With plenty of great lists of UX Books for UX Designers (here, here and here), I thought I’d instead make a short list of books from other disciplines which have been a big part of my design education.

Alexander, also the author of A Pattern Language, wrote heady stuff about the way we design and find design solutions for architecture, city planning, tool making and more.

Notes on the Synthesis of Form is a truly geek-out-worthy exploration on the inner workings of the problem-solving and design process. Don’t expect a how-to.