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Books (User Interface, Graphic, and Web Design)

Compiled and edited by the SAP Design Guild Team – Last update: 09/03/2008

The following list compiles selected books on user interface design, graphic design, and Web design. If the book title is a link the book has a companion Website or other online information is available for it.

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Author(s)
Title

Year

Publisher
ISBN

Topic
Review

Cover of Photoshop for the Web

Aaland, Mikkel

Photoshop for the Web

1999

O'Reilly UK

ISBN: B00006AVPR
(Paperback)

ASIN: 1565926412
(Paperback, out of print)

 

Design: Web design

Cover of Usability Management bei SAP Projekten

Abele, Petra; Hurtienne, Jörn; Prümper, Jochen

Usability Management bei SAP-Projekten. Grundlagen – Vorgehen – Methoden (in German)

2007

Vieweg

ISBN: 3834802441
(Paperback)

Usability: Customizing

Review

Cover of Effective Prototyping

Arnowitz, Jonathan; Arent, Michael; Berger, Nevin

Effective Prototyping for Software Makers

2007

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 9780120885688
(Paperback)

Design: Prototyping

Review

Cover of Making the Web Work

Baxley, Bob

Making the Web Work – Designing Effective Web Applications

2002

New Riders Publishing

ISBN: 0735711968
(Paperback)

Design: Web design, Web applications, Methodology

Review

Cover of The Craft of Information Visualization

Bederson, Benjamin B.; Shneiderman, Ben

The Craft of Information Visualization: Readings and Reflections

2003

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558609156
(Paperback)

Information: Information presentation

Review

Cover of Designing Composite Applications

Beringer, Jörg; Holtzblatt, Karen

Designing Composite Applications

2006

Galileo Press (SAP Press)

ISBN: 1592290655

Design
Cover of Contextual Design

Beyer, Hugh; Holtzblatt, Karen

Contextual Design: A Customer-Centered Approach to Systems Designs

1997

Academic Press

ISBN: 1558604111
(Paperback)

Usability: Methodology - Contextual design, User task analysis

Review

Cover of Participatory IT Design

Bødker, Keld; Kensing, Finn; Simonsen, Jesper

Participatory IT Design

2004

The MIT Press

ISBN: 026202568X

General: IT Design

Review

Cover of Windows and Mirrors

Bolter, Jay David; Gromala Diane

Windows and Mirrors : Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency

2003

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262025450

Design: General

Review

Cover of A Pattern Approach

Borchers, Jan

A Pattern Approach to Interaction Design

2001

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0471498289

Design: General

Cover of Sketching User Experiences

Bill Buxton

Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design

2008

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 0123740371

Design

Review in preparation

Cover of Readings in Information Visualization

Card, Stuart; Mackinlay, Jock; Schneiderman, Ben

Readings in Information Visualization

1999

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558605339
(Paperback)

Information: Information presentation

Card, Stuart; Moran, Thomas; Newell, Allen

The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction

1983 (1986)

CRC

ISBN: 0898598591
(Paperback)

Usability: Modeling
Cover of Effective Use Cases

Cockburn, Alistair

Writing Effective Use Cases

2001

Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 0201702258
(Paperback)

Usability: Methodology

Review

Cover of Beyond Chaos

Constantine, Larry L.

Beyond Chaos: The Expert Edge in Managing Software Development

2001

Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 0201719606
(Paperback)

General
Cover of Software for Use

Constantine, Larry L.; Lockwood, Lucy A. D.

Software for Use: A Practical Guide to the Models and Methods of Usage-Centered Design (ACM Press)

1999

Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 0201924781
(Hardcover)

Usability: Methodology - User task analysis

Cover of About Face 3.0

Cooper, Alan; Reimann, Robert M.; Cronin, Dave

About Face 3.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design

2007

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0470084111
(Paperback)

Usability: UI design

Cover of About Face 2.0

Cooper, Alan; Reimann, Robert M.

