Designing your life : how to build a well-lived, joyful life / Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xxxi, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101875322
- 1101875321
- 9780451494085
- 0451494083
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 650.1 B964 | Available | 33111008467322 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * At last, a book that shows you how to build-- design-- a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage * "Life has questions. They have answers." -- The New York Times
Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home--at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve.
In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238).
Introduction: life by design -- Start where you are -- Building a compass -- Wayfinding -- Getting unstuck -- Design your lives -- Prototyping -- How not to get a job -- Designing your dream job -- Choosing happiness -- Failure immunity -- Building a team -- Conclusion: A well designed life.
Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home -- at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.