Discussing Design
Improving Communication and Collaboration through Critique

For people who work closely with designers, this book gives great practical advice on how to properly 'critique'. The first half of the book is useful, while the second goes into granular details of some 9-5 basics, e.g. "be sure to take notes" Would recommend for anyone who collaborates with designe......more

There was a lot of padding around common sense or sometimes stuff which wasn't applicable to me. Mostly common sense. There was too much "this is what we'll tell you, this is what we're telling you, this is what we told you" (and a case study which usually didn't add much if anything).......more

my copy has about 1000 little post it tags in it. enough said......more

There’s a lot of water in this book. Same basics are repeated over and over again. If you work in a product company, you might have already learned it within the first few months. I think this book should have been better published in the form of the podcast or a video lecture.......more

it sheds light on our current team design critique sessions, and enpowered the better team communication: - how to provide and receive critiques, - how to cope with difficult people, - what principle we should keep - what methods (4 charette, 6 hats, design studio etc.) we can apply to the daily busin......more