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Design Is A Job (2012)

by Mike Monteiro(Favorite Author)

4.42 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1937557049 (ISBN13: 9781937557041)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

A Book Apart

series

A Book Apart

review 1: Excellent book! Full of practical wisdom for the business and reality of design and how to do it right, including advice I think would really strengthen designer/client relations and that makes everyone's lives and work so much better. Instantly putting Suggestions to work in my own work.Really glad I listened to it (audiobook) and I highly recommend it to designers of all types. Mike's got a nice sense of humor. It's entertaining while it's informative. And he reads the audiobook himself, which is a nice even closer connection to the author. And the pacing of the narration is perfect--after all, he can read it exactly how he intended it to sound. Well done.
review 2: If I could have given 3.5 stars I probably would have. I found this book to be well organized ... moreand practical for design consultants. The practicality for traditionally employed designers is fairly limited to about 4-5 of the 10 chapters as much of the focus is on finding design work, negotiating for and receiving payment. That said, many concepts throughout the book are applicable for all design situations. I found the short structure of the book to be limiting. At times, large principles were stated without the benefit of depth to support them (i.e. Add to your contracts the inability for clients to provide comps as feedback). I gained a sense of trust with Mike through the short time it took to read this book but to follow through with some of his suggestions would require an understanding much deeper than he provides. When clients challenge such principles/recommendations, we designers must have clear justification. Maybe, as Mike eludes to, experience is the only true way we can find this justification. less

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