [Technical books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2002/12/technical-books/) (2002): A reading list on web technology and standards, circa 2002: Zeldman, Meyer on CSS, Håkon Wium Lie, Joe Clark on accessibility, and databases.
- [Film books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2002/09/film/) (2002): A reading list on filmmaking: Bordwell & Thompson, Tarkovsky, Kieslowski, Chion on sound and the practical craft of directing and editing.
- [Photography books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2002/09/photography/) (2002): A reading list on photography from 2002: Berger, Mitchell's The Reconfigured Eye, Ritchin, Hockney's Cameraworks and monographs on Graham, Gursky and Shulman.
- [Media theory books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2002/09/media-theory/) (2002): A reading list on media theory: Manovich, Dreyfus, Lessig, Johnson, de Landa, Reeves & Nass, books shaping how I thought about new media in 2002.
- [Narrative books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2002/05/narrative/) (2002): A reading list on narrative, interactive storytelling and sequential art: Murray, Laurel, Campbell, McCloud and Eisner. One of a series I put together between 2002 and 2004.
- [Information architecture books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2002/04/information-architecture/) (2002): A reading list on information architecture, one of a series I put together between 2002 and 2004 when I was starting out in interaction and experience design.