(If you can’t wait until preorder, check out the website: http://www.predatorythinking.com/.)

I’ve been a big fan since his first book, Creative Mischief. This has been my most read, and lent-out book. I have started recommending it to everyone because although Dave is an Ad Man, the messages and stories are relatable to anyone.

As well as these books, I can recommend reading his blogs: http://www.cstthegate.com/davetrott/ and http://davetrott.campaignlive.co.uk/.

Finally some great videos on The Art of Persuasion from Dave: https://paulrandall.com/2012/11/03/dave-trott-on-the-art-of-persuasion/

That should keep you going until the book arrives!

When I heard that Mark Boulton was releasing a book, called A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web I was immediately interested. However, it was originally only available as a PDF. Now, I am not a huge fan of reading books online, and prefer to print out the A List Apart articles rather than read online, so I held off purchasing, and hoped that a printed version would appear. Luckily for me, the printed version (which was launched last week) is now available for £29, and having just received my copy, I can tell you that the quality of the book is excellent.

A solid yellow, matt laminated cover is striking to look at, and inside, the pages are designed with just as much attention to detail.

The book covers topics such as workflow, research, colour, typography, layout & design with plenty of diagrams and pictures. I have yet to read the book, but will post a short review once I have finished it.

For those who have not read the book, you can download a sample over at fivesimplesteps.co.uk.

This book is the first in a series of Five Simple Steps books which will include Designing Grid Systems and Designing the Invisible, due to be launched later in the year.

I am a lot more of a magazine skimmer than a book reader, but I thought I would take a quick snap of what is on my coffee table at the moment…

.NET

After making use of a 50% promotion just after Christmas, I decided to subscribe to the magazine, and definitely enjoy reading the articles, and especially seeing the differing designer visions in the website build-off. The magazine always covers some interesting topics, and the interviews are something I particularly enjoy reading.

F1 Racing

Another magazine I subscribe to and essential reading for an F1 enthusiast, like myself. They write some great behind the scenes articles, and I think the design of the magazine and photography is particularly engaging. It’s also a good resource when I’m making predictions for a fantasy formula 1 game I play.

Redline

Now I’m not a huge boy racer, but I do buy this magazine occasionally. I bought this mag primarily for the free DVD they included with it but I used to buy this fairly regularly a couple of years ago. If you hadn’t gathered from the F1 Racing subscription I am a pretty big petrolhead, and so I am interested in anything with an engine.

The Tipping Point

I am just about to start reading this book, after finishing The Google Story a couple of weeks ago. I had heard good things about it, and decided to add it to a recent Amazon.com purchase.

Other Books

I am also going to re-read some of my favourite books, such as Don’t Make Me Think and The Design of Everyday Things and may post a quick review of them in the coming months.