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🏡 Garden Design

Guides to shaping outdoor spaces with artistry and intention, from plant selection to spatial composition. For readers who see a garden not as mere landscaping but as a living, evolving work of design.
Carrots Love Tomatoes
by Louise Riotte • 1975
Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.
4.04
3k+
🌱 Companion Planting🍂 Organic Gardening🐞 Natural Pest Control🪱 Soil Health📐 Garden Planning
Carrots Love Tomatoes Summary
Carrots Love Tomatoes 91%
Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.
by Louise Riotte 1975
4.04
3k+ ratings
🌱 Companion Planting🍂 Organic Gardening🐞 Natural Pest Control🪱 Soil Health📐 Garden Planning
Gardening for a Lifetime
by Sydney Eddison • 2010
Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.
3.76
274
👵 Aging Gardeners🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens🌑 Shade Gardening🌳 Woodland Gardening🪣 Container Gardening
Gardening for a Lifetime Summary
Gardening for a Lifetime 91%
Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.
by Sydney Eddison 2010
3.76
274 ratings
👵 Aging Gardeners🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens🌑 Shade Gardening🌳 Woodland Gardening🪣 Container Gardening
Stone by Design
by Lew French • 2005
Stone walls that feel discovered, not built. A mason's philosophy of leaving the stone alone.
4.38
48
🏞️ Landscape Architecture🪨 Stone Masonry💭 Design Philosophy🔨 Craftsmanship🌿 Natural Materials
Stone by Design Summary
Stone by Design 91%
Stone walls that feel discovered, not built. A mason's philosophy of leaving the stone alone.
by Lew French 2005
4.38
48 ratings
🏞️ Landscape Architecture🪨 Stone Masonry💭 Design Philosophy🔨 Craftsmanship🌿 Natural Materials
Backyard Winter Gardening
by Caleb Warnock • 2013
Grow salads in January without a heated greenhouse. The low-tech method that fed Paris in winter.
3.83
186
🥬 Winter Gardening🪟 Cold Frame Gardening🏡 Food Self-Sufficiency⚙️ Low-Tech Gardening🐞 Organic Pest Control
Backyard Winter Gardening Summary
Backyard Winter Gardening 90%
Grow salads in January without a heated greenhouse. The low-tech method that fed Paris in winter.
by Caleb Warnock 2013
3.83
186 ratings
🥬 Winter Gardening🪟 Cold Frame Gardening🏡 Food Self-Sufficiency⚙️ Low-Tech Gardening🐞 Organic Pest Control
The Practical Permaculture Project
by Sophie McKay • 2022
Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.
4.29
138
🌀 Permaculture🥕 Organic Gardening🌱 Soil Health💧 Water Management🌻 Companion Planting
The Practical Permaculture Project Summary
The Practical Permaculture Project 90%
Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.
by Sophie McKay 2022
4.29
138 ratings
🌀 Permaculture🥕 Organic Gardening🌱 Soil Health💧 Water Management🌻 Companion Planting
Urban Gardening
by Will Cook • 2012
Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.
3.49
180
🏙️ Urban Gardening🪴 Container Gardening📏 Small Space Growing🌻 Beginner Gardening🌱 Seed Starting
Urban Gardening Summary
Urban Gardening 90%
Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.
by Will Cook 2012
3.49
180 ratings
🏙️ Urban Gardening🪴 Container Gardening📏 Small Space Growing🌻 Beginner Gardening🌱 Seed Starting
The Backyard Parables
by Margaret Roach • 2013
What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.
3.65
436
🪴 Garden Memoir🌿 Nature Writing🍂 Seasonal Living🧘 Mindful Practice🐝 Ecological Gardening
The Backyard Parables Summary
The Backyard Parables 90%
What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.
by Margaret Roach 2013
3.65
436 ratings
🪴 Garden Memoir🌿 Nature Writing🍂 Seasonal Living🧘 Mindful Practice🐝 Ecological Gardening
All New Square Foot Gardening
by Mel Bartholomew • 1981
A grid-based method that uses 80% less space and 90% less water, and yields more food.
