20 Libros esenciales para entender Design Thinking

Karla Vargas
2 min readJan 15, 2019

Si ya sé, ya sé lo que están pensando, que ya hay muchos artículos sobre libros recomendados. He decidido de todos modos crear esta lista porque siempre me preguntan por dónde comenzar y creo que los libros son una excelente manera de hacerlo si se complementan debidamente con algunos cursos (de los cuales hablaré en otro post si quieren) y de la indispensable práctica con el apoyo de un buen mentor.

Bueno, sin más preámbulos acá va.

Lo General y principios

  1. Design Thinking Nigel Cross
  2. Design Thinking — Peter G. Row
  3. The Design of Everyday Things — Donald Norman
  4. The 10 Faces of Innovation — Tom Kelley
  5. Creative Confidence — Tom Kelley (IDEO)
  6. Where Good Ideas Come From — Steven Johnson
  7. The Innovator’s Dilemma — Clayton Christensen
  8. The Art of Innovation, by Tom Kelley

Técnicas

  1. Gamestorming — Dave Grey, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo

Empatía

  1. Research Methods in Anthropology — H. Bernard

Definición y pensamiento visual

  1. Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes & Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity — David Sibbet

Ideación

  1. inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity — Tina Seelig
  2. Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making — Sam Kaner
  3. Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step — Edward de Bono
  4. Breakthrough Thinking: A Guide to Creative Thinking and Idea Generation — Thomas Vogel
  5. Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques — Michael Michalko

Prototipado y testeo

  1. Prototyping: A Practitioner’s Guide — Todd Zaki Warfel

Design Thinking y la empresa

  1. The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage — Roger L. Martin
  2. The Designing for Growth Field Book — Jeanne Liedtka, Tim Ogilvie, and Rachel Brozenske
  3. The Designful Company — Marty Neumeier

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Karla Vargas
Karla Vargas

Written by Karla Vargas

I believe in the power of design to create value for people, companies and society. linkedin.com/in/karla-vargas-ux

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