Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning32 reviews Dan Brown New Riders Press, 2006 Excellent Handbook for Creating Documents + Wheres the templates and reference material? + Understand how to properly design a user friendly web site. This is an excellent handbook for creating all those design documents you'll need for communicating with others on your team. Each chapter is devoted to a single type of document and I particularly like the layered approach going from simple to complex. I've used it dozens of times in the last ...             Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites42 reviews Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 A lifesaver + Easy to understand + Phenomenal book on information architecture + Good enough + Intriguing Title (3rdEd)             About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design9 reviews Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, ... Wiley, 2007 Nearly a complete course in the "Cooper Method" + If it was all obvious, there wouldn't be a book about it! + Essential Reading I read (and still have) the previous two editions of this book. Unlike the usual "complete revised and updated" hype for new editions, this one has had some serious re-work and expansion. The whole structure of the book is new and very close to being a complete course/textbook in the Cooper ...             Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition448 reviews Steve Krug New Riders Press, 2005 Don't Make Me Think! + Great book - a must read + Good, but the last part made me think + Great + Must read for understanding Web Design             The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (VOICES)38 reviews Jesse James Garrett New Riders Press, 2002 Fundamental, yet comprehensive + The Elements of User Experience Although very basic, this book is great for getting the fundamentals of experience design. Garret creates a model that describes the web design process through five distinct stages. Then he breaks down each stage to identify the differences and overlapping areas between the web as a software ...             Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands26 reviews Marty Neumeier Peachpit Press, 2006 great high level branding introduction + Excellent + Wonderful Ideas + ZAG . . .to the front of the competition + Very Interesting             About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design9 reviews Alan Cooper, Robert Reimann, ... Wiley, 2007 Nearly a complete course in the "Cooper Method" + If it was all obvious, there wouldn't be a book about it! + Essential Reading I read (and still have) the previous two editions of this book. Unlike the usual "complete revised and updated" hype for new editions, this one has had some serious re-work and expansion. The whole structure of the book is new and very close to being a complete course/textbook in the Cooper ...             Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites42 reviews Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 A lifesaver + Easy to understand + Phenomenal book on information architecture + Good enough + Intriguing Title (3rdEd)             Zag: The Number One Strategy of High-Performance Brands26 reviews Marty Neumeier Peachpit Press, 2006 great high level branding introduction + Excellent + Wonderful Ideas + ZAG . . .to the front of the competition + Very Interesting             Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition448 reviews Steve Krug New Riders Press, 2005 Don't Make Me Think! + Great book - a must read + Good, but the last part made me think + Great + Must read for understanding Web Design             Communicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning32 reviews Dan Brown New Riders Press, 2006 Excellent Handbook for Creating Documents + Wheres the templates and reference material? + Understand how to properly design a user friendly web site. This is an excellent handbook for creating all those design documents you'll need for communicating with others on your team. Each chapter is devoted to a single type of document and I particularly like the layered approach going from simple to complex. I've used it dozens of times in the last ...             The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web (VOICES)38 reviews Jesse James Garrett New Riders Press, 2002 Fundamental, yet comprehensive + The Elements of User Experience Although very basic, this book is great for getting the fundamentals of experience design. Garret creates a model that describes the web design process through five distinct stages. Then he breaks down each stage to identify the differences and overlapping areas between the web as a software ...