The Design Student's Handbook: Your Essential Guide to Course, Context and Career

Jane Bartholomew,Steve Rutherford

The Design Student's Handbook: Your Essential Guide to Course, Context and Career
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
2 November 2015
Pages
504
ISBN
9781138133402

The Design Student’s Handbook: Your Essential Guide to Course, Context and Career

Jane Bartholomew,Steve Rutherford

What is design? What are the main design disciplines, and how do they interrelate? How does design theory and context help you improve your studio work? What do you need to know by the end of your course to get a good career? What can you do to become a knowledgeable designer and improve your skills so that you stand out from the crowd?

Whether you are already studying design, thinking about choosing a course, or are well on your way to finding your first job, this essential and uniquely comprehensive book will introduce you to the world of design and support you throughout your studies and on into the industry.

Key features

Develops your core skills and supports you in making the most of your studies.
Describes the multi-disciplinary design world by exploring the various design disciplines - graphics, fashion and textiles, three-dimensional design, craft, spatial, interactive media, and theatre, film and television.
Contains crucial practical information so you’re ready for your career - placements, working with industry and self-employment, networking, job-seeking and how to succeed in your own business.
Covers the key practical, theoretical and cultural fundamentals of design to help you understand and inform your practice - chapters on creativity and innovation, history, culture and context, how to communicate design, colour theory, aesthetics, and how to design with ethical, social and responsible considerations.
Comprises chapters written by designers and lecturers, all experts in their fields.
Includes stories, career profiles and first-hand quotes by students, established designers and industry specialists exploring what it’s like to study and to work in the design industry today.
Identifies important books and websites for further reading.

The Design Student’s Handbook will guide you along the road to a successful and fulfilling career and is an essential text for studying any of the design disciplines.

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