Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design

By Steven Heller and Teresa Fernandes

Book Overview

A revision to the bestselling visual guide to becoming a graphic designer "Becoming a Graphic Designer, Fourth Edition" 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, coverage of careers in exhibition design and illustration, and new focus on designing across disciplines. Fully updated to include information on the latest trends in evolving design disciplines New coverage of digital editorial design, information design, packaging design, design management, and entrepreneurship From an author of over 100 books on design 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470575565
• ISBN13: 9780470575567
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Wish I bought this book sooner!

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

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

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

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

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.)