The Designer
Half a Century of Change in Image, Training, and Technique
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Intellect
Published:15th Sep '08
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Design is one of the most rapidly changing fields in the art world, as professionals, students, and teachers must reckon with new technologies before the older versions have much time to collect dust. In The Designer, Rosemary Sassoon surveys fifty years of change in the world of design, evaluating the skills that have been lost, how new techniques affect everyday work, and how training methods prepare students for employment.
This indispensable volume reveals how design is both an art and a skill—one with a rich past and momentous relevance for the future.
Along the way, Sassoon traces the fascinating trajectory of her own career, from its beginning at art school and an early apprenticeship to her work as an established professional, with advice for designers at every stage of their own development. Weaving together biography and career advice, theory and practice, The Designer provides a unique history of the art form and looks ahead to an age of ever-changing attitudes to drawing, aesthetics, and artistic practice.
"Designer: Half a Century of Change in Image, Training, and Techniques is an engaging and thoughtful collection, assembling personal memories and considered reflections from a variety of designers, design educators and theorists, enabling us to better understand the last half century of design."--Aidan Rowe, www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk "A book that challenges many preconceptions and can be quite critical, [...] but which recognises the pluses as well as the minuses of the current state of education and comes up along the way with many positive suggestions." - Design Arts Magazine "The broad explanation of traditional values and the fascination about a life time of work as a designer." - Astrid Boeger, Academici "[...]very enlightening. The book offers an interesting overview on traditional values, new ways of working and different teaching methods." - Form: The Making of Design Magazine "The book provides stimulus for thinking about the current context in which design practically operates and the learning goals that support a challenging and productive life in design." - Visible Language
ISBN: 9781841501956
Dimensions: 229mm x 178mm x 8mm
Weight: 245g
144 pages