Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Graphic Design
Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design Details
From the Inside Flap Becoming a Graphic Designer, Third Edition is the definitive guide to careers in the graphic design market, with 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 650 striking illustrations and features the latest material on interactive design, information design, motion graphics, and more. Drawing on years of experience in the business, veteran designers Steven Heller and Teresa Fernandes cover everything an aspiring graphic designer needs to know, from educational paths, 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 Esquire magazine, Sony Music, and Aveda Corporation, hire and work with employees. These inside perspectives offer invaluable real-world insights on what different industries and positions are really like. A resource guide to design publications and organizations also points the way to further information and guidance. Complete with compact, easy-to-use sections, useful sidebars, and sample design pieces, this outstanding guide is invaluable for anyone interested in launching or developing a career in graphic design. Read more From the Back Cover magazine design advertising book design corporate identity film titles tv graphics interactive design branding record design environmental design web design design education type design motion graphics information graphics package 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. Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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This book is very informative if you want to know about what successful graphic artists have done in the industry. This book is cover to cover interviews with successful graphic artists who have worked in the industry and have made their marks and become successful. It will not teach you how to do what they did and there is nothing technical in this book regarding graphics programs, however, if you are thinking of working in the graphic arts business as a full time career and you know nothing about it, this is a must read. Spend a couple of bucks on this book before you spend thousand learning to be a graphic artist and getting into a business that you know nothing about. This book is a must read for the aspiring professional graphic artist.
