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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 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Well-Designed▲71

   How to use empathy to create products people love

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   FemgineerTV: Episode 4 - How to Use Empathy to Build Software Products▲68

   The one common skill of successful product creators

   2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Practical Empathy▲65

   For Collaboration and Creativity in Your Work

   2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Designing For Emotion▲79

   On brand personality and delighting users

   2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Inspired▲83

   How to create products customers love

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Design of Influence: How to Craft Products that Move People▲93

   Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Seductive Interaction Design▲75

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

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Design Review - Designing with Empathy▲59

   Jonathan spends some time and talks about empathy in design

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Designing Interactions▲91

   Interviews with influential designers

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Designing Products People Love▲121

    27 successful product designers reveal their secrets

    2016 · scotthurff.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Emotional Branding▲63

    The new paradigm for connecting brands to people

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Discussing Design▲68

    Improving communication and collaboration through critique

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Design for Humans▲231

    An email course about emotional design

    2015 · paulaborowska.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Lovability▲117

    How to build products people love and be happy doing it

    2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    What Customers Want▲67

    Using outcome-driven innovation to create breakthru products

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hidden in Plain Sight▲74

    How to Create Extraordinary Products for Tomorrow's Customer

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Art of Happiness▲65

    A handbook for living

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

    (and how to build them)

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Slow to Fast - 01: On Diamonds and Happiness▲57

    Design sprints and how to kill the blame game

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Shopclass as Soulcraft▲60

    An inquiry into the value of work

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Delivering Happiness▲92

    Seeking happiness and making people happy

    2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Talking to Humans▲79

    a practical guide to customer development

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Gather The People▲61

    A human-centered approach to making and marketing

    2016 · gatherthepeople.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Designing for Touch▲88

    A guide for designing touch interfaces

    2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

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