4.16
9k+
🏡 Small Space Gardening🪴 Raised Bed Gardening🥕 Vegetable Gardening📐 Intensive Planting🌿 Vertical Gardening
All New Square Foot Gardening Summary
All New Square Foot Gardening 90%
A grid-based method that uses 80% less space and 90% less water, and yields more food.
by Mel Bartholomew 1981
4.16
9k+ ratings
🏡 Small Space Gardening🪴 Raised Bed Gardening🥕 Vegetable Gardening📐 Intensive Planting🌿 Vertical Gardening
Creating a Forest Garden
by Martin Crawford • 2010
A garden that works like a forest: seven edible layers, self-building soil, zero tillage.
4.44
433
🌳 Forest Gardening🔄 Permaculture🌱 Perennial Food Systems🧩 Polyculture Design🪱 Soil Ecology
Creating a Forest Garden Summary
Creating a Forest Garden 90%
A garden that works like a forest: seven edible layers, self-building soil, zero tillage.
by Martin Crawford 2010
4.44
433 ratings
🌳 Forest Gardening🔄 Permaculture🌱 Perennial Food Systems🧩 Polyculture Design🪱 Soil Ecology
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture
by Christopher Shein • 2013
Your garden as a forest: the permaculture design that feeds you while it rebuilds itself.
3.84
493
🌎 Permaculture Design🌳 Food Forests🪱 Soil Building🌱 Seed Saving🐞 Biodiversity
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture Summary
The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture 90%
Your garden as a forest: the permaculture design that feeds you while it rebuilds itself.
by Christopher Shein 2013
3.84
493 ratings
🌎 Permaculture Design🌳 Food Forests🪱 Soil Building🌱 Seed Saving🐞 Biodiversity
The Self-Sufficiency Garden
by Huw Richards • 2024
365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.
4.28
323
🌱 Self-Sufficiency🥕 Vegetable Gardening📅 Year-Round Gardening🏡 Small Space Gardening⬆️ Vertical Gardening
The Self-Sufficiency Garden Summary
The Self-Sufficiency Garden 90%
365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.
by Huw Richards 2024
4.28
323 ratings
🌱 Self-Sufficiency🥕 Vegetable Gardening📅 Year-Round Gardening🏡 Small Space Gardening⬆️ Vertical Gardening
The Permaculture Garden
by Graham Bell • 1994
A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.
3.88
103
🌀 Permaculture🌳 Forest Gardening🪱 Soil Health💧 Water Conservation🥬 Perennial Vegetables
The Permaculture Garden Summary
The Permaculture Garden 90%
A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.
by Graham Bell 1994
3.88
103 ratings
🌀 Permaculture🌳 Forest Gardening🪱 Soil Health💧 Water Conservation🥬 Perennial Vegetables
Teaming with Nutrients
by Jeff Lowenfels • 2013
Plants eat through physics, chemistry, and fungi. Feed the biology, not just the soil.
4.30
399
🌿 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Science🔬 Plant Biology🌱 Plant Nutrition🕸️ Soil Food Web
Teaming with Nutrients Summary
Teaming with Nutrients 89%
Plants eat through physics, chemistry, and fungi. Feed the biology, not just the soil.
by Jeff Lowenfels 2013
4.30
399 ratings
🌿 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Science🔬 Plant Biology🌱 Plant Nutrition🕸️ Soil Food Web
Making and Breaking the Grid
by Timothy Samara • 2003
Build grids like a modernist, break them like a punk. A workshop on the grid's double life.
3.88
4k+
🎨 Graphic Design📐 Grid Systems📄 Layout Design📜 Design History🧊 Modernist Design
Making and Breaking the Grid Summary
Making and Breaking the Grid 89%
Build grids like a modernist, break them like a punk. A workshop on the grid's double life.
by Timothy Samara 2003
3.88
4k+ ratings
🎨 Graphic Design📐 Grid Systems📄 Layout Design📜 Design History🧊 Modernist Design
The New Organic Grower
by Eliot Coleman • 1989
How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.
