Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design
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Book Overview
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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:047117677X
ISBN13:9780471176770
Release Date:April 2002
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.4" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Wish I bought this book sooner!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I am finishing up by degree in Graphic Communications in December. I checked this book out of our school library and didn't want to give it back...so I bought my own! What I love about this book is that it breaks it down by industry and specialty area. I also like the way it breaks down what you should include in your portfolio for those areas. It is nice knowing that there is more to Graphic Design than just being a Graphic Artist in a print shop or a newspaper. This book gives you an idea and an overview on what's out there. Awesome!
Wow
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
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!
A valuable resource for the beginning designer
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I wish that I had discovered this book before I had graduated from design school. Not only does this user friendly book offer excellent advice from all the tops in the industry (done in short - to the point paragraphs), it is very informative as well. The book is divided into different sections on different types of design along with an interview of sorts with a person in that industry. What I found to be most informative was that at the beginning of each section there are recommendations on the types (as well as number) of pieces your portfolio should contain if you are interested in going for a job in that particular part of the industry. I would recommend this book to people in school, just graduating, or perhaps looking to reenter the job market in a different specialization of the field.
Becoming a Graphic Designer : A Guide to Careers in Design
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
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.
Design Career Guide
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
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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