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Loading... How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer (edition 2007)by Debbie Millman
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"In a series of illuminating and entertaining conversations, twenty-one of today's most influential and revered designers discuss, celebrate, and analyze their craft. Adeptly interviewed by brand consultant and talk show host Debbie Millman, these designers reveal their early influences, day-to-day rituals, enthusiasms, aspirations, and failures. For pop-culture enthusiasts as well as long-time designers, students, and those just starting their careers, this book will prove an invaluable guide to the history, controversies, milestones, and everyday foibles of working, living, and thinking as a graphic designer."--Jacket. No library descriptions found. |
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* hard work is the only path to success, but no guarantee
* many times the only way to know if something is good is to know its finished
* many times the only way to know if something is finished is when you run out of time (about 1/2 the interviewees felt this way)
* being principled about the clients and project you take on is the only way to ensure you have the opportunity to do great work
The inclusion of Vaughan Oliver seems cruel. He clearly pines for pre-computer-based design and has not made the transition as well as the others included here. He also underlines his financial troubles while everyone else seems to disassociate themselves from their material success, or at least wring their hands over it.
The occasional personal reference by one interviewee to another can come off as cliqueish.
Nevertheless, wonderful conversations with Michael Beirut, Chipp Kidd, John Maeda, Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmeister, Emily Oberman/Bonnie Seigler and others. ( )