The Big Short
Michael Lewis
Infuriatingly good. There isn’t another writer alive who could take the obscurities of subprime mortgages and credit default swaps and deliver a page-turner like this one.
The Design of Design
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
An engineer’s perspective on the design process. His conclusions are familiar, but the means by which he gets there are fascinating.
Biscuit making
On The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work & Small Is Beautiful
Imaginatively disconnected
On The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Alain de Botton
A lengthy and wonderful photo essay with stories of various kinds of work, from biscuit manufacturer to rocket scientist.
Good design is long lasting
On Dieter Rams, and how long is long enough.
Thinkers
On Design and Truth & How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read
Design and Truth
Robert Grudin
A wide-ranging and philosophical approach to user-centered design.
Announcing A Book Apart
A new publishing venture from the people who bring you A List Apart and An Event Apart.
HTML5 for Web Designers
Jeremy Keith
The inaugural book from A Book Apart, the new publisher for which I am co-founder and editor.
The Riverside Shakespeare
Shakespeare
The book I most dreaded carrying around when I was a student (because of its heft), but which I now profess the most nostalgia for.
Ways of writing
Of books and pens
The form of the book
A call for book designers to migrate to the screen.
The Form of the Book
Jan Tschichold
A collection of essays written between 1949 and 1974, the year of Tschichold’s death.
On publishing
Three announcements about the future of publishing.
One true book
On You Are Not a Gadget
Advertising to the crowd
On You Are Not a Gadget
Friendship
On You Are Not a Gadget
Authorship
On You Are Not a Gadget
You Are Not a Gadget
Jaron Lanier
Lanier’s manifesto brings attention to the many ways in which human behavior is being mechanized by technology.