Curious about design, branding and business strategy? The list below contains literature for those curious to learn more or in need of inspirational reading for work or studies.

Design & Business

  • Alfredsson, Ida (2004) Vi & Dom – Samtal om kommunikationen mellan kreatörer och uppdragsgivare ISBN 9163153157
  • Best, Kathryn (2006) Design Management – Managing Design Strategy, Process and Implementation ISBN 9782940373123
  • Best, Kathryn (2010) The Fundamentals of Design Management ISBN 9782940411078
  • Borja de Mozota, Brigitte (2003) Design Management – Using design to build brand value and corporate innovation ISBN 9781581152838
  • Brown, Tim (2009) Change by design ISBN 9780061766084
  • von Busch, Otto (2008) Fashion-able: hacktivism and engaged fashion design ISBN 9789197841108
  • Burenius, Jan & Per Lindstedt (2006) The Value Model – How to Master Product Development and Create Unrivalled Customer Value ISBN 9163063492
  • Burkhard, Jacob & Peter Zec (2010) Design Value – A Strategy fo Business Success ISBN 9783899391039
  • Chapman, Jonathan (2005) Emotionally Durable Design – Objects, Experiences & Empathy ISBN 9781844071814
  • Cooper, Rachel & Mike Press (1995) Design Agenda ISBN 9780471941064
  • Cooper, Rachel, Sabine Junginger & Thomas Lockwood (2011) The Handbook of Design Management ISBN 9781847884886
  • Digerfeldt-Månsson, Theresa (2009) Formernas liv i designföretaget – om design och design management som konst ISBN 9789171558459
  • Eksell, Olle (1964) Design = Ekonomi ISBN 9789178431366
  • Harvard, Åsa et al (2007) Under Ytan: en antologi om designforskning ISBN 9789187215797
  • Johansson, Ulla (2006) Design som utvecklingskraft. En utvärdering av regeringens designsatsning 2003-2005 ISBN 9176365077
  • Johansson, Ulla & Lisbeth Svengren Holm (2008) Möten kring design: om relationer mellan design, teknik och marknadsföring ISBN 9789144034898
  • Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2004) Semantic transformation in design: Communicating strategic brand identity through product design references ISBN 9789515581563
  • Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (Ed.) (2011) IDBM papers vol. 1 ISBN 9789529286416
  • Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (Ed.) (2012) IDBM papers vol. 2 ISBN 9789526036113
  • Karlsson, MariAnne et. al. (1999) PRE – Kundförståelse i produktutvecklingen ISBN 9189158210
  • Krippendorff, Klaus (2006) The Semantic Turn – A new foundation for design ISBN 9780415322201
  • Lawson, Bryan (2005) How Designers Think ISBN 9780750660778
  • Liedtka, Jeanne & Tim Ogilvie (2011) Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers ISBN 9780231158381
  • Lockwood, Thomas & Thomas Walton (Ed.) (2008) Building Design Strategy – Using design to achieve key business objectives ISBN 1581156537
  • Lockwood, Thomas & Thomas Walton (Ed.) (2008) Corporate Creativity – Developing an Innovative Organization ISBN 9781581156560
  • Lockwood, Thomas (Ed.) (2010) Design Thinking – Integrating Innovation, Customer Experience, and Brand Value ISBN 9781581156683
  • Martin, Roger (2009) Design of Business – Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage ISBN 9781422177808
  • Monö, Rune (1997) Design for product understanding: The aesthetics of design from a semiotic approach ISBN 914701105X
  • Schneider, Jakob (2011) This is Service Design Thinking ISBN 9789063692568
  • Schön, Donald (1983) The Reflective Practitioner ISBN 9781857423198
  • Senge, Peter (2006) The Fifth Discipline ISBN 9781905211203
  • Svenaeus, Fredrik et al (2009) Vad är praktisk kunskap? ISBN 9789186069049
  • Svengren, Lisbeth (1995) Industriell Design Som Strategisk Resurs ISBN 9179663117
  • Woodilla, Jill (Ed.) (2010) New Perspectives in Design Management – Selected writings from Business & Design Lab 2007-2010 ISBN 9789163373701
  • Österlin, Kenneth (2010) Design i fokus för produktutveckling – varför ser saker ut som de gör? ISBN 9789147094431
  • Österlin, Kenneth (2011) Allt du behöver veta om Design Management ISBN 9789147096466

