An easy-to-read jaunt through design from multiple facets that continually delights by going deep

This book is a quick read, and an easy read, but it's never fluff. Scott Berkun is a really strong writer, with a clear voice and just the right amount of humor (too little can be too dry, too much can be self-indulgent and distracting). Reading the book brings a real pleasure in coming across many stories and examples that I know about (of course there are tons of stories, and examples that I hadn't heard about before), it's so well-researched and reported that these examples are fleshed out with details and new context.

Berkun integrates an enormous number of examples, many from the work of others, of course, but again this is where the mastery comes in, because unlike some books which are merely a compilation of other examples and writing, this truly is a synthesis, creating new knowledge and guidance from these sources, woven together elegantly. ( )