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

ISBN-13: 9781408220283 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 504 str.

Steve Rutherford

Opis

What is design? What are the main design disciplines, and how to 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? This comprehensive book explores these questions and introduces the reader to the world of design.

Spis treści

Part I: What is design?  1. Introduction  2. Craft Design  3. Fashion and textile design  4. Graphic Design  5. Interactive media design  6. Spatial design  7. Theatre, film and television studies  8. Three-dimensional design Part II: What do you need to know?  9. How to succeed as a design student  10. Being creative and innovative  11. Appreciating aesthetics  12. Working with colour Part III: What does it all mean?  13. Design history, culture and context  14. Future directions Part IV: What's next?  15. So, where is this going to take you?  16.  Working for yourself

O autorze

Jane Bartholomew is a Lecturer in Textile Design and the Quality Manager in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. As an experienced design practitioner, she has run her own textile design business and undertaken consultancy work. Her interest in the ways students learn fuels her present research interests.

Steve Rutherford is a Lecturer in Furniture and Product Design in the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University. He has wide experience working in the industry as an Ergonomist, Design Consultant and Industrial Designer.