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24 alternatives to How They Got There

An e-book by design expert, Khoi Vinh

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. How They Got There launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Designing Interactions▲91

   Interviews with influential designers

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Designing For Mobile On Mobile with Khoi Vinh▲52

   Inspiring interview with Adobe Principal Designer Khoi Vinh.

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Ways to Connect ▲127

   A book on design by Ryan Singer from Basecamp (pre-launch)

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The User Experience Team of One▲64

   A Research and Design Survival Guide

   2015 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

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   Discussing Design▲68

   Improving communication and collaboration through critique

   2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs▲83

   Candid conversations with 30 leading designers

   2015 · kernandburn.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Design Collaboration for Product Teams▲76

   Building the foundation of brilliance

   2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →

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   How They Got There▲1

   Interviews with digital designers about their careers.

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Six Circles▲74

   An experience design framework

   2016 · userpathways.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Hacking UI Podcast #25 - Khoi Vinh (Principal Designer, Adobe)▲61

    Influencing an industry and building a personal brand

    2016 · hackingui.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Digital Design Talks▲177

    Learn from design leaders from around the world

    2021 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Design Sprint▲62

    A healthy mash of Lean, Design Thinking and Agile "up front"

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Book of Collaboration▲122

    A book about bringing harmony to the design-to-dev process

    2019 · marvelapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hack To Start - 97: Khoi Vinh, Director of Product Design, Mobile, Adobe▲74

    Khoi dives into the future of work/creating on new hardware

    2016 · hacktostart.com · its alternatives →

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    The Sketchbook Project▲87

    A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Make It New: The History of Silicon Valley Design▲60

    Katz tells how design helped transform Silicon Valley

    2015 · mitpress.mit.edu · its alternatives →

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    IDEO's Field Guide to HCD▲130

    Design Kit in a beautiful book format

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    for / with / in▲54

    Experiments and conversations about design in the browser

    2015 · htmloutput.risd.gd · its alternatives →

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    The Design of Influence: How to Craft Products that Move People▲93

    Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Panda▲76

    Keeping designers inspired and informed

    2014 · usepanda.com · its alternatives →

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    My Designer Is Driving Me Crazy!▲77

    Learn to get the design you want by joining the creative pro

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Thinking for a Living▲62

    How knowledge workers reach peak performance and productivit

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Interface▲66

    IBM and the transformation of corporate design

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Design of Future Things▲60

    A revealing examination of smart technology

    2015 · jnd.org · its alternatives →

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