Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty (edition 2011)

by David Kadavy (Author)

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Discover the techniques behind beautiful design?by deconstructing designs to understand them The term 'hacker' has been redefined to consist of anyone who has an insatiable curiosity as to how things work-and how they can try to make them better. This book is aimed at hackers of all skill levels and explains the classical principles and techniques behind beautiful designs by deconstructing those designs in order to understand what makes them so remarkable. Author and designer David Kadavy provides you with the framework for understanding good design and places a special emphasis on in… (more)

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Title:	Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering Beauty
Authors:	David Kadavy (Author)
Info:	Wiley (2011), Edition: 1, 352 pages
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I picked this up on a whim. I found the thinking muddled & the old-memes tone grating. There are better books with fewer words that teach you to look at things - Picture This by Molly Bang comes to mind.

It's good to recognize historical and technical influence on design but I found the treatment here surprisingly flat. (

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haagen_daz | Jun 6, 2019 |

This was a good read. It didn't really cover anything groundbreaking or new, but it is a good reference manual for when you want to look something up, or just as a read to cement some rules for designing for software. (Though much of what Kadavy talks about will soon be obsolete with Retina displays) (

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Discover the techniques behind beautiful design?by deconstructing designs to understand them The term 'hacker' has been redefined to consist of anyone who has an insatiable curiosity as to how things work-and how they can try to make them better. This book is aimed at hackers of all skill levels and explains the classical principles and techniques behind beautiful designs by deconstructing those designs in order to understand what makes them so remarkable. Author and designer David Kadavy provides you with the framework for understanding good design and places a special emphasis on in

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