# Inspiring books **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [October 17, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inspiring-books/204174 "2006-10-17T18:25:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pete\_zahut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pete\_zahut](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pete_zahut)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inspiring-books/204174/1 "2006-10-17T18:25:53Z")
Hi, I’d like to make a list with books that have inpired you, to make awesome layouts or books that learned you new techniques in thinking about designs, or whatever [SIZE=“1”](as long as it is creative)[/SIZE]… I’ll kick of with this one: [Train of Thoughts: Designing the Effective Web Experience](http://www.amazon.com/Train-Thoughts-Designing-Effective-Experience/dp/0735711747/sr=1-1/qid=1161109153/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-4923778-9752150?ie=UTF8&s=books) ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/2940/e75802b8624bb01f.jpg) Good looking book (sometimes over the top - readability) with some nice ideas about how to approach a design conceptually. It tries to explain the way in which we view and understand the web experience. :sc: ---
**Author:** ![pete\_zahut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pete\_zahut](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pete_zahut)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inspiring-books/204174/2 "2006-10-25T20:22:41Z")
No one else with some good designer books? ---
**Author:** ![Phat7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6de8d8/32.png) [@Phat7](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phat7)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inspiring-books/204174/3 "2006-10-25T20:32:39Z")
Not exactly a designer book, but I’ve been recommended “Screw it, let’s do it” by Richard Branson (Virgin founder). Talks about how he became successful in life. ---
**Author:** ![bwh2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@bwh2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwh2)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/inspiring-books/204174/4 "2006-10-25T21:10:05Z")
[Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites](http://www.amazon.com/Information-Architecture-World-Wide-Web/dp/0596000359/sr=8-1/qid=1161810624/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8337663-7027939?ie=UTF8&s=books) by Lou Rosenfeld. [url=http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Make-Think-Approach-Usability/dp/0321344758/ref=pd\_bxgy\_b\_img\_b/104-8337663-7027939?ie=UTF8] Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug