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General Design Audiobooks

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    The Design of Everyday Things

    Revised and Expanded Edition

    by Don Norman ...
    Narrated by Neil Hellegers ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 39 min

    Design doesn't have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as important as aesthetics.Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door.The fault, argues this ingenious -- even liberating -- book, lies not in ourselves, but in product ... Read more

    $49.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Threads of Life

    A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

    by Clare Hunter ...
    Narrated by Siobhan Redmond Redmond ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 39 min

    The Hare with Amber Eyes meets A History of the World in 100 Objects, Threads of Life is a history of sewing and embroidery, told through the stories of the men and women, over centuries and across continents, who have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard, even in the most desperate of circumstances.A history of sewing and embroidery, told through the stories of the men and women ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The 99% Invisible City

    A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

    by Roman Mars, 99% Invisible, Kurt Kohlstedt ...
    Narrated by Roman Mars ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 49 min

    An entertaining guide to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, featuring new and exclusive material from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast.Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?Or stopped to ponder who gets to name the streets we walk along?Or what the story is behind those dancing inflatable figures in car ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Secret Lives of Colour

    by Kassia St Clair ...
    Narrated by Kassia St Clair ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 7 min

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.'Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde</st... ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

    The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive

    by Lucy Adlington ...
    Narrated by Lucy Adlington ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours

    The powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps.At the height of the Holocaust twenty-five young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe

    by Angela Kelly ...
    Narrated by Angela Kelly ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 36 min

    ‘Full of gems … Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’Daily Telegraph‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’The Sunday Times‘For real intel, [The Crown] can’t come close to The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly’The New York Times‘Fascinating book’HELLO!‘The book is a trove of warm and insightful anecdotes’Daily Mail‘Angela Kelly shares fascinating and char... ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How To

    Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems from Randall Munroe of xkcd

    by Randall Munroe ...
    Narrated by Wil Wheaton ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 15 min

    The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the million-selling*What If?* and Thing Explainer.For any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It's full of highly impractical advice for ... Read more

    $37.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion, Style and Breaking All the Rules

    by Patricia Field ...
    Narrated by Eliza Foss ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 8 min

    From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture – bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication of Sex and the City to the mainstream – comes a playful yet intimate memoir of a life spent challenging conventions.Carrie Bradshaw’s pairing of a tutu with a tank top is one of the most iconic outfits ever seen on television – and a look that turned avant ... Read more

    $34.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Org Design for Design Orgs: Building and Managing In-House Design Teams

    by Peter Merholz, Kristin Skinner ...
    Narrated by TJ Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 57 min

    Design has become the key link between users and today's complex and rapidly evolving digital experiences, and designers are starting to be included in strategic conversations about the products and services that enterprises ultimately deliver. This has led to companies building in-house digital/experience design teams at unprecedented rates, but many of them don't understand how to get the most ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Fabric

    The Hidden History of the Material World

    by Victoria Finlay ...
    Narrated by Victoria Finlay ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 18 min

    Victoria Finlay spins us round the globe, weaving stories of our relationship with cloth and completing the trilogy of books which began with her first bestseller Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox.How is a handmade fabric helping save an ancient forest?Why is a famous fabric pattern from India best known by the name of a Scottish town?How is a Chinese dragon robe a diagram of the whole universe ... Read more

    $44.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Fry's Ties

    Discover the life and ties of Stephen Fry

    by Stephen Fry ...
    Narrated by Stephen Fry, Juliet Stevenson ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 6 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Every single one of Stephen Fry's ties - whether floral, fluorescent, football themed; striped or spotty, outrageous or simply debonair - tells an intimate tale about a moment in Stephen's life.Inspired by Stephen's hugely popular Instagram posts, this book will celebrate his expansive collection of man's greatest clothing companion: The Tie, in all it's sophisticated ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How Design Makes The World

    by Scott Berkun ...
    Narrated by Keith McCarthy ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 34 min

    Everything you use, from your home to your smartphone, from highways to supermarkets, was designed by someone. What did they get right? Where did they go wrong? And what can we learn from how these experts think that can help us improve our own lives?In How Design Makes The World, bestselling author and designer Scott Berkun reveals how designers, from software engineers to city planners, have ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How To Mehndi

    Your Step By Step Guide To Mehndi Designs

    by HowExpert ...
    Narrated by Brie Anna Faye ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 2 min

    If you want to learn how the mehndi designs are created, then you need to check out this "How To Mehndi" guide.In this step-by-step guide, you will reap the following benefits.- Learn the basics of drawing mehndi.- Discover and learn the various types of mehndi.- Be guided in doing 8 variety of fill-up designs.- Put the 8 fill-up designs to application as part of the main design.- Follow detailed ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    DECLUTTER, CLEAN AND ORGANISE YOUR HOME