4.41
1k+
🍃 Organic Farming🥬 Market Gardening🪱 Soil Health🌡️ Season Extension🚜 Small-Scale Farming
The New Organic Grower Summary
The New Organic Grower 89%
How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.
by Eliot Coleman 1989
4.41
1k+ ratings
🍃 Organic Farming🥬 Market Gardening🪱 Soil Health🌡️ Season Extension🚜 Small-Scale Farming
A Pattern Language
by Christopher W. Alexander • 1977
253 patterns for building, from city to doorknob, that let communities design places people love.
4.42
5k+
🏛️ Architectural Design🏙️ Urban Planning👥 Human-Scale Environments🏞️ Placemaking🗳️ Participatory Design
A Pattern Language Summary
A Pattern Language 88%
253 patterns for building, from city to doorknob, that let communities design places people love.
by Christopher W. Alexander 1977
4.42
5k+ ratings
🏛️ Architectural Design🏙️ Urban Planning👥 Human-Scale Environments🏞️ Placemaking🗳️ Participatory Design
Growing Marijuana Box Set
by Alfonso Garcia • 2021
From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.
1.00
1
🪴 Marijuana Cultivation🏠 Indoor Gardening💧 Hydroponics🌱 Grow Your Own💊 Cannabis Medicine
Growing Marijuana Box Set Summary
Growing Marijuana Box Set 88%
From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.
by Alfonso Garcia 2021
1.00
1 ratings
🪴 Marijuana Cultivation🏠 Indoor Gardening💧 Hydroponics🌱 Grow Your Own💊 Cannabis Medicine
The Interior Design Handbook
by Frida Ramstedt • 2019
The spatial geometry, layered lighting, and color theory pros use to build a room that works.
4.14
2k+
🛋️ Interior Design📐 Design Fundamentals📏 Proportion And Scale🎨 Color Theory💡 Lighting Design
The Interior Design Handbook Summary
The Interior Design Handbook 88%
The spatial geometry, layered lighting, and color theory pros use to build a room that works.
by Frida Ramstedt 2019
4.14
2k+ ratings
🛋️ Interior Design📐 Design Fundamentals📏 Proportion And Scale🎨 Color Theory💡 Lighting Design
Design Systems
by Alla Kholmatova • 2017
Your pattern library is not a design system. Shared language and team practices close the gap.
4.13
608
🧱 Design Systems🖥️ Interface Design📐 Design Principles🤝 Design Collaboration🏷️ Brand Identity
Design Systems Summary
Design Systems 88%
Your pattern library is not a design system. Shared language and team practices close the gap.
by Alla Kholmatova 2017
4.13
608 ratings
🧱 Design Systems🖥️ Interface Design📐 Design Principles🤝 Design Collaboration🏷️ Brand Identity
Graphic Design
by Ellen Lupton • 2008
Forget inspiration: how dots, grids, and iteration build the language of professional design.
3.95
2k+
📐 Design Fundamentals👁️ Visual Perception💡 Ideation Techniques🎨 Color Theory📏 Grid Systems
Graphic Design Summary
Graphic Design 88%
Forget inspiration: how dots, grids, and iteration build the language of professional design.
by Ellen Lupton 2008
3.95
2k+ ratings
📐 Design Fundamentals👁️ Visual Perception💡 Ideation Techniques🎨 Color Theory📏 Grid Systems
The Non-Designer's Design Book
by Robin P. Williams • 2011
Good design is not a talent; it is four principles anyone can apply.
4.10
5k+
🎨 Graphic Design👁️ Visual Communication📐 Layout Design🧱 Design Principles🔤 Typography
The Non-Designer's Design Book Summary
The Non-Designer's Design Book 88%
Good design is not a talent; it is four principles anyone can apply.
by Robin P. Williams 2011
4.10
5k+ ratings
🎨 Graphic Design👁️ Visual Communication📐 Layout Design🧱 Design Principles🔤 Typography
Les Fondamentaux Du Graphisme
by Gavin Ambrose • 2008
For new designers: master typography, branding, process, and production from brief to finish.