About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design

2003

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0764526413
(Paperback)

Usability: UI design

Cover of About Face

Cooper, Alan

About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design

1995

IDG Books Worldwide

ISBN: 1568843224
(Paperback)

Usability: UI design

Cover of The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

Cooper, Alan; Saffo, Paul

The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How To Restore The Sanity

1999

Sams

ISBN: 0672316498
(Hardcover)

General

Cover of Understanding Your Users

Courage, Catherine; Baxter, Kathy

Understanding Your Users – A Practical Guide to User Requirements Methods, Tools, and Techniques

2004

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558609350

Usability: Methods

Review

Cover of Semiotic Engineering

De Souza, Clarisse Sieckenius

The Semiotic Engineering of Human-Computer Interaction

2005

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262042207

General, Methodology

Review

Cover of Hertzian Tales

Dunne, Anthony

Hertzian Tales: Electronic Products, Aesthetic Experience, and Critical Design

2005

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262042320

General, Design

Review

Cover of Information Dashboard Design

Few, Stephen

Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data

2006

O'Reilly

ISBN: 0596100167

Design, Information: Information presentation

Review

Fishwick, Paul A. (Ed.)

Aesthetic Computing

2006

The MIT Press

ISBN: 026206250

Computer Science
Cover of Web Application design

Fowler, Susan; Stanwick, Victor

Web Application Design Handbook: Best Practices for Web-Based Software

2004

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558607528

Usability: Web application design

Cover of Gui Design Handbook

Fowler, Susan; Stanwick, Victor

Gui Design Handbook (McGraw-Hill Series on Object Technology)

Web edition

1997

McGraw-Hill

ASIN: 0070592748
(Paperback, out of print)

Usability: UI design

Cover of The GUI Style Guide

Fowler, Susan; Stanwick, Victor

The GUI Style Guide

1994

AP Professional

ASIN: 0122635906
(Paperback, out of print)

Usability: UI design

Cover of Visualizing Data

Fry, Ben

Visualizing Data

2008

O'Reilly

ISBN-10: 0596514557
ISBN-13: 978-0596514556
(Paperback)

 

Information: Information presentation
Cover of The Plenitude

Gold, Rich

The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation, and Making Stuff

2007

The MIT Press

ISBN-10: 0262072890
ISBN-13: 978-0262072892

Design

Review

Cover of A Pattern Language for Web Usability

Graham, Ian

A Pattern Language for Web Usability

2003

Addison Wesley

ISBN: 0201788888
(Paperback)

Usability: Web design
Cover of Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery

Hackos, JoAnn

Content Management for Dynamic Web Delivery

2002

John Wiley & Sons.

ISBN: 0471085863

Information: Information design
Cover of User and Task Analysis for Interface Design

Hackos, JoAnn; Redish, Janice

User and Task Analysis for Interface Design

1998

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0471178314
(Hardcover)

Usability: Methodology - User task analysis

Cover of Mobile User Experience

Hiltunen, Mika; Laukka

Mobile User Experience

2002

IT Press

ISBN: 951826502X
(Paperback)

Usability: Mobile
Cover of Rapid CD

Holtzblatt, Karen; Wendell, Jessamy Burns; Wood, Shelley

Rapid Contextual Design: A How-to Guide to Key Techniques for User-Centered Design

2004

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 0123540518

Usability: Methodology - Contextual design, User task analysis
Cover of Access by Design

Sarah Horton

Access by Design

2005

New Riders Press

ISBN: 032131140X

Usability: Universal usability

Review

Cover of Designing and Writing Online Documentation

Horton, William K.

Designing and Writing Online Documentation: Hypermedia for Self-Supporting Products (2nd Edition)

1994

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0471306355
(Paperback)

Information: Information design

Usability: Help and documentation

Cover of Icon Book

Horton, William K.

The Icon Book: Visual Symbols for Computer Systems and Documentation

1994

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0471599018
(Paperback)

Design: Graphic design

Cover of Information Design

Jacobson, Robert (Ed.)

Information Design

2000

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262600358
(Paperback)

Information: Information design

Review

Cover of Web Bloopers

Johnson, Jeff

Web Bloopers: 60 Common Web Design Mistakes and How To Avoid Them

2003

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558608400
(Paperback)

Usability: Web design

Review

Cover of GUI Bloopers 2.0

Johnson, Jeff

GUI Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Don'ts and Dos

2007

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 0123706432
(Paperback)

Usability: UI design

Review

Cover of GUI Bloopers

Johnson, Jeff

GUI Bloopers: Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers

2000

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558605827
(Paperback)

Usability: UI design

Review

Cover of Mapping Web Sites

Kahn, Paul & Lank, Krysztof

Mapping Web Sites

(German version: Websites visualisieren)

2001

RotoVision SA

ASIN: 2880464641

German version: Rowohlt

ISBN: 3499612003
(Paperback)

Design: Web design

Information: Information presentation

Cover of The International Hanndbook of Creativity

Kaufman, James, C., & Sternerg, Robert, J.