Branding

  • Aaker, David A (1996) Building strong brands ISBN 9780029001516
  • Dahlén, Micael & Fredrik Lange (2003) Optimal marknadskommunikation ISBN 9789147065738
  • Gobé, Marc (2009) Emotional branding: the new paradigm for connecting brands to people ISBN 9781581156720
  • Graffman, Katarina & Jonas Söderström (2009) Konsumentnära varumärkesutveckling – Effektivare varumärkesstrategi med kommersiell etnografi ISBN 9789147094318
  • Hatch, Mary Jo & Majken Schultz (2008) Taking Brand Initiative – how companies can align strategy, culture, and identity through corporate branding ISBN 9780787998301
  • Kapferer, Jean Noel (2012) The New Strategic Brand Management – Advanced Insights and Strategic Thinking ISBN 9780749465155
  • Kotler, Philip (2003) Marketing Insights from A to Z ISBN 9780471268673
  • Lindstrom, Martin (2005) BRAND sense: how to build powerful brands through touch, taste, smell, sight & sound ISBN 9780749443719
  • Melin, Frans (2006) Varumärkesstrategi – om konsten att utveckla starka varumärken ISBN 9147060158
  • Mossberg, Lena & Erik Nissen Johansen (2011) Storytelling – Marknadsföring i upplevelseindustrin ISBN 9789144039787
  • Olins, Wally (2008) The Brand Handbook ISBN 9780500514085
  • Rosengren, Sara & Henrik Sjödin (2011) Reklam – förståelse och förnyelse ISBN 9789147090082
  • Steel, Jon (1998) Truth, Lies & Advertising: The Art of Account Planning ISBN 9780471189626

Strategy & Business Development

  • Andrews, Kenneth R (1987) The Concept of Corporate Strategy ISBN 0256036292
  • Howe, Jeff (2008) Crowdsourcing – How the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business ISBN 9781905211159
  • Kim, W Chan & Renée Mauborgne (2005) Blue Ocean Strategy ISBN 9789147075560
  • Neumeier, Marty (2006) The Brand Gap ISBN 9780321348104
  • Neumeier, Marty (2006) Zag ISBN 9780321426772
  • Neumeier, Marty (2009) The Designful Company ISBN 9780321580061
  • Nordström, Kjell A & Jonas Ridderstråle (2002) Funky Business ISBN 9789189388123
  • Normann, Richard & Rafael Ramirez (1998) Designing Interactive Strategy – from value chain to value constellation ISBN 9780471986072
  • Normann, Rickard (2008) När kartan förändrar affärslandskapet ISBN 9789147062829
  • Osterwalder, Alexander & Yves Pigneur (2010); Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries; Game Changers; and Challengers ISBN 9780470876411
  • Preddy, Shan (2011) How to Run a Successful Design Business – The New Professional Practice ISBN 9780566091896
  • Wittenberg-Cox, Avivah & Alison Maitland (2009) Why Women Mean Business ISBN 9780470749500

Innovation

  • Chesbrough, Henry (2003) Open innovation – the new imperative for creating and profiting from technology ISBN 1578518377
  • Gaule, Andrew (2006) Open innovation in action – how to be strategic in the search for new sources of value ISBN 9780955111716
  • von Hippel, Eric (2006) Democratizing Innovation ISBN 9780262720472
  • Jahnke, Marcus (2013) Meaning in the making – Introducing a Hermeneutic Perspective on the Contribution of Design Practice to Innovation ISBN 9789197999373
  • Kelley, Tom (2001) The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from Ideo, America’s Leading Design Firm ISBN 9780385499842
  • Lavén, Fredrik (2008) Organizing innovation: how policies are translated into practice ISBN 9789172462649
  • Shirky, Clay (2008) Here comes everybody – How change happens when people come together ISBN9780141030623
  • Tapscott, Don & Anthony D. Williams (2006) Wikinomics – How mass collaboration changes everything ISBN 9781843546375
  • Verganti, Roberto (2009) Design-Driven Innovation – Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean ISBN 9781422124826

