How To Be A Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

Author : Adrian Shaughnessy
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781616891169

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How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy Pdf

Published to instant acclaim in 2005, our best selling How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul has become a trusted resource for graphic designers around the world, combining practical advice with philosophical guidance to help young professionals embark on their careers. This new, expanded edition brings this essential text up to date with new chapters on professional skills, the creative process, and global trends that include social responsibility, ethics, and the rise of digital culture. How to Be a Graphic Designer offers clear, concise guidance 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 new interviews with leading designers, including Jonathan Barnbrook, Sara De Bondt, Stephen Doyle, Ben Drury, Paul Sahre, Dmitri Siegel, Sophie Thomas, and Magnus Vol Mathiassen

Author : Adrian Shaughnessy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Commercial art
ISBN : 1856697096

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How to be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy Pdf

Graphic designers constantly complain that there is no career manual to guide them through the profession. Design consultant and writer Adrian Shaughnessy draws on a wealth of experience to provide just such a handbook. Aimed at the independent-minded, it addresses the concerns of young designers who want to earn a living by doing expressive and meaningful work and avoid becoming a hired drone working on soulless projects. It offers straight-talking advice on how to establish your design career and suggestions - that you wont have been taught at college - for running a successful business. This revised, extended edition includes all-new chapters covering professional skills, the creative process, and global trends, including green issues, ethics and the rise of digital culture. The book contains all-new imagery, and the previous interviews have been replaced with new ones, each focusing on a specific issue of importance to graphic designers.

Author : Adrian Shaughnessy
Publisher : Laurence King
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Design
ISBN : PSU:000067115457

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Graphic Design by Adrian Shaughnessy Pdf

An A-Z guide for graphic designers who want to make expressive and distinctive work. Offers students, novice designers, and seasonal professionals on insider's guide to the complexities of current graphic design practice and thinking.

Author : John Hewlett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1816
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10411106

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Commentaries and Annotations on the Holy Scriptures by John Hewlett Pdf

Author : Lucienne Roberts,Rebecca Wright
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : Design
ISBN : 185669688X

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Design Diaries by Lucienne Roberts,Rebecca Wright Pdf

This thought-provoking and practical book for graphic designers and students explores creative practice in graphic design. The book looks at the essential elements of the creative process through a series of in-depth studies of a range of real-life graphic design projectsfrom the art direction of a magazine issue and the development of a logo, to the design of a poster, a font and a signage system. In each case, the designers are interviewed and their working process documented in detail.

Author : Catharine Fishel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781621531166

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How to Grow as a Graphic Designer by Catharine Fishel Pdf

Helping graphic designers find professional and spiritual support in the ever-demanding struggle to stay creative and profitable, this book reveals how some of today's most successful and intriguing designers keep growing as artists and as people with the power to affect public attitudes. Topics addressed include how to keep track of one's vision, the meaning of success, what sustains designers spiritually, and how to embrace change and stay fluid. Also provided is priceless peer advice on strategic issues such setting a goal for one's company, growing or shrinking a business, and promoting one's uniqueness.

Author : Craig Oldham
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Design
ISBN : 1780679637

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Oh Sh*t... What Now? by Craig Oldham Pdf

So you've graduated. What now? Where do you live? Can you afford to live? How can you make money doing design? How do you get a job? Who do you want to work for and are you good enough? This book is a comprehensive and insightful guide to anything and everything that is of use to those looking to break into the creative industries,sharing experiences, ideas, advice, criticism, and encouragement. With sections covering education, portfolios, jobs/freelancing, working process, and personal development, this straight-talking, funny, and frequently irreverent guide is a must-read for all creative arts students.

Author : Pauline Van Mourik Broekman,Simon Worthington,Damian Jaques
Publisher : Eight Books Ltd
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780955432224

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Mute Magazine Graphic Design by Pauline Van Mourik Broekman,Simon Worthington,Damian Jaques Pdf

Introduction by Adrian Shaughnessy. Text by Simon Worthington, Damian Jaques, Pauline van Mourik Broekman.

Author : Tad Crawford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-23
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781581157499

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AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design by Tad Crawford Pdf

"Provides definitive guidelines on all aspects of the graphic design business."—FYI. * Newly revised and expanded version of an industry classic--5,000 sold! * Up-to-the-minute! Includes web, interactive, and green design, new legislation * Each chapter written by an authority on the subject. Here’s the definitive guide to professional business practices in graphic design, now fully revised and updated for the digital age. Up-to-the-minute coverage of web, interactive, and motion graphics; green design; potential repercussions of legislation on Orphan Works; protection of fonts and software; managing creative people; using professional help such as lawyers; and much more. Each in-depth chapter, covering such topics as professional relationships, fees, contracts, managing large projects, copyright and trademark issues, electronic uses, and more, has been written by an authority in the field. The newly revised AIGA Standard Form for Design Services is included for the convenience of readers, along with a complete resources section. No designer should do business without this comprehensive, authoritative book. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Author : Adrian Shaughnessy
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-30
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781780677651

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How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul, 2nd Edition by Adrian Shaughnessy Pdf

Graphic designers constantly complain that there is no career manual to guide them through the profession. Adrian Shaughnessy draws on a wealth of experience to provide just such a handbook. Aimed at the independent-minded, it addresses the concerns of young designers who want to earn a living by doing expressive and meaningful work and avoid becoming a hired drone working on soulless projects. It offers straight-talking advice on how to establish your design career and suggestions - that you won’t have been taught at college - for running a successful business. This revised edition contains all-new chapters covering professional skills; design thinking; and global trends, including social responsibility, ethics and the rise of digital culture. Also included are interviews with leading designers: Jonathan Barnbrook, Sara De Bondt, Stephen Doyle, Ben Drury, Paul Sahre, Dmitri Siegel, Sophie Thomas and Magnus Voll Mathiassen.

Author : Adrian Shaughnessy,Tony Brook
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-04
Category : Design
ISBN : 0956207103

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Studio Culture by Adrian Shaughnessy,Tony Brook Pdf

It's a rare graphic designer who hasn't contemplated setting up his or her own studio. It's part of a designer's DNA to want to own and run a studio. Many do, while others spend a lifetime wondering if they should. But where does the ambitious designer go for advice and guidance? Who better than the founders of some of the best design studios in the world? Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy conduct penetrating interviews with a group of visionary graphic designers who have formed and run landmark international design studios. In a series of candid and revealing interviews, manyof the leading figures in contemporary graphic design reveal the secrets behind creating a vibrant studio culture.

Author : David Dabner,Sandra Stewart,Eric Zempol
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781118840818

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Graphic Design School by David Dabner,Sandra Stewart,Eric Zempol Pdf

Graphic Design School allows students to develop core competencies while understanding how these fundamentals translate into new and evolving media. With examples from magazines, websites, books, and mobile devices, the Fifth Edition provides an overview of the visual communications profession, with a new focus on the intersection of design specialties. A brand-new section on web and interactivity covers topics such as web tools, coding requirements, information architecture, web design and layout, mobile device composition, app design, CMS, designing for social media, and SEO.

Author : Radu Frasie
Publisher : Radu Frasie
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789730248593

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Graphic Design Handbook by Radu Frasie Pdf

The Graphic Design Handbook will ease your work by providing you lots of structured information and practical advices on the following topics: ● Color Theory ● Color Psychology ● Shape Psychology ● Typography ● Branding ● Logo Design ● Charts with brochure folding options ● and lots of tables with standard dimensions for flyers, brochures, papers, banners etc. The Graphic Design Handbook will: ● save your time by bringing all the important information at your fingertips ● ease your work with lots of practical advices ● increase your productivity ● help you better understand what’s in your client’s mind and what are their real expectations

Author : Charlotte Fiell,Peter Fiell
Publisher : Taschen
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : 3822816051

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Design Graphique Au 21e Siécle by Charlotte Fiell,Peter Fiell Pdf

Presents a sweeping look at today's most progressive graphic currents - from signage and packaging to branding and web design.

Author : Adrian Shaughnessy
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Design
ISBN : 1856694690

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Look at This by Adrian Shaughnessy Pdf

This book features the best of contemporary printed literature. It offers a critical survey of current graphic design, showing work by leading practitioners from the USA, Europe and Japan. Arranged in a designer-bydesigner format and accompanied by interviews with some of the designers responsible for the featured work, this book offers a complete and informative picture of this popular subject.