3.53
109
🎨 Graphic Design🔤 Typography💼 Brand Identity🔄 Design Process🖨️ Print Production
Les Fondamentaux Du Graphisme Summary
Les Fondamentaux Du Graphisme 88%
For new designers: master typography, branding, process, and production from brief to finish.
by Gavin Ambrose 2008
3.53
109 ratings
🎨 Graphic Design🔤 Typography💼 Brand Identity🔄 Design Process🖨️ Print Production
Apartment Therapy
by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan • 2006
Home should restore you. Diagnose what is wrong, then fix it, starting at the front door.
3.78
1k+
🏠 Home Organization🧹 Decluttering Methods🧘 Holistic Home🧠 Design Psychology📐 Small Space Living
Apartment Therapy Summary
Apartment Therapy 88%
Home should restore you. Diagnose what is wrong, then fix it, starting at the front door.
by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan 2006
3.78
1k+ ratings
🏠 Home Organization🧹 Decluttering Methods🧘 Holistic Home🧠 Design Psychology📐 Small Space Living
The One-Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
4.33
9k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health🎯 Minimalism🚫 Anti Consumerism
The One-Straw Revolution Summary
The One-Straw Revolution 88%
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975
4.33
9k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health🎯 Minimalism🚫 Anti Consumerism
Design for the Real World
by Victor Papanek • 1972
Design fills the world with disposables. A manifesto for building what people actually need.
4.24
2k+
🏭 Industrial Design⚖️ Design Ethics🌱 Sustainable Design♻️ Planned Obsolescence🔧 Appropriate Technology
Design for the Real World Summary
Design for the Real World 88%
Design fills the world with disposables. A manifesto for building what people actually need.
by Victor Papanek 1972
4.24
2k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Design⚖️ Design Ethics🌱 Sustainable Design♻️ Planned Obsolescence🔧 Appropriate Technology
Design Systems Handbook
by DesignBetter.co • 2019
A shared visual language of components and tokens that makes design scale without the mess.
3.92
153
🧱 Design Systems🧩 Component Libraries🏛️ Design Governance📖 Design Documentation♿ Accessibility In Design
Design Systems Handbook Summary
Design Systems Handbook 88%
A shared visual language of components and tokens that makes design scale without the mess.
by DesignBetter.co 2019
3.92
153 ratings
🧱 Design Systems🧩 Component Libraries🏛️ Design Governance📖 Design Documentation♿ Accessibility In Design
Atomic Design
by Brad Frost • 2016
Chemistry meets web design: a method for building reusable component systems from the ground up.
4.00
1k+
🎨 Interface Design🧩 Design Systems🧱 Modular Design📚 Pattern Libraries🏛️ Design Governance
Atomic Design Summary
Atomic Design 88%
Chemistry meets web design: a method for building reusable component systems from the ground up.
by Brad Frost 2016
4.00
1k+ ratings
🎨 Interface Design🧩 Design Systems🧱 Modular Design📚 Pattern Libraries🏛️ Design Governance
A Garden of Marvels
by Ruth Kassinger • 2014
Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.
3.85
466
🪴 Popular Botany📜 History Of Botany🌿 Plant Evolution🔍 Natural History🍃 Plant Physiology
A Garden of Marvels Summary
A Garden of Marvels 88%
Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.
by Ruth Kassinger 2014
3.85
466 ratings
🪴 Popular Botany📜 History Of Botany🌿 Plant Evolution🔍 Natural History🍃 Plant Physiology
Presentation Zen Design
by Garr Reynolds • 2009
Slides packed with text bore audiences. Better visuals, type, and space make them pay attention.
