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Cross, Nigel (2021). Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design (5th ed.). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Cross, Nigel (2011). Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work. Oxford: Berg Publishers.

Cross, Nigel (2006). Designerly Ways of Knowing. London: Springer-Verlag.

Cross, Nigel (2024). Design thinking. In: Darbellay, Frédéric ed. Elgar Encyclopedia of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity. Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, pp. 170–173.

Cross, Nigel (2018). Expertise in Professional Design. In: Ericsson, K. Anders; Hoffman, Robert R.; Kozbelt, Aaron and Williams, A. Mark eds. Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance (2nd ed). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 372–388.

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Cross, Nigel (2010). Understanding design thinking. In: Guerrini, Luca ed. Notes on Doctoral Research in Design: Contributions from the Politecnico di Milano. Serie di architettura e design. Strumenti. Milan: FrancoAngeli, pp. 19–38.

Cross, Nigel (2007). From a design science to a design discipline: understanding designerly ways of knowing and thinking. In: Michel, Ralf ed. Design Research Now: Essays and Selected Projects. Basel: Birkhauser, pp. 41–54.

Cross, Nigel (2002). The nature and nurture of design ability. In: Owen-Jackson, Gwyneth ed. Design and Technology in Secondary Schools. Routledge.

Cross, Nigel (2002). Creative cognition in design: processes of exceptional designers. In: Hewett, Tom and Kavanagh, Terence eds. Creativity and cognition. New York, USA: ACM Press, pp. 14–19.

Cross, Nigel (2001). Design cognition: results from protocol and other empirical studies of design activity. In: Eastman, C.; Newstatter, W. and McCracken, M. eds. Design knowing and learning: cognition in design education. Oxford, UK: Elsevier, pp. 79–103.

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Cross, Nigel (1992). Research in Design Thinking. In: Cross, Nigel; Dorst, Kees and Roozenburg, Norbert eds. Research in Design Thinking. Delft, the Netherlands: Delft University Press, pp. 3–10.

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Cross, Nigel (2023). Design thinking: What just happened? Design Studies, 86, article no. 101187.

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Cross, Nigel and Holden, Georgina (2020). Design Education in the Open. Open Arts Journal, 1(9) pp. 149–161.

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Cross, Nigel (2019). Editorial: Design as a discipline. Design Studies, 65 pp. 1–5.

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Cross, Nigel (2018). A brief history of the Design Thinking Research Symposium series. Design Studies, 57 pp. 160–164.

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Cross, Nigel (2018). Developing design as a discipline. Journal of Engineering Design, 29(12) pp. 691–708.

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Kruger, Corinne and Cross, Nigel (2006). Solution driven versus problem driven design: strategies and outcomes. Design Studies, 27(5) pp. 527–548.

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Cross, Nigel (2004). Expertise in design: an overview. Design Studies, 25(5) pp. 427–441.

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Dorst, Kees and Cross, Nigel (2001). Creativity in the design process: co-evolution of problem–solution. Design Studies, 22(5) pp. 425–437.

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Cross, Nigel (2001). Can a machine design? Design Issues, 17(4) pp. 44–50.

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Cross, Nigel (2001). Designerly ways of knowing: design discipline versus design science. Design Issues, 17(3) pp. 49–55.

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Cross, Nigel (2001). Achieving pleasure from purpose: the methods of Kenneth Grange, product designer. Design Journal, 4(1) pp. 48–58.

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Eckert, Claudia M.; Cross, Nigel and Johnson, Jeffrey H. (2000). Intelligent support for communication in design teams: garment shape specifications in the knitwear industry. Design Studies, 21(1) pp. 99–112.

Cross, Nigel (1999). Design Research: a disciplined conversation. Design Issues, 15(2) pp. 5–10.

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Cross, Nigel (1999). Natural intelligence in design. Design Studies, 20(1) pp. 25–39.

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Cross, Nigel (1997). Creativity in design: analyzing and modeling the creative leap. Leonardo, 30(4) pp. 311–317.

Cross, Nigel (1997). Descriptive models of creative design: application to an example. Design Studies, 18(4) pp. 427–440.

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Cross, Nigel and Clayburn Cross, Anita (1996). Winning by design: the methods of Gordon Murray, racing car designer. Design Studies, 17(1) pp. 91–107.

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Cross, Nigel (1990). The nature and nurture of design ability. Design Studies, 11(3) pp. 127–140.

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Cross, Nigel (1982). Designerly ways of knowing. Design Studies, 3(4) pp. 221–227.

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Cross, Nigel (1981). The Coming of Post-Industrial Design. Design Studies, 2(1) pp. 3–7.

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Cross, Nigel (2010). Design Thinking as a Form of Intelligence. In: Interpreting Design Thinking (Dorst, Kees and Stewart, Susan eds.), Design Thinking Research Symposia, Design, Architecture & Building, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 99–106.

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Lloyd, Peter; McDonnell, Janet and Cross, Nigel (2007). Analysing design behaviour: The design thinking research symposia series. In: Proceedings of 2nd International Association of Design Research Societies (IASDR) Conference, 12-15 Nov 2007, Hong Kong.

Cross, Nigel (1996). The Method in Their Madness: Understanding how designers think. In: Valedictory Speech, 8 Nov 1996, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology.