Library Catalog

Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Designing your life : how to build a well-lived, joyful life / Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.

By: Burnett, William (Consulting professor of design) [author.].
Contributor(s): Evans, David J. (David John), 1953- [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016Copyright date: ©2016General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (some color).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781101875339; 110187533X.Subject(s): Vocational guidance | Self-realization | Design -- Social aspects | Decision makingGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 650.1 Online resources: Access full text materials at no charge:
Contents:
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.
Summary: At last, a book that shows you how to build--design--a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage 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. From the Hardcover edition.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

At last, a book that shows you how to build--design--a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage 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. From the Hardcover edition.

Online resource; title from READ title page (OverDrive, viewed October 3, 2016).

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha