Future Career in Design
I'm pretty much set on applying to the New Media program at SU's Newhouse School now. I suppose I will apply to IST (my current school) as a backup, but I really, really want to get into design now. I'm growing tired of IT support - painfully tired - and need to get back into something creative.
Since I'm not applying until next winter, I'm going to take advantage of this next year and learn about design/web development while building a portfolio. (After I finish my current design job, I'm even going to get some business cards printed! Yay!) I know there are some great designers on my reading list (Lea, Xiu, Timm, etc), so do any of you wonderful people have some recommendations for good books on design? I'm good with the coding side, but design is something I don't have a strong educational background in, so I'd like some supplements...
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Here's a list of stuff that will be good primers:
1) Making and Breaking the Grid
2) The Art of Looking Sideways
3) Logo Lab
4) The Big Book of Color in Design
5) Thinking With Type
That being said, also buy a couple copies of design annuals from Communication Arts, How Design magazine, Print and CMYK. And buy a few graphic novels and comic books and illustration compilations (like Flight). That will increase your visual and colour knowledge ten-fold. Hope that helps!
Go Design and Marissa Go!
5:09 PM EST
Thank you very much! Now I must find the money to buy these things...
1:00 PM EST
Nada on books. I'm not much of a reader. But I do recommend looking into different types of art, music, culture, etc. to expand your creative vocabulary. :)
9:14 PM EST
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