Product designer and design lead. I build and improve products, the systems that hold them together, and the teams that ship them. Twelve years, more than twenty teams, one tally at a time.
The shelf behind the work.
Books I return to. Some are about design and most are not — the useful ones rarely are.
Dieter Rams: The Complete Works
Klaus Klemp
Japanese Design Since 1945
Naomi Pollock
Art: The Definitive Visual Guide
Andrew Graham Dixon
Shikake: The Japanese Art of Shaping Behavior Through Design
Naohiro Matsumura
Dieter Rams: Ten Principles for Good Design
Cees W. De Jong
Living with Complexity
Don Norman
Burn Your Portfolio
Michael Janda
Designers Don't Read
Austin Howe
A Philosophy of Boredom
Lars Svendsen
Planned Chaos
Ludwig von Mises
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin
ICONS
Virgil Abloh
Radical Candor
Kim Scott
The Making of a Manager
Julie Zhuo
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
Nir Eyal
Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon
Show Your Work!
Austin Kleon
Atomic Habits
James Clear
Damn Good Advice
George Lois