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# Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions

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Review: A permanent addition to my book collection - Need this for my ongoing graduate studies and I love this book. There are no "oh great filler" pages, it gets straight to the point, it's not so big that you're cursing out the physical dimensions of the book, and works great with sticky notes. And truly there are so many choices for research methods, you're going to want sticky notes. The author does a wonderful job at describing those methods too, so you're not staring at a wall going, "what did I just read?"
Review: A good Introduction and synthesis to design methods - This book has a similar format of Universal Principles of Design, but in this case, is a compendium of methods. It has 100 design research methods, sometimes are analysis techniques or research deliverables that constitutes some of what people call design thinking. In the book you will find design research methods that could be exploratory, secondary, generative or evaluative. I think is a good synthesis especially if you want to learn how to do the design work that in a lot of books is just ethereal. But if you really want to implement a specific method perhaps you will need another source for deeper understanding. In most of the methods you will find the sources for more information, and sometimes the seminal publication of the method. It also presents suggestions of complementary methods inside the book in a "see also" line. I liked the format of the book because is easy to read and to use as a guide: it has just two pages per method, one small description and an example. The book helped me a lot gaining a big picture of design methods. A must have for someone who wants to get deeper in the design research.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #262,999 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #402 in Graphic Design Techniques #1,105 in Design & Decorative Arts |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (264) |
| Dimensions  | 8.75 x 0.75 x 10.25 inches |
| Edition  | 58480th |
| ISBN-10  | 1592537561 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1592537563 |
| Item Weight  | 2.15 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 208 pages |
| Publication date  | February 1, 2012 |
| Publisher  | Rockport Publishers |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A permanent addition to my book collection
*by A***. on January 12, 2025*

Need this for my ongoing graduate studies and I love this book. There are no "oh great filler" pages, it gets straight to the point, it's not so big that you're cursing out the physical dimensions of the book, and works great with sticky notes. And truly there are so many choices for research methods, you're going to want sticky notes. The author does a wonderful job at describing those methods too, so you're not staring at a wall going, "what did I just read?"

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good Introduction and synthesis to design methods
*by F***C on March 16, 2013*

This book has a similar format of Universal Principles of Design, but in this case, is a compendium of methods. It has 100 design research methods, sometimes are analysis techniques or research deliverables that constitutes some of what people call design thinking. In the book you will find design research methods that could be exploratory, secondary, generative or evaluative. I think is a good synthesis especially if you want to learn how to do the design work that in a lot of books is just ethereal. But if you really want to implement a specific method perhaps you will need another source for deeper understanding. In most of the methods you will find the sources for more information, and sometimes the seminal publication of the method. It also presents suggestions of complementary methods inside the book in a "see also" line. I liked the format of the book because is easy to read and to use as a guide: it has just two pages per method, one small description and an example. The book helped me a lot gaining a big picture of design methods. A must have for someone who wants to get deeper in the design research.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great overview; great design, but tiny gray type.
*by M***1 on August 19, 2013*

Overall this is a gorgeous & well-organized book of design/usability research techniques, presented alphabetically as well as with numeric hints indicating which are best suited to different phases of a project. I'm really looking fwd to reading the rest of the techniques once I locate a magnifying glass ;) This is a nice hardcover book with an attractive, modern design that presents the one quibble I have so far: I find the text too small & too light, making it very hard to read. The body text is only maybe 8-9pt, and is light-middle gray in color. On white pages it is tiring to look at, and the amount of whitespace on many pages indicates they probably could've bumped up the font size juuust a tad. I had to hold the book practically up to my nose to read the first few pages (I'm early 30s & have 20/20 vision). On the whole it's an attractive design & would be a great ebook, but for the sake of legibility and usability (ironically...) it might be better w larger, darker type. The magnifying glass on the cover may actually be a suggestion. Still, the quality is great & so is the content thus far - just having to work for it a bit too much.

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