The recent world events have impacted our lives, our interactions, and our behaviors in endless, unexpected ways.
While there’s a lot of uncertainty to this moment in time, the one thing that seems certain is change. Here are some of our team’s favorite books on the topic. Enjoy reading!
Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip Heath and Dand Heath
Recommended by Service Design Director Sara Bellini
Open by Andre Agassi
So much more than just a tennis biography.Recommended by Interaction Designer Giacomo Ferrari
La Notte della Repubblica by Sergio Zavoli
My grandparents went through WW2, my parents lived during the time of domestic terrorism. This book chronicles the latter in 1970s Italy. If this pandemic is the bad hand my generation has been dealt with, history teaches us to stay strong and look forward to the positive changes.
Recommended by Lighting Design Director Carlo D’Alesio
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Recommended by Senior Graphic Designer Ahmad Qatato
The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Recommended by Senior Graphic Designer Ahmad Qatato
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Recommended by Senior Graphic Designer Ahmad Qatato
Principles by Ray Dalio
A book to evolve well and fast, to embrace reality and to deal with it.
Recommended by User Experience Designer Dario de Micheli
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Recommended by Lead Designer Ivana Babic
Politics of the Everyday by Ezio Manzini
Beautiful and illuminating book on our times and on the need for social innovation.
Recommended by Design Manager Federico Casotto
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula Leguin
A sci-fi novel about a society that tries to realize the anarchist ideal. Full of insights about our societies.
Recommended by Design Manager Federico Casotto