The International Handbook of Creativity

2006

Cambridge University Press

ISBN 139780521838428

General

Review

Cover of The Ten faces of Innovation

Kelley, Tom & Littman, Jonathan

The Ten Faces of Innovation

 

2005

Currency

ISBN: 0385512074 (Hardcover)

General
Cover of Art of Innovation

Kelley, Tom & Littman, Jonathan

The Art of Innovation

 

2001

Currency

ISBN: 0385499841 (Hardcover)

General
Cover of Systemisches Design

Khazaeli, Cyrus D.

Systemisches Design (in German)

 

2005

Rowohlt

ISBN: 3499600781

Design: General

Review

Cover of Entwicklung barrierefreier Software mit SAP NetWeaver

Köble, Josef

Developing Accessible Applications with SAP NetWeaver

German version: Entwicklung barrierefreier Software mit SAP NetWeaver

2007

Galileo Press (SAP Press)

ISBN: 1592291120

ISBN: 9781592292424
(e-book)

ISBN: 3898428621
(German version)

Accessibility

Cover of Elements of Graph Design

Kosslyn, Stephen M.

Elements of Graph Design

1993
(Hardcover)

1993
(Paperback)

W. H. Freeman & Co

ISBN: 0716722631
(Hardcover)

ISBN: 071672362X
(Paperback)

Information: Information presentation

Review

Cover of Don't make me think

Krug, Steve

Don't Make Me Think

2005 (2nd ed.)

New Riders

ISBN: 0321344758
(Paperback)

Usability: Web Usability
Cover of Observing the User Experience

Kuniavsky, Mike

Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research

2003

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558609237
(Paperback)

Usability: Methods

Review

Cover of The Trouble With Computers

Landauer, Thomas, K.

The Trouble With Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity

1995
(Hardcover)

1996
(Paperback)

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262121867
(Hardcover)

ISBN: 0262621088
(Paperback)

General

Cover of Design Research

Laurel, Brenda (Ed.)

Design Research: Methods and Perspectives

2003

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262122634

Design: General

Review

Cover of How Designers Think

Bryan Lawson

How Designers Think

 

2005

Architectural Press

ISBN: 0-7506-6077-5

Design

Review

Cover of Universal Usability

Jonathan Lazar

Universal Usability

2007 Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0470027274

Usability: Universal usability

Review

Cover of Universal Principles of Design

Lidwell, William; Holden, Kritina; Butler, Jill

Universal Principles of Design

2003

Rockport Publishers

ISBN: 1592530079

Design: General

Review

Cover of Throughtful Interation Design

Löwgren, Jonas; Stolterman, Erik

Thoughtful Interaction Design

2004

The MIT Press

ISBN: 0262122715

Usability: UI design

Review

Cover of Looking Good in Color Looking Good in Color: The Desktop Publisher's Design Guide  

Ventana Communications Group Inc.

ASIN: 1566042194
(Paperback, out of print)

Design: Graphic design
Cover of Laws_simplicity

Maeda, John

The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life

 

2006

The MIT Press

ISBN: 0262134721

General, Design

Review

Cover of The Usability Engineering Life Cycle

Mayhew, Deborah J.

The Usability Engineering Life Cycle

1999

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558605614
(Paperback)

Usability: UI design, Methodology

Cover of Technology as experience

McCarthy, John; Wright, Peter

Technology as Experience

2004

The MIT Press

ISBN: 0262134470

General

Review

Cover of Digital Ground

McCullough, Malcolm

Digital Ground: Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowing

2004

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262134357
(Hardcover)

General

Review

Cover of The Reconfigured Eye

Mitchell, William J.

The Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Era: Visual Truth in the Post-photographic Era

1994

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262631601
(Paperback)

General
Cover of Designing Interactions

Moggridge, Bill

Designing Interactions

2006

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262134748
(Hardcover)

Design

Review

Cover of Wired for Speech

Nass, Clifford; Brave, Scott

Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates and Advances the Human-Computer Relationship

2005

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262140926
(Hardcover)

General
Cover of Usability Engineering

Nielsen, Jakob

Usability Engineering

1994

Academic Press

ISBN: 0125184069
(Paperback)

Usability: UI design, Methodology

Cover of Designing Web Usability

Nielsen, Jakob

Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity

1999

New Riders Publishing

ISBN: 156205810X
(Ppaerback)

Usability: Web usability

Cover of The Design of Everyday Things

Norman, Donald A.

The Design of Everyday Things

1990, 1994
(Hardcover)

2002
(Paperback)

Currency

ASIN: 0385267746

MIT Press

ASIN: 0262640376

Basic Books

ISBN: 0465067107
(Paperback)

General, Design

Review

Cover of Things That Make Us Smart

Norman, Donald A.

Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine

1993
(Hardcover)

1994
(Ppaerback)

Perseus Publishing

ASIN: 0201581299
(Hardcover, out of print)

ISBN: 0201626950
(Paperback, reprint)

General, Design

Cover of The Invisible Computer

Norman, Donald A.

The Invisible Computer

1998
(Hardcover)

1999
(Paperback)

The MIT Press

ISBN: 0262140659
(Hardcover)

ISBN: 0262640414
(Paperback)

General, Design

Cover of Emotional Design

Norman, Donald A.

Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things

2003
(Hardcover)

Basic Books

ISBN: 0465051359
(Hardcover)

General, Design

Cover of  A Whole New Mind

Pink, Daniel H.

A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age

2005

Riverhead

ISBN: 1573223085
(Hardcover)

General

Review

Cover of Interaction Design

Preece, Jennifer; Sharp, Helen; Rogers, Yvonne

Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction

2002

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0471492787
(Ppaerback)

Usability: UI design

Cover of The Humane Interface

Raskin, Jef

The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems

2000

Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 0201379376
(Ppaerback)

General

Cover of Processing

Reas, Casey, & Fry, Ben

Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists

2007

The MIT Press

ISBN-10: 0262182629

ISBN-13: 978-0262182621

Design

Review

Cover of The Media Equation

Reeves, Byron; Nass, Clifford

The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Television, and New Media Like Real People and Places

1996
(Hardcover)

1998
(Paperback)

Cambridge University Press

ASIN: 157586052X
(Hardcover, out of print)

ISBN: 1575860538
(Paperback)

General

Cover of Information Architecture for the World Wide We

Rosenfeld, Louis; Morville, Peter

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Second Edition.

2002

O'Reilly

ISBN: 0596000359
(Paperback)

Information: Infomation design
Cover of Handbook of Usability Testing

Rubin, Jeffrey

Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests

1994

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 0471594032
(Paperback)

Usability: Testing
Cover of Grundkurs Typografie

Runk, Claudia

Grundkurs Typografie und Layout (in German)

2006

Galileo Design

ISBN: 3898424065

Design: Typography
Cover of The Zen of CSS Design

Shea, Dave; Holzschlag, Molly E.

The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter)

2005

Addison Wesley

ISBN: 0321303474

Design: Web design
Cover of Leonardo's Laptop

Shneiderman, Ben

Leonardo's Laptop

2002
(Hardcover)

2003
(Paperback)

The MIT Press

ISBN: 0262194767
(Hardcover)

ISBN: 0262692996
(Paperback)

General

Review

Cover of Designing the User Interface

Shneiderman, Ben; Plaisant, Catherine

Designing the User Interface (4th Edition)

2004
(Hardcover)

Pearson Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 0321197680
(Hardcover)

Usability: UI design

Review

Cover of Experience Design

Shedroff, Nathan

Experience Design 1

2001

New Riders Publishing

ISBN: 0735710783
(Paperback)

Design
Cover of Creating Killer Web Sites, Second Edition

Siegel, David

Creating Killer Web Sites, Second Edition

1997

MacMillan Publishing Company

ISBN: 1568304331
(Ppaerback)

Design: Web design

Cover of  Paper Prototyping

Snyder, Carolyn

Paper Prototyping

2003

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 1558608702
(Paperback)

Design: Prototyping

Review

Cover of Cognition and the Visual Arts

Solso, Robert L.

