Here’s a listing of some resources that I provided at a recent guest lecture for design students at San Jose State University. Enjoy!
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Notes on the Software Design Process
Lecture Handout: Further reading and resources
Papers/Essays
Good Design in the Digital Age by Richard Buchanan
Designers: Time for Change by Clement Mok
Fog of Design: Lessons on the Complexity of Practice by Uday Gajendar
Designing the Enterprise Experience: How IA Advances UCD by Uday Gajendar
Books
About Face 2.0: Essentials of Interaction Design by Alan Cooper
Designing Interfaces by Jenifer Tidwell
Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication-Oriented Techniques by Kevin Mullet/Darrell Sano
Creating Breakthrough Products by Craig Vogel/Jonathan Cagan
Designing for Interaction by Dan Saffer
Toothpicks and Logos by John Heskitt
Information Architecture (polar bear book) by Peter Morville
The Tufte Books (all)
Understanding Your Users by Baxter/Courage
Websites
Oracle UI Guidelines
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/blaf/specs/index.html
Apple UI Guidelines
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/chapter_1_section_1.html
Windows UI Guidelines
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511258.aspx
SAP Design Guild
http://www.sapdesignguild.org/