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A Book Apart

This book has a circle with the number twelve on the cover, because it’s part of a library started a few years ago by good people who wanted to help out designers. The books are short, so you can get back to work. This one is the first written specifically for clients, but you may enjoy the others as well. I’ve already mentioned Just Enough Research by Erika Hall and The Elements of Content Strategy by Erin Kissane. You should also pick these up:

Design Is a Job, Mike Monteiro (Yeah, I’m gonna be a dick and mention my own book first. This is a handbook for designers on how to approach their job in a way that benefits both designers and clients. Buy it for every designer on your team. Read it too. It’s as funny as this ...

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