Cognition and the Visual Arts

1996

(1994)

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262691868 (Paperback, 1996)
ISBN: 0262193469
(Hardcover, 1994)

General, Design
Cover of Information Visualization (2nd Ed.)

Spence, Robert

Information Visualization (2nd edition)

2007

Prentice-Hall (Pearson)

ISBN: 0132065509
(Hardcover)

Information: Information presentation

Review

Cover of Information Visualization

Spence, Robert

Information Visualization

2000

Addison-Wesley (ACM Press)

ISBN: 0201596261
(Hardcover)

Information: Information presentation

Review

Cover of Web Site Usability

Spool, Jared; DeAngelo, Terri; Scanlon, Tara; Schroeder, Will; Snyder, Carolyn

Web Site Usability

1998

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 155860569X (Paperback)

Usability: Web usability

Cover of Shaping Things

Sterling, Bruce

Shaping Things

2005

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262693267
(Paperback)
ISBN: 026219533X
(Hardcover)

General, Design

Review

Cover of Shape

Stiny, George

Shape – Talking about Seeing and Doing

2006

MIT Press

ISBN: 0262195313

Design
Cover of UI Design and Evaluation

Stone, Debbie; Jarrett, Caroline; Woodroffe, Mark; Minocha, Shailey

User Interface Design and Evaluation

2005

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 0120884364

Usability: UI design
Cover of In the Bubble

Thackara, John

In the Bubble – Designing in a Complex World

2005

The MIT Press

ISBN: 0262201577

General, Design

Review

Cover of Press On

Thimbleby, Harold

Press On: Principles of Interaction Programming

2007

The MIT Press

ISBN-10: 0262201704

ISBN-13: 978-0262201704

Design: UI design

Review

Cover of Designing Interfaces

Tidwell, Jenifer

Designing Interfaces

2005

O'Reilly Media

ISBN: 0596008031
(Paperback)

Design: UI design
Cover of Tog on Interface

Tognazzini, Bruce

Tog on Interface

1992

Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 0201608421
(Ppaerback)

General

Cover of Envisioning Information

Tufte, Edward R.

Envisioning Information

1990

Graphics Press

ISBN: 0961392118
(Hardcover)

Information: Information presentation

Cover of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Tufte, Edward R.

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

1983

Graphics Press (1999)

ISBN: 096139210X
(Hardcover)

Information: Information presentation

Cover of Visual Explanations

Tufte, Edward R.

Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative

1997

Graphics Press

ISBN: 0961392126
(Hardcover)

Information: Information presentation

Cover of The Design of Sites

Van Duyne, Douglas K.; Landay, James A.; Hong, Jason I.

The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience

2002

Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 020172149X
(Paperback)

Design: Web design
Cover of Visual Thinking: For Design

Colin Ware

Visual Thinking: For Design

2008

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN: 0123708966

 

Design, Visualization
Cover of Information Visualization Information Visualization, Second Edition: Perception for Design 2004

Morgan Kaufmann

ISBN-10: 1558608192
ISBN-13: 978-1558608191

Design, Visualization
Cover of Designing Web Graphics.4

Weinman, Lynda

Designing Web Graphics.4

2003

New Riders Publishing

ISBN: 0735710791
(Paperback)

Design: Web design

Cover of Creative HTML Design.2

Weinman, Lynda; Weinman, William

Creative HTML Design.2

2001

New Riders Publishing

ISBN: 0735709726
(Paperback)

Design: Web design

Cover of Deconstructing Web Graphics.2

Weinman, Lynda; Lentz, Jon Warren

Deconstructing Web Graphics.2

1998

New Riders Publishing

ISBN: 1562058592
(Paperback)

Design: Web design

Cover of Cultivating Communities of Practice

Etienne Wenger, William M. Snyder, & Richard MacDermott

Cultivating Communities of Practice

2002

Harvard Business School Press

ISBN: 1578513308

General

Review

Cover of Bringing Desing to Software

Winograd, Terry (Ed.)

Bringing Design to Software

1996

Addison-Wesley

ISBN: 0201854910
(Ppaerback)

Design: Software design, UI design

Review

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