UX Book Club: A Pattern Language16 Jun
Designers and design fans: come join us July 16 for one of the most intriguing events we’ve had at PariSoMa to date: the UX Book Club of San Francisco’s monthly gathering.
We’re digging into a book that changed my life: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander.
This seminal book sent me down the route of geeking out about urban planning and architecture back in my undergrad years, and it shaped my view of user experience, the Web and at all sorts of design. It was written in 1977, long before the buzzword “UX” was invented, yet it’s one of the best books about user experience ever written. Alexander is a lunatic and a genius. He will piss you off and he will change the way you think.
It’s also the book that laid the groundwork, many years later, for the concept of design patterns which have become a staple in the world of software design.
Now this is coming full circle and design patterns are not just used by software engineers, but also by digital media designers. The Yahoo! Design Pattern Library is one of the most useful repositories of Web design patterns anywhere. Our discussion will be moderated by Christian Crumlish, the curator of that library.
RSVP here and join in!
– Sean