    A Complete Guide With Ideas, Plans and Habits for a Perfectly Organized Life

    by Jewel Reeves ...
    Narrated by Estella A, Derik Hendrickson ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 24 min

    Declutter, Clean and Organize Your Home is the place where style and capacity meet.With space-saving answers for each and every room in your home, arranging your stuff has never been so fun!How does a chaotic house influence you?Mess might prompt diminished concentration, disarray, and pressure.Here and there, mess and wreck is connected to pessimistic feelings like disarray, strain, and ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Glossy Years

    Magazines, Museums and Selective Memoirs

    by Nicholas Coleridge ...
    Narrated by Nicholas Coleridge ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 35 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Over his thirty-year career at Condé Nast, Nicholas Coleridge has witnessed it all. From the anxieties of the Princess of Wales to the blazing fury of Mohamed Al-Fayed, his story is also the story of the people who populate the glamorous world of glossy magazines. With relish and astonishing candour, he offers the inside scoop on Tina Brown and Anna Wintour, David Bowie ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    С Новым годом и Рождеством! Иллюстрированная история новогодних открыток

    by Виктория Ильина ...
    Narrated by Екатерина Еремкина ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 21 min

    Эта книга содержит таблицы, графики и иллюстрации в виде ПДФ-файла, который вы можете скачать на странице аудиокниги на сайте после её покупки.Вот уже больше сотни лет поздравительные открытки создают волшебную атмосферу праздника и дарят тепло в канун новогодних и рождественских праздников! В этой аудиокниге вас ожидает удивительная история первых почтовых посланий: скромные карточки, яркие, ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Creative Strategy and the Business of Design

    by Douglas Davis ...
    Narrated by Marc Thompson ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 47 min

    A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener. ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Articulating Design Decisions: Communicate with Stakeholders, Keep Your Sanity, and Deliver the Best User Experience

    by Tom Greever ...
    Narrated by Ric Chetter ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 56 min

    Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do well. In many cases, how you communicate with stakeholders, clients, and other nondesigners may be more important than the designs themselves. Because if you can't get their support, your work will never see the light of day--no matter how good it is. This practical guide focuses on principles, ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    UX Research: Practical Techniques for Designing Better Products

    by Brad Nunnally, David Farkas ...
    Narrated by Charlie Krone ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 14 min

    One key responsibility of product designers and UX practitioners is to conduct formal and informal research to clarify design decisions and business needs. But there's often mystery around product research, with the feeling that you need to be a research Zen master to gather anything useful. Fact is, anyone can conduct product research. With this quick reference guide, you'll learn a common ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Winning at New Products

    Creating Value Through Innovation

    by Robert G. Cooper ...
    Narrated by James Edward Thomas ...

    Unabridged

    17 hours 25 min

    For more than two decades, Winning at New Products has served as the bible for product developers everywhere. Robert G. Cooper demonstrates why consistent product development is vital to corporate growth and how to maximize your chances of success. Citing the author's most recent research, Winning at New Products showcases innovative practices by industry leaders to present a field-tested game ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    How to Build Impossible Things

    A Carpenter's Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work

    by Mark Ellison ...

    Unabridged

    **Brought to you by Penguin.Wildly irreverent and beautifully warm, this is a story about practice, competence and failure, told through tales in a world most of us never see.**'Life is worth regular examination. I have found a great deal of meaning in learning to make things. Each of us has tidbits of understanding that others might appreciate were we to share them. As a carpenter building high ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Mismatch

    How Inclusion Shapes Design

    by Kat Holmes ...
    Narrated by Kat Holmes ...
    series Design, Technology, Business, Life

    Unabridged

    3 hours 47 min

    Sometimes designed objects reject their users: a computer mouse that doesn't work for left-handed people, for example, or a touchscreen payment system that only works for people who read English phrases, have 20/20 vision, and use a credit card. These mismatches are the building blocks of exclusion. In Mismatch, Kat Holmes describes how design can lead to exclusion, and how design can also remedy ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Royal Wardrobe

    by Rosie Harte ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    A WHOLE NEW ROYAL HISTORY, WITH A VERY STYLISH TWISTWhy did women wear such heavy and uncomfortable skirts in the Elizabethan era?What the hell happened to Charles II's pubic hair wig?How did Princess Diana's revenge dress become so iconic?Fashion for the Royal Family has been one of their most powerful weapons and plays a key role in why they still exist today. Their clothes are imbued with ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    I Strongly Believe in Incredible Things: A creative journey through the everyday wonders of our world

    by Rob Auton ...
    Narrated by Rob Auton ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 16 min

    A selection of the world’s most incredible things according to award-winning writer, comedian, artist and podcaster Rob AutonI Strongly Believe In Incredible Things is a book of poetic prose, musings, short stories and biro drawings detailing a selection of the Earth’s incredible things by award-winning writer, comedian, artist and podcaster Rob Auton.Unique, enchanting and utterly life affirming, ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial