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A review by guzforster
Ruined by Design: How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It by Mike Monteiro
4.0
In Mike's must-read book for young designers, he makes a strong case that everyone involved in creating a product—engineers, product managers, and so on—is a designer. They all need to follow a code of ethics and work towards making users' lives better.
Mike goes on to argue that we should work for the people using the products, not for the ones paying our salaries (GASP!!). When companies start pushing us to do lousy jobs that harm users, we need to draw the line, especially when it comes to data misuse and theft, which are some of the most dangerous things in modern design.
This book is packed with "no-brainer" ideas that are still super important for both new and experienced designers to read and think about. My only gripe is that it's mostly focused on the US, but that doesn't take away from how valuable it is for the design community as a whole.
Mike goes on to argue that we should work for the people using the products, not for the ones paying our salaries (GASP!!). When companies start pushing us to do lousy jobs that harm users, we need to draw the line, especially when it comes to data misuse and theft, which are some of the most dangerous things in modern design.
This book is packed with "no-brainer" ideas that are still super important for both new and experienced designers to read and think about. My only gripe is that it's mostly focused on the US, but that doesn't take away from how valuable it is for the design community as a whole.