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24 alternatives to Well-Designed

How to use empathy to create products people love

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Well-Designed launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Well Designed▲4

   How to use empathy to create products people love.

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Seductive Interaction Design▲75

   To use a product should be to fall in love with a product

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Inspired▲19

   How to create products customers love

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Design of Everyday Things▲165

   Good, usable design is possible

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Inspired▲83

   How to create products customers love

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Designing For Emotion▲79

   On brand personality and delighting users

   2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Designing Products People Love▲121

   27 successful product designers reveal their secrets

   2016 · scotthurff.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Show Your Work!▲84

   10 ways to share your creativity and get discovered

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Design, Form, and Chaos▲80

   A great source of design inspiration

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Lovability▲117

    How to build products people love and be happy doing it

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design ▲70

    A look at how games make us feel

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Designing Interactions▲91

    Interviews with influential designers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Designing the Invisible▲69

    Create great web experiences

    2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Design for Real Life▲82

    Develop inclusive practices

    2016 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Discussing Design▲68

    Improving communication and collaboration through critique

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Design of Influence: How to Craft Products that Move People▲93

    Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Articulating Design Decisions▲64

    Learn to explain your design decisions so people agree!

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Design Research Ethics▲76

    A guide for ethical human-centered research

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Design Review - Designing with Empathy▲59

    Jonathan spends some time and talks about empathy in design

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Design for Humans▲231

    An email course about emotional design

    2015 · paulaborowska.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Designing for Touch▲88

    A guide for designing touch interfaces

    2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Practical Empathy▲65

    For Collaboration and Creativity in Your Work

    2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Design Process for Pros▲37

    Best design practices in one place

    2018 · netguru.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Emotional Design▲70

    Learn why you have deep emotions for your Mac or Roomba

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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