My answers to the Proust Questionnaire: What Are Yours?
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Sale Today: 50% off paperback edition of How Design Makes The World
You can now get my latest book, How Design Makes The World, for 50% of the paperback price here…
Audiobooks are finally here
It’s taken quite a few years but the audiobook versions for three of my most popular books have finally…
Lessons from the Xerox-914: the first copy machine
A great innovation in business tech was announced on Sept. 16th in 1959 – The Xerox 914. It is…
Design hero: Chuck Harrison
[Originally this was a twitter thread – reposted here with various edits and link corrections] A new hero for me…
Police Reform and Systems Design in 5 Clear Points
Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, has said that police culture has long been detached from the needs…
Bring Berkun and How Design Makes The World to your team meeting
Does your creative team need a morale boost? Perhaps some inspiring new stories of how to design and engineer…
Available now: How Design Makes The World (+trailer)
The day is here. You can now buy How Design Makes The World in various formats and from all…
(video) 5 minutes to explain How Design Makes the World
Yesterday I’d planned to do a livestream about ideas from the new book, but Twitter/Periscope refused to allow it…
LIST: 60+ well designed everyday things that go unnoticed
With the new book coming out, I’m running a little contest on Twitter. Best three answers get a signed…
Free Chapters from How Design Makes The World
You can now read the first three chapters from my upcoming book, which launches on May 5th. The opening…
It’s Time To Learn
Yesterday my feed had many references to a new Marc Andressen essay titled It’s Time to Build. I understand…
Want a better world, by design? Join the street team
Want to read my upcoming book, How Design Makes The World, before everyone else? And/or are you passionate about…
Design During Pandemic: a Visual History
Design, good and bad, is central to the human response to the COVID crisis. From the design of respirators,…
The World Needs Designers Now More Than Ever
When Dr. Jan Mikulicz-Radecki designed the first surgical mask, he was questioned by his peers: they didn’t believe that…
Free digital version of The Year Without Pants (my book on Remote Work)
[UPDATE: the book is no longer free! Sorry if you missed it. We gave it away to all for…
Wanted: Ambassadors For Good Design
Most designers agree the world would be a better place if more people understood good design. But since designers…
My new book – How Design Makes The World (Coming Soon)
I’m excited to announce my next book is almost here. It’s called How Design Makes The World and it…
What’s the best first book on visual / graphic design?
I posted on twitter recently asking for recommendations. Specifically for non-designers who need some design literacy, but without the…
Free pass to Interaction 20
[UPDATE – WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN: will reveal who won once they confirm.] I have a free conference pass…