Becoming a Graphic Designer
Becoming a Graphic Designer

Author: Steven Heller

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-02-19

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 0470148683

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A revision of the bestselling visual guide to becoming a graphic designer 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. Featuring 65 interviews with today's leading designers, this visual guide has more than 600 illustrations and covers everything from education and training, design specialties, and work settings to preparing an effective portfolio and finding a job. The book offers profiles of major industries and key design disciplines, including all-new coverage of careers in exhibition design and illustration. Steven Heller (New York, NY) is Art Director of the New York Times Book Review and cochair of the MFA/Design program at the School of Visual Arts. He is the author of over 80 books on design and popular culture. Teresa Fernandes (Greenwich, CT) is a publications designer and art director.

Mastering Illustrator
Mastering Illustrator

Author: Smashing Magazine

Publisher: Smashing Magazine

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 3943075486

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One of the most beloved vector graphic softwares among Web Designers is Adobe Illustrator. But getting to know all of its tools and features can be time consuming. With this eBook we try to ease the learning process for you. You will get to learn how to create graphics, transform a sketch into a vector, combine analog and digital techniques, prepare artwork for screen printing and also learn useful typography tips, all focusing on Adobe Illustrator. TABLE OF CONTENTS - Productive Web Design With. Adobe Illustrator? - Creating Graphs With Adobe Illustrator - Illustrators Live Trace: Sketch to Vector - Mixing Up Illustration: Combining Analog And Digital Techniques - Examples And Tips For Using Illustrators Warp Tools - Preparing Artwork for Screen Printing in Adobe Illustrator - Create a Cute Little Tiger in Illustrator - Useful Typography Tips For Adobe Illustrator

Graphic Design Rules
Graphic Design Rules

Author: Tony Seddon

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1616899239

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DON'T use comic sans (except ironically!) but DO worship the classic typefaces like Helvetica and Garamond. Graphic Design Rules is a handy guide for professional graphic designers, students, and laymen who incorporate graphic design into their job or small business. Packed with practical advice, this spirited collection of design dos and don'ts takes readers through 365 rules like knowing when to use a modular grid—and when to throw the grid out the window. All designers will appreciate tips and lessons from these highly accomplished authors, who draw on years of experience to help you create good design.

Designing Your Life
Designing Your Life

Author: Bill Burnett

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 110187533X

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty
Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty

Author: Stefan Sagmeister

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2018-11-19

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714877273

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Acclaimed designers Sagmeister & Walsh explore the essence of beauty and the transformative power of beautiful design In this groundbreaking highly visual book, world-renowned designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh set out on a mission: to find out what beauty is and the many ways that it impacts our lives. They turn to philosophy, history, and science to understand why we are drawn to beauty and how it influences the way we feel and behave. Determined to translate their findings into action, Sagmeister & Walsh show us how beauty can improve the world.

The Secrets of College Success
The Secrets of College Success

Author: Lynn F. Jacobs

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-03-11

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1119561906

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Are you among the 22 million students now enrolled in college? Or a high school student thinking of joining them shortly? Or perhaps a parent of a college-bound junior or senior? Then this book is just for you. Written by college professors and successfully used by tens of thousands of students, The Secrets of College Success combines easy-to-use tips, techniques, and strategies with insider information that few professors are willing to reveal. The over 800 tips in this book will show you how to: pick courses and choose a major manage your time and develop college-level study skills get good grades and manage the “core” requirements get motivated and avoid stress interact effectively with the professor or TA prepare for a productive and lucrative career New to this third edition are high-value tips about: undergraduate and collaborative research summer internships staying safer on campus diversity and inclusion disabilities and accommodations ...with special tips for international students at US colleges. Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for best book in the college category, The Secrets of College Success makes a wonderful back-to-college or high-school-graduation gift –or a smart investment in your own college success.

Adweek
Adweek

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 942

ISBN-13:

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Vols. for 1981- include four special directory issues.

101 Quotes of the G.O.A.T S
101 Quotes of the G.O.A.T S

Author: J. Alexander Lippincott

Publisher: J. Alexander

Published: 2020-05-23

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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A daily devotional of motivational scripture that takes lessons of some of the most successful gurus, entrepreneurs, artists, spiritual leaders and general G.O.A.Ts (Greatest Of All Time) from various fields. Their thoughts and extracted lessons will serve as the day’s guide to fuel your mind into a new headset every 24 hours. One Day. One Quote. One great lesson. Every day for 101 days, you’ll get material that will help you make the most of not only just that day, but set new mindsets and habits for life!