Sales

  • Bayley, Stephen & Roger Mavity (2008) Life’s A Pitch ISBN 9780552156837
  • Enns, Blair (2010) The Win Without Pitching Manifesto ISBN 9781605440040
  • Kärrberg, Elisabet Fluff (2011) Selling Design Services ISBN 9789163388682
  • Phillips, Peter L (2004) Creating The Perfect Design Brief ISBN 9781581153248
  • Preddy, Shan (2004) How To Market Design Consultancy Services – Finding, Winning and Keeping Clients ISBN 9780566085949
  • Rackham, Neil (1998) Personlig försäljning – komplex försäljning, från tro till vetande ISBN 9789147046287
  • Steel, Jon (2007) Perfect Pitch – The Art of Selling Ideas and Winning New Business ISBN 9780471789765
  • Åkerberg, Mattias & Christer Wiklander (2011) Sälj det med ord! – Konsten att skriva reklam ISBN 9789186691080

Sustainability & Culture

  • Aléx, Peder (1994) Den rationella konsumenten: KF som folkuppfostrare 1899-1939 ISBN 9789171391742
  • Architecture for Humanity (2006) Design Like You Give a Damn – Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises ISBN 9780500342190
  • Augustinsson, Erika & Maja Brisvall (2009) Tjäna pengar och rädda världen – den hållbara ekonomins entreprenörer ISBN 9789189388369
  • Benyus, Janine M. (1997) Biomimicry – Innovation Inspired by Nature ISBN 9780060533229
  • Björk, Ingela (2002) Handla – Om konsumenternas makt och ansvar ISBN 9189044886
  • Bornstein, David (2007) How to change the world – Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas ISBN 9780195334760
  • Boyle, David & Andrew Simms (2009) The new economics – a bigger picture ISBN 9781844076758
  • Chomsky, Noam (2002) Propagandans makt ISBN 9173249033
  • Chomsky, Noam (1987) Makt, lögner och motstånd ISBN 9173247286
  • Florida, Richard (2003) The Rise of the Creative Class ISBN 9780465024773
  • Goldmann, Kjell (2008) Identitet & Politik : nationellt, övernationellt, semi-nationellt ISBN 9789185695539
  • Hamdi, Nabeel (2004) Small change – about the art of practice and the limits of planning in cities ISBN 9781844070053
  • Heath, Joseph & Andrew Potter (2006) The rebel sell – how the counterculture became consumer culture ISBN 1841126551
  • Klein, Naomi (2000) No Logo ISBN 9173248657
  • Klein, Naomi (2002) Stängsel och öppningar – Rapporter från globaliseringens frontlinjer ISBN 9173249084
  • Lindström, Sverker (2004) Gränslösa kläder ISBN 917389155X
  • Mauss, Marcel (1954) The Gift ISBN 9780415267496
  • McDonough, William & Micheal Braungart (2002) Cradle to Cradle – Remaking the Way We Make Things ISBN 9780865475878
  • Miegel, Fredrik & Thomas Johansson (2002) Kultursociologi ISBN 9144022956
  • Mouffe, Chantal (2008) Om det politiska (original title: On the Political) ISBN 9789197671859
  • Nilsson, Michael (Ed.) (2011) Sociala Medier? – En antologi om en ny tid ISBN 9789197889513
  • Palmås, Karl (2003) Den barmhärtiga entreprenören ISBN 9789189483248
  • Papanek, Victor (1984) Design for the Real World – Human Ecology and Social Change ISBN 0897331532
  • Thorpe, Ann (2007) The Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability ISBN 9781597261005
  • Schumacher, E.F. (1973) Small is beautiful – a study of economics as if people mattered ISBN 9780099225614
  • Smithsonian Institution (2007) Design for the other 90% ISBN 0910503974
  • Steffen, Alex (Ed.) (2008) Worldchanging – A user’s guide for the 21st century ISBN 9780810970854
  • Storey, John (2006) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture – An Introduction ISBN 0820328391
  • Thackara, John (2006) In the bubble ISBN 9780262701150
  • Vera-Zavala, America & Johan Norberg (2001) Global rättvisa är möjlig ISBN 9188420868
  • de Vylder, Stefan (2002) Utvecklingens drivkrafter – Om fattigdom, rikedom och rättvisa i världen ISBN 9189542088
  • Östberg, Jacob & Lars Kaijser (2010) Konsumtion ISBN 9789147088744