Focusing on the innovative projects of a leading designer since the mid-1990s, this follow-up monograph highlights the evolution of his work and creative vision. It builds on the success of previous volumes, offering insights into significant design contributions and showcasing a range of completed projects that underscore his impact on the field.
It's a rare graphic designer who hasn't contemplated setting up his or her own studio. It's part of a designer's DNA to want to own and run a studio. Many do, while others spend a lifetime wondering if they should. But where does the ambitious designer go for advice and guidance? Who better than the founders of some of the best design studios in the world? Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy conduct penetrating interviews with a group of visionary graphic designers who have formed and run landmark international design studios. In a series of candid and revealing interviews, manyof the leading figures in contemporary graphic design reveal the secrets behind creating a vibrant studio culture.
Printed brochures, catalogs, and multi-page documents form the bedrock of many graphic designers' daily practice. Most printed literature is todays hot communication document is tomorrow's landfill. But the best brochures, catalogs and documents have a permanence and organic completeness that has become essential in this ephemeral, and increasingly electronic, world of instant communications. This book features the best of contemporary printed literature design. It offers a critical survey of current work by leading practitioners from the U.S., Europe and the Far East. Arranged in a designer-by-designer format and accompanied by interviews, this book offers a complete and informative picture of this popular subject.
An insider guide to the complexities of graphic design practice and thinking. It offers advice on the fundamental topics and issues that face designers in their daily lives, looking at everything from kerning to presenting; from budgeting to dealing with rejection; from annual reports to interface design.
The album cover is a subject of perennial interest among graphic designers. Sleeve design remains a popular subject for college projects, and many young working designers aspire to design for the music industry. Revealing state-of-the-art contemporary music graphics, Cover Art is packed with more than 400 examples of sleeve art. As well as CD and album covers, the insides of CD booklets and the backs of vinyl sleeves are shown.The book opens with an in-depth essay reviewing the current scene, then focuses on the work of 30 international designers/labels who are the most influential in the field, making this a must-have for designers and students, as well as music industry professionals and fans.
Graphic designers constantly complain that there is no career manual to guide them through the profession. Design consultant and writer Adrian Shaughnessy draws on a wealth of experience to provide just such a handbook. Aimed at the independent-minded, it addresses the concerns of young designers who want to earn a living by doing expressive and meaningful work and avoid becoming a hired drone working on soulless projects. It offers straight-talking advice on how to establish your design career and suggestions - that you wont have been taught at college - for running a successful business. This revised, extended edition includes all-new chapters covering professional skills, the creative process, and global trends, including green issues, ethics and the rise of digital culture. The book contains all-new imagery, and the previous interviews have been replaced with new ones, each focusing on a specific issue of importance to graphic designers.
Written by an acknowledged expert on music graphics, the book opens with an in-depth essay reviewing the current scene, then focuses on the work of 30 international designers or labels. Contact details for important record labels are included, and interviews with designers reveal what it's like to work for music clients.
This book is the first comprehensive study of corporate identity design manuals, and features 20 examples from the 1960s to early 1980s – the golden era of identity design. The book includes manuals created for institutions and corporations such as NASA, Lufthansa and British Steel. All of the manuals have been lovingly photographed, and presented in a spacious and functional layout, allowing the observer to fully appreciate these wonderful examples of information design at its best. Manuals 1 is printed in Italy, conforming to the highest production standards. Foreword by Massimo Vignelli and texts from Adrian Shaughnessy, NASA designer Richard Danne, Greg D’Onofrio and Patricia Belen (Display), Armin Vit (Under Consideration), Sean Perkins (North) and John Lloyd.
Gerade nach Abschluss des Studiums sind Designer oft ratlos: Wohin soll die berufliche Reise nur gehen? Gerüstet mit den handwerklichen Fähigkeiten und der eigenen Kreativität steht die Marschroute längst noch nicht fest. In diesem Band wird all das Wissen vermittelt, welches in der Ausbildung kaum oder gar nicht zur Sprache kommt: Wie finde ich einen Job? Ist die Selbständigkeit für mich eine Option? Wie führe ich ein Studio? Wie vermarkte ich mich selbst? Wie gelingt mir der erfolgreiche Umgang mit Kunden? Und vor allen Dingen: Wie verkaufe ich Kreativität und nicht mich selbst? Erst nach Lektüre dieses praxis- und lebensnahen Wegweisers, der durch Interviews mit renommierten Designern die unterschiedlichen Themen untermauert, ist man wirklich fit und gestärkt für den beruflichen Alltag.