4.19
2k+
🖥️ Presentation Design🎬 Visual Storytelling📊 Data Visualization🔤 Typography✨ Simplicity In Design
Presentation Zen Design Summary
Presentation Zen Design 88%
Slides packed with text bore audiences. Better visuals, type, and space make them pay attention.
by Garr Reynolds 2009
4.19
2k+ ratings
🖥️ Presentation Design🎬 Visual Storytelling📊 Data Visualization🔤 Typography✨ Simplicity In Design
Gardening When It Counts
by Steve Solomon • 2006
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
4.05
982
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts 88%
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
by Steve Solomon 2006
4.05
982 ratings
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
How to Read a Tree
by Tristan Gooley • 2023
Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.
4.09
1k+
🧭 Natural Navigation🌳 Tree Identification🗺️ Landscape Reading👀 Nature Observation🌲 Woodland Ecology
How to Read a Tree Summary
How to Read a Tree 88%
Bark cracks, bent trunks, and stubby roots are not flaws but notes in a tree's autobiography.
by Tristan Gooley 2023
4.09
1k+ ratings
🧭 Natural Navigation🌳 Tree Identification🗺️ Landscape Reading👀 Nature Observation🌲 Woodland Ecology
Graphic Design Rules
by Sean Adams • 2012
365 design rules: master typography, color, grids, and client work, one day at a time.
3.92
364
🎨 Graphic Design Fundamentals🔤 Typography📐 Layout And Composition🌈 Color Theory🖨️ Print Production
Graphic Design Rules Summary
Graphic Design Rules 88%
365 design rules: master typography, color, grids, and client work, one day at a time.
by Sean Adams 2012
3.92
364 ratings
🎨 Graphic Design Fundamentals🔤 Typography📐 Layout And Composition🌈 Color Theory🖨️ Print Production
How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world
by Michael Bierut • 2015
Great logos aren't born from blank slates but from ugly constraints and stubborn clients.
4.32
1k+
✏️ Graphic Design🏷️ Brand Identity🤝 Client Relationships🔄 Design Process⛓️ Creative Constraints
How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world Summary
How to use graphic design to sell things, explain things, make things look better, make people laugh, make people cry, and (every once in a while) change the world 88%
Great logos aren't born from blank slates but from ugly constraints and stubborn clients.
by Michael Bierut 2015
4.32
1k+ ratings
✏️ Graphic Design🏷️ Brand Identity🤝 Client Relationships🔄 Design Process⛓️ Creative Constraints
The Laws of Simplicity
by John Maeda • 2006
Simplicity is subtraction with meaning: ten design laws for making complex things feel effortless.
3.89
7k+
🧠 Design Philosophy💻 User Experience Design✨ Minimalist Design🧩 Complexity Management🗂️ Information Architecture
The Laws of Simplicity Summary
The Laws of Simplicity 88%
Simplicity is subtraction with meaning: ten design laws for making complex things feel effortless.
by John Maeda 2006
3.89
7k+ ratings
🧠 Design Philosophy💻 User Experience Design✨ Minimalist Design🧩 Complexity Management🗂️ Information Architecture
The Space That Keeps You
by Jeremiah Brent • 2024
A designer discovers why some homes hold you: it's never about the furniture.
3.85
209
🛋️ Interior Design🫂 Emotional Design🏡 Creating Sanctuary🏚️ Memory And Place🌿 Nature And Home
The Space That Keeps You Summary
The Space That Keeps You 88%
A designer discovers why some homes hold you: it's never about the furniture.
by Jeremiah Brent 2024
3.85
209 ratings
🛋️ Interior Design🫂 Emotional Design🏡 Creating Sanctuary🏚️ Memory And Place🌿 Nature And Home
Design Is Storytelling
by Ellen Lupton • 2017
Great design is storytelling: shaping choices, mapping emotions, and turning users into heroes.
3.96
2k+
🧠 Design Thinking📖 Narrative Design❤️ Emotional Design🧪 Behavioral Design🤝 Human-Centered Design
Design Is Storytelling Summary
Design Is Storytelling 87%
Great design is storytelling: shaping choices, mapping emotions, and turning users into heroes.
by Ellen Lupton 2017
3.96
2k+ ratings
🧠 Design Thinking📖 Narrative Design❤️ Emotional Design🧪 Behavioral Design🤝 Human-Centered Design
This Is Service Design Thinking
by Marc Stickdorn • 2010
Services often fail because no one designed them. This book fixes that.
