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How long does it take to read How Designers Think?

Bryan Lawson

How Designers Think by Bryan Lawson takes about 5 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 52 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1980. 320 pages, about 88,000 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 47 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 52 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 40 minutes

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The author, a designer and psychologist, shows that the design process involves a variety of different thinking modes. He argues that design skills can be acquired, practised and improved in the same manner as learning a musical instrument.

Subjects: Architectural design, Communication in design, Design, Psychological aspects, Ontwerpen, Cognitieve processen

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