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How to Be a Graphic Designer

Without Losing Your Soul

By Laurence King

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| Paperback | 9781856694100

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Designers are quick to tell us about their sources of inspiration, but they are much less willing to reveal such critical matters as how to find work, how much they charge, and what to do when a client rejects three weeks of work and refuses to pay the bill. How to be a graphic designer without lContinue

Designers are quick to tell us about their sources of inspiration, but they are much less willing to reveal such critical matters as how to find work, how much they charge, and what to do when a client rejects three weeks of work and refuses to pay the bill. How to be a graphic designer without losing your soul addresses the concerns of young designers who want to earn a living by doing expressive and meaningful work, and who want to avoid becoming hired drones working on soulless projects. Written by a designer for designers, it combines practical advice with philosophical guidance to help young professionals embark on their careers.

How should designers manage the creative process? What's the first step in the successful interpretation of a brief? How do you generate ideas when everything just seems blank? How to be a graphic designer offers clear, concise guidance for these questions, along with focused, no-nonsense strategies for setting up, running, and promoting a studio, finding work, and collaborating with clients.

The book also includes inspiring interviews with ten leading designers, including Rudy VanderLans (Emigre), John Warwicker (Tomato), Neville Brody (Research Studios), and Andy Cruz (House Industries). All told, How to be a graphic designer covers just about every aspect of the profession, and stands as an indispensable guide for any young designer.

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    Every graphic design student should read this.

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    Mark said on Sep 20, 2007 | Add your feedback

  • Very good, detailed look at the nuts and bolts of being a graphic designer. Most interesting to me were the chapters on creativity and the mechanics of actually getting the work done. For such a practical book it was surprisingly good at rekindling large amounts of enthusiasm.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 160 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1856694100
  • ISBN-13: 9781856694100
  • Publisher: Collins
  • Pub date: Sep 01, 2005
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1226 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Others
  • In other languages: other languages 繁體書
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