3.98
2k+
🎨 Service Design💡 Design Thinking🔍 User Research👥 Participatory Design🛠️ Prototyping
This Is Service Design Thinking Summary
This Is Service Design Thinking 87%
Services often fail because no one designed them. This book fixes that.
by Marc Stickdorn 2010
3.98
2k+ ratings
🎨 Service Design💡 Design Thinking🔍 User Research👥 Participatory Design🛠️ Prototyping
Emotional Design
by Donald A. Norman • 2003
Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.
3.95
6k+
🧠 Design Psychology🎨 Aesthetics And Usability🖱️ Interaction Design💡 Design Thinking🧩 Cognition And Affect
Emotional Design Summary
Emotional Design 87%
Your brain processes beauty before conscious thought, and good looks make things easier to use.
by Donald A. Norman 2003
3.95
6k+ ratings
🧠 Design Psychology🎨 Aesthetics And Usability🖱️ Interaction Design💡 Design Thinking🧩 Cognition And Affect
Logos that Last
by Allan Peters • 2023
Six weeks of iteration, vintage hunting, and one rule: build a logo that outlives the trends.
4.21
253
✏️ Logo Design🏷️ Brand Identity⚙️ Design Process📻 Vintage Inspiration🧩 Brand Systems
Logos that Last Summary
Logos that Last 87%
Six weeks of iteration, vintage hunting, and one rule: build a logo that outlives the trends.
by Allan Peters 2023
4.21
253 ratings
✏️ Logo Design🏷️ Brand Identity⚙️ Design Process📻 Vintage Inspiration🧩 Brand Systems
Discursive Design
by Bruce M. Tharp • 2019
What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.
4.36
25
🧠 Design Theory🔮 Speculative Design🔬 Design Research🎓 Design Education⚖️ Design Ethics
Discursive Design Summary
Discursive Design 87%
What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.
by Bruce M. Tharp 2019
4.36
25 ratings
🧠 Design Theory🔮 Speculative Design🔬 Design Research🎓 Design Education⚖️ Design Ethics
One Little Spark!
by Marty Sklar • 2015
Ten principles from Disney Imagineering that turn ideas into attractions millions love.
3.96
694
🎢 Theme Park Design🌟 Creative Leadership📐 Design Principles🏰 Guest Experience Design🤝 Creative Collaboration
One Little Spark! Summary
One Little Spark! 87%
Ten principles from Disney Imagineering that turn ideas into attractions millions love.
by Marty Sklar 2015
3.96
694 ratings
🎢 Theme Park Design🌟 Creative Leadership📐 Design Principles🏰 Guest Experience Design🤝 Creative Collaboration
Tactical Urbanism
by Mike Lydon • 2014
How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.
3.99
315
🛠️ Diy Urbanism🎨 Creative Placemaking🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism🚲 Street Reclamation🗳️ Participatory Planning
Tactical Urbanism Summary
Tactical Urbanism 87%
How to hack your city with paint, planters, and pop-up parks, and prove change is possible now.
by Mike Lydon 2014
3.99
315 ratings
🛠️ Diy Urbanism🎨 Creative Placemaking🏗️ Pop-Up Urbanism🚲 Street Reclamation🗳️ Participatory Planning
Mobile First
by Luke Wroblewski • 2011
Eighty percent less screen space forces decisions that make your product better on every device.
3.90
2k+
📱 Mobile Design🌐 Web Design🖌️ Ux Design📐 Responsive Design📝 Content-First Design
Mobile First Summary
Mobile First 87%
Eighty percent less screen space forces decisions that make your product better on every device.
by Luke Wroblewski 2011
3.90
2k+ ratings
📱 Mobile Design🌐 Web Design🖌️ Ux Design📐 Responsive Design📝 Content-First Design
A Year of Living Simply
by Kate Humble • 2024
Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.
3.71
2k+
🌻 Simple Living🌿 Nature Connection🛠 Repair And Reuse🤝 Community Building🌱 Home Gardening
A Year of Living Simply Summary
A Year of Living Simply 87%
Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.
by Kate Humble 2024
3.71
2k+ ratings
🌻 Simple Living🌿 Nature Connection🛠 Repair And Reuse🤝 Community Building🌱 Home Gardening
Home Therapy
by Anita Yokota • 2022
Your home shapes your mind and your mood. A therapist's blueprint for designing it with intention.
3.58
370
🏡 Design For Wellbeing🗂️ Home Organization🎨 Color Psychology🌿 Biophilic Design😴 Sleep Hygiene
Home Therapy Summary
Home Therapy 87%
Your home shapes your mind and your mood. A therapist's blueprint for designing it with intention.
by Anita Yokota 2022
3.58
370 ratings
🏡 Design For Wellbeing🗂️ Home Organization🎨 Color Psychology🌿 Biophilic Design😴 Sleep Hygiene
Historia del diseño gráfico
by Philip B. Meggs • 1983
Gutenberg, Bauhaus, Mac: the sweeping chronicle of how design made the modern world legible.
4.14
3k+
🔤 Typography History📘 Design History🖨️ Printing History✏️ Graphic Design🔲 Modernist Design
Historia del diseño gráfico Summary
Historia del diseño gráfico 87%
Gutenberg, Bauhaus, Mac: the sweeping chronicle of how design made the modern world legible.
by Philip B. Meggs 1983
4.14
3k+ ratings
🔤 Typography History📘 Design History🖨️ Printing History✏️ Graphic Design🔲 Modernist Design
HTML and CSS
by Jon Duckett • 2011
HTML and CSS are the web's building blocks. This visual guide shows you how to lay them.
4.30
5k+
🌐 Web Design🖥️ Frontend Development⚖️ Web Standards👁️ Visual Learning💻 Introductory Programming
HTML and CSS Summary
HTML and CSS 87%
HTML and CSS are the web's building blocks. This visual guide shows you how to lay them.
by Jon Duckett 2011
4.30
5k+ ratings
🌐 Web Design🖥️ Frontend Development⚖️ Web Standards👁️ Visual Learning💻 Introductory Programming
You're My Favorite Client
by Mike Monteiro • 2014
Stop saying 'make the logo bigger' and learn what to ask for instead.
4.26
446
🗂️ Design Management🤝 Working With Creatives💬 Design Feedback🧠 Design Rationale🔄 Design Process
You're My Favorite Client Summary
You're My Favorite Client 87%
Stop saying 'make the logo bigger' and learn what to ask for instead.
by Mike Monteiro 2014
4.26
446 ratings
🗂️ Design Management🤝 Working With Creatives💬 Design Feedback🧠 Design Rationale🔄 Design Process
Joyful
by Ingrid Fetell Lee • 2018
Color, curves, and a window with a view: ten physical switches that lift any room's mood.
3.85
11k+
🧠 Environmental Psychology🌸 Everyday Aesthetics🎨 Color Psychology🌿 Biophilic Design👁️ Sensory Design
Joyful Summary
Joyful 87%
Color, curves, and a window with a view: ten physical switches that lift any room's mood.
by Ingrid Fetell Lee 2018
3.85
11k+ ratings
🧠 Environmental Psychology🌸 Everyday Aesthetics🎨 Color Psychology🌿 Biophilic Design👁️ Sensory Design
Architecture
by Francis D. K. Ching • 1979
The visual primer on form, enclosure, and light: how every architectural space gets its bones.
4.29
4k+
🏛️ Architectural Design📐 Design Fundamentals✏️ Architectural Drawing👁️ Visual Thinking🎓 Architecture Students
Architecture Summary
Architecture 87%
The visual primer on form, enclosure, and light: how every architectural space gets its bones.
by Francis D. K. Ching 1979
4.29
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Architectural Design📐 Design Fundamentals✏️ Architectural Drawing👁️ Visual Thinking🎓 Architecture Students
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