Welcome!

[Sven]

We are giving away the book, "Universal Principles of Design" by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden and Jull Butler. we have 3 copies.

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Universal Principles of Design is the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of design. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the concepts applied in practice. From the "80/20 rule to chunking, from baby-face bias to Ockham's razor, and from self-similarity to storytelling, every major design concept is defined and illustrated for readers to expand their knowledge.

William Lidwell is president of the Applied Management Sciences Institute, co-editor of Guidelines for Excellence in Management and author of The Thoughtful Leader. Kritina Holden is a human factors specialist at Lockheed Martin–Space Operations and NASA. Jill Butler is the founder and president of Stuff Creators Design Studio.

The text was copied from amazon.com where we bought the books ^^

How can I participate?
To win one of the 3 copies, just let us know why this book is of interest to you. The winners will be picked randomly. You have 24 hours to participate! Good luck!

[beedee15]

I'm looking always for new inspirations )
And I need a reason to read my first english book.

best regards
beedee15

[MrBendig]

I love plain english books, and i need to tune up my knowledge about ux.

I think that book fits perfectly next to the smashing book.

Greetings
Rainer

[phil182]

I like designing a lot and I can never get enough inspiration. Furthermore it would be good for my English to read the book in the foreign language.

Greets,
Phil

[Azunix]

I would like to win the book because , if I have new inspiration i could even design better UI's or Websites , that's my goal , to learn something! To improve my skillz as a designer

[Funky-T]

'cuz I'm not really a guy of big heavy principles, let alone universal ones..

seriously, I could learn A LOT from every book Smashing is giving away !

[vasilios]

This caught my attention once I read "encyclopedia of design".

[danjng]

I've been REALLY trying to get into web design lately and I read your articles all the time! This would be a terrific addition to my shelf along with the Smashing Book whenever it comes out!

[platoreborn]

No offense to you Smashing Mag, but it sure would be nice to learn some design concepts from an actual book, instead of reading blogs.

[mary13]

It sounds like a fascinating read... and I'd be able to share this knowledge with my interface design students too.

[aaronjpalmer]

Great book. This would be an incredible reference for my freelance business. I hope I win a copy!

[antonio]

Well, good giveaway!

I'm going to have, finally, one full month of holidays, after worked all the summer. So I don't want to see any pc around me, but read some good books.

Just bought already 2 books, the smashing book and another, and so ... the 3 they say is the perfect number no? Then ... give me the 3 book to read.

[hobar]

I've been developing and designing for successfully for years but I would really like to get some basic concepts down.

[letscounthedays]

I would love to read a copy of "Universal Principles of Design" while I am waiting on my pre-ordered copy of "The Smashing Book" to arrive!

[carlosjermaine]

Greetings,
I would love to have this book to improve upon my design knowledge base, and being all around informative! This would be a great addition to my resources...

Thanks in advance;

Carlosjermaine