This user–friendly guide offers a clear and comprehensive review of the types of careers available to today?s graphic designers. Drawing on years of experience at the top of the field, Heller covers the major design industries?from architecture and industrial design to television, film and publishing?as well as advertising, corporate, editorial and other key design disciplines. This is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in launching?or revitalising?a graphic design career.
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Becoming a Graphic Designer provides a comprehensive survey of the graphic design market, including complete coverage of print and electronic media and the evolving digital design disciplines that offer today’s most sought–after jobs. This visual guide has more than 600 striking illustrations and features the latest mate–rial on interactive design, information design, motion, and more.
Drawing on years of experience in the business, veteran designers Steven Heller and Teresa Fernandes cover everything from education and training, design specialties, and work settings to preparing an effective portfolio and finding a job. They profile major industries employing graphic designers and explore advertising, corporate, editorial, and other key design disciplines.
The major industries covered here include architecture, interactive design, television and film design, publishing, and more. Dozens of up–front interviews with leading graphic designers let you see how companies such as Wired magazine, Martha Stewart Living magazine, and MTV hire and work with employees. These inside perspectives offer invaluable real–world insights on what different industries and positions are really like. And a resource guide to design publications and organizations points the way to further information and guidance.
Complete with easy–to–use, compact sections, useful sidebars, and sample design pieces, this outstanding guide is invaluable for anyone interested in launching or developing a career in graphic design.
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- advertising
- book design
- corporate identity
- film titles
- tv graphics
- interactive design
- environmental design
- web design
- design education
- type design
- motion graphics
- information graphics
- package design
- record design
Here is the completely updated guide to today’s graphic design careers–a clear and concise survey of the design field, from major design industries to design disciplines. Filled with interviews and advice from leading designers, it covers interactive design, information design, motion, educational training, portfolio preparation, getting a job, and much more.
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This book carries with it a great understanding of the many different areas of a graphic designers 'practice'. It explains well what appears to be interesting about the subject, yet as you read on, you realise that this book is just the tip of the ice berg, leaving you to discover for youself, and to make your own views on the work featured. Becoming a graphic designer lets you know what you must achieve if you are to become a sucessful graphic designer. An excellent book for beginners looking for their 'creative touch'. Read and you won't be let down.
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Design Career Guide
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Everyday, more and more university students are choosing some area of design as a career field. This guidebook is divided into four major information sections: Design Specialties, Design Businesses, Design Options and Design Education, followed by a Resource Guide, which consists of the names and addresses of design-related organizations and publications. Interwoven with these sections are portions of interviews with about 90 design professionals on such subjects as How I Became a Graphic Designer; Advice to Designers; On Personal Style; Major Influences; and The Future of Graphic Design. Other informative features include How Many Graphic Designers Are There? What Do They Earn? and The Optimum Portfolio. For the curious but uninformed, this is very likely the best introduction available. (Copyright by Roy R. Behrens from Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol. 15, No. 1, Autumn 1999.)
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Becoming a Graphic Designer : A Guide to Careers in Design
7 Dec 1999
By Jason Rueckert
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Coming from a graphic design student in my senior year, this book has been so helpful in pointing me in the direction of where I want to go after I graduate in the spring. BUY THIS BOOK! You won't be disappointed. The insight of the designers featured in this book is very informative.
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I can't believe this book. It encompasses everything an aspiring graphic designer needs to know, including art schools, design organizations, and what you need in a portfolio. My teacher lent me this book, and I didn't want to give it back! Get this book!
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