Studio · Bookshelf

Books that shaped
how I think.

Not a reading list. A filter. These made the cut on Portfolio Worthy: books that changed a decision, not just filled an afternoon. Grouped by the throughline they share.

Design as Decision

Every design choice is a decision about who is included, what matters, and what gets built.

  • Inspired Marty Cagan
    Product ManagementUX Design
  • Design Is Storytelling Ellen Lupton
    UX DesignCreativity
Human Systems

How people organize, lead, grow, and work together.

  • Mindset Carol S. Dweck
    I-O PsychologyLearning Science
  • Build Tony Fadell
    Product ManagementLeadership
Intelligence Architecture

How thinking works, how systems reason, and how to build better ones.

  • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Shoshana Zuboff
    Systems ThinkingPhilosophy

Pulled from a larger reading log. The full list has more gaps, more abandoned midway through, and more re-reads of the same three books. This is what survived the filter.