Becoming a graphic designer a guide to careers in 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, educatio...

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Main Author: Heller, Steven.
Other Authors: Fernandes, Teresa.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, [2006]
Physical Description: 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction :
  • So you want to become a graphic designer?
  • How I became a graphic designer
  • section 1.
  • Design specialties
  • Editorial
  • Corporate design
  • Book design
  • Music/ CDs
  • Information design
  • Advertising and branding
  • Environmental
  • Interactivity
  • What do you look for?
  • Motion
  • Type and lettering
  • Advice to designers
  • section 2.
  • Design businesses
  • Freelancers
  • Small studio
  • Partnerships
  • Medium firm
  • Large firm
  • On personal style
  • section 3.
  • Design options
  • Crossing disciplines
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Authorship
  • Major influences
  • section 4.
  • Design education
  • Undergraduate
  • Graduate school
  • Continuing education
  • List of schools
  • Future of graphic design
  • appendix.
  • Resources
  • Selected bibliography.
  • Recommended reading
  • Index
  • Designers.