Designing your life : how to build a well-lived, joyful life / Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.
By: Burnett, William (Consulting professor of design) [author.]
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Contributor(s): Evans, David J. (David John) [author.].
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238).Description: xxxi, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781101875322 (hardcover); 9780451494085.Subject(s): Vocational guidance | Self-realization | Design -- Social aspects | Decision makingDDC classification: 650.1 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 650.1 B9342 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003859576 |
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.
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