Readings for the Spring 2026 version of IAT-438UX Design
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When are readings due?
Please try to complete readings before the lecture time. All readings are linked on Canvas with direct links provided below when possible.
Weekly reading list
All readings for the term, listed by week.
January 8 (Week 1)
(2013). "Selections from." Designing Together: The collaboration and conflict management handbook for creative professionals. New Riders.
January 15 (Week 2)
January 22 (Week 3)
(2018). "Selectons from." This is service design methods. O'Reilly Media.
January 29 (Week 4)
(2023). "Selections from." Closing the Loop: Systems Thinking for Designers. Rosenfeld Media.
February 5 (Week 5)
(2018). "Design Thinking is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo." Retrieved 11/23/2025, from https://research-ebsco-com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/linkprocessor/plink?id=0826d89f-1bf1-3548-bf30-c8c56572804b
February 11 (Week 6)
(2019). "Persuading People to Take Action on the Results of User Experience Research (Chapter 5)." Think like a UX researcher: How to observe users, influence design, and shape business strategy. CRC Press.
February 25 (Week 7)
March 4 (Week 8)
(2020). "Selections from." How to Future: Leading and sense-making in an age of hyperchange. Kogan Page Limited.
March 11 (Week 9)
March 18 (Week 10)
(2013). "Selections from." Convivial design toolbox: generative research for the front end of design. Laurence King Publishing.