Book description
The discipline of user experience (UX) design has matured into a confident practice and this edition reflects, and in some areas accelerates, that evolution. Technically this is the second edition of The UX Book, but so much of it is new, it is more like a sequel.
One of the…
Why read it?
1 author picked The UX Book as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is an extremely comprehensive overview of most aspects of User Experience (UX).
It’s the kind of book that you may never read from cover to cover (it’s over 800 pages!) but it’s exactly what I’ve appreciated having on my bookshelf when I need a quick how-to overview of a specific design or research method.
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