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)
(2024). "Pages 52-76." Think like a UX researcher: How to observe users, influence design, and shape business strategy. CRC Press.
January 15 (Week 2)
(2018). "Research (Chpt 5)." This is service design doing. O'Reilly Media.
January 22 (Week 3)
(2013). "The Designer Mindset (Chpt 2) & Listening (Chpt 3)." Designing Together: The collaboration and conflict management handbook for creative professionals. New Riders.
January 29 (Week 4)
(2023). "A Systems-Thinking Mindset (Chpt 2)." Closing the Loop: Systems Thinking for Designers. Rosenfeld Media.
February 5 (Week 5)
February 12 (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 26 (Week 7)
(2018). "Design Thinking is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo." Retrieved 1/21/2026, from https://research-ebsco-com.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/linkprocessor/plink?id=0826d89f-1bf1-3548-bf30-c8c56572804b
March 5 (Week 8)
(2020). "Getting started: Scoping (Chpt 2)." How to Future: Leading and sense-making in an age of hyperchange. Kogan Page Limited.
March 12 (Week 9)
March 19 (Week 10)
(2013). "Selections from." Convivial design toolbox: generative research for the front end of design. Laurence King Publishing.