Title & Author:

What it means to be a designer today : reflections, questions, and ideas from AIGA's Eye on design / edited by Liz Stinson and Jarrett Fuller.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2024]

Description:

239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Part 1: Reflections - If You Love It, Let It Go (All Media is Design Media) / Jarrett Fuller -- Personal Branding Just Got a Lot More Branded / Liz Stinson -- Teaching Design History / Briar Levit -- The Evolving Legacy of Ken's Garland "First Things First" Manifesto / Rick Poynor -- Designer Face-Off / Anne Quito -- Bauhaus Meets Binary / Liz Stinson -- Part 2: Questions - Graphic Designers Have Always Loved Minimalism - But at What Cost? / Jarrett Fuller -- Today's Design Is Shaped by Likes. Is That a Problem? / Sahadeva Hammari -- Can We Teach Graphic Design History without the Cult of Hero Worship? / Aggie Toppins -- Can Fonts Really Help Those with Dyslexia? / Madeleine Morley -- Can a Fish Be a Brand? / John Kazior -- What's the Point of Design Education? / Rachel Berger -- Part 3: Ideas - Conspicuous Consumption / Cliff Kuang -- Can We Design a More Perfect Union? / Perrin Drumm -- Welcome to the Designer's Club - Keep Out? / Khoi Vinh -- The Moodboard Effect / Elizabeth Goodspeed -- On Visual Sustainability with Benedetta Crippa / Meg Miller
Teaching Design History Q+A / Briar Levit -- What's the Point of Design Education? / Rachel Berger -- On Visual Sustainability with Benedetta Crippa / Meg Miller.

Summary:

AIGA's Eye on Design presents a provocative collection of essays and interviews that cover a wide-reaching examination of the profession of design today and its impacts on society and culture. Eye on Design is an editorial platform from AIGA that has, for the last decade, covered the ins and outs of the design industry. From documenting bold new work from global designers to chronicling the field's most critical issues, their reported stories, op-eds, interviews, and conversations help designers make sense of the world and place their profession within a broader context. Weaving together original and previously published content from some of the most important writers in today's design conversation, this book for designers encapsulates wide-reaching topics that strive to answer an essential question: What does it mean to be a designer today? Organized into three parts-Reflections, Questions, and Ideas-this book covers the most pressing issues and provocations that designers face in our current world, including:- The evolution of personal branding - Teaching design history - The cult of minimalism - The perils of hero worship - Designers' role in conspicuous consumption - The meaning of visual sustainability - And moreContributors include the book's editors, Liz Stinson and Jarrett Fuller, and such outstanding design writers as Rick Poynor, Anne Quito, Briar Levit, Cliff Kuang, and many more. Accessible, engaging, and conversational, What It Means to Be a Designer Today is an enduring resource and vibrant gift book that speaks to design students and educators, working designers of all levels, and anyone interested in graphic design.

ISBN:

9781797224558 paperback
1797224557 paperback
electronic book
9781797227207

Subject:

Design Social aspects.
Industrial design Social aspects.
Design Aspect social.
DESIGN / Decorative Arts.

Added entries:

Stinson, Liz, editor.
Fuller, Jarrett, editor.
Eye on design.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319622
Call No.: 319622
Copy: 1
Status: Available