how to be a designer w/o losing your soul
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- fifty500
I sold my soul to Lisa so I could buy Pogs. Remember Pogs? Well they're back, in ALF form!
- BONE0
I liked it a lot.
I think it is very good for students and juniors, helps them to choose wich way to go (and how).
- stem0
It sounds like the book I should have read 10 years ago... instead of wasting my time going to uni and taking on dead-end jobs!
Any info on how to make a living from design is very valuable.
The whole attitude of I'm creative, these are my ideas and I'm not selling your soul just pisses me off. It's simple trade. Someone want's something you have, make a deal, end result is a series of compromises. Without a client, all you have is a hobby.
If you have got a talent, what's so wrong with getting paid for it?
- stem0
What is the book called?
ISBN No?
Cheers
- honest0
Honest – how did you lose your soul
and is it possible to get it back ?
I thought once it was gone it was gone...
leisurebot
(Feb 22 06, 16:18)I sold out and did work for rich clients who loved using italics and double-spaces. I got my soul back when I left all that behind me and did work for clients who helped people. It's not been easy trying to educate the client, but then who said being a designer was easy?
- foreign0
yeah, good read. i wish i had this 5 years ago. the "losing your soul" bit refers to the philosophical nature of some of the chapters and ideas presented. the author explains the thinking behind it in the intro of the book.
- paraselene0
stir, you are meant to be one of the clever ones for chrissake! it's called how to be a designer without losing your soul. and don't you dare ask for isbn numbers because it's just plain lazy! google it like everyone else! or look in the qbn bookshelf!
- stem0
paraselene
(Feb 23 06, 03:04)Clever, me? Not sure about that.
Lazy, maybe...
But I guess that makes two of us...
It's - s t e m
Hehe!
- forcetwelve0
its a fantastic book to read when your design world is crashing around you.
apple option escape.
- paraselene0
haha. oops.
but i maintain you've been clever in the past!
- stem0
Cheers para! - nice of you to say so...
I have also had my fair share of stupid moments.
Not been on nt for a while, mainly because of a nosey boss (something I guss a lot of nt'ers can relate too).
So when the cats away!
- paraselene0
ah, the age-old story of the nosy boss...
stir hasn't been around, either! i always used to get the two of you confused. apparently still do.
- UD_isEverywhere0
definately a good read and one to refer to again from time to time
- chaztoo0
Jesus asked, "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"
This was before He invented Design as a profession. Later the answer to those questions became clear.
"It will profit him tons since esoteric ideas have a production cost of $0." and "He will give up ever having to be lame, and that's totally worth it."
- chaztoo0
OK, I just went to Amazon and bought the book. I also bought this title b/c it was bundeled and I'm a sucker: "Thinking with Type : A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)"
This reminds me of another old Hebrew saying, "A fool and his money are soon parted."
- gruntt0
1 - no i haven't read it.
2 - not sure but i've heard there is a book about that very subject. the name escapes me at the moment.
- UndoUndo0
too late for me and my current employer
- foreign0
chaztoo - that's a good book as well. reading it at the moment.