Description
| Product ID: | 9780321844279 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Voices That Matter |
| Title: | Work for Money, Design for Love |
| Subtitle: | Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Starting and Running a Successful Design Business |
| Authors: | Author: David Airey |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Industrial / commercial art & design, Advice on careers and achieving success, Advice on careers & achieving success |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Unlike other dry business books, this refreshing, straightforward guide from Logo Design Love author and international designer David Airey answers the questions all designers have when first starting out on their own: How do I find new clients? How much should I charge for my design work? When should I say no to a client? How do I handle difficult clients? What should I be sure to include in my contracts? Designers just starting out on their own will find this book invaluable in succeeding in today’s hyper-networked, global economy. Unlike other dry business books, this refreshing, straightforward guide from Logo Design Love author and international designer David Airey answers the questions all designers have when first starting out on their own. In fact, the book was inspired by the many questions David receives every day from the more than 600,000 designers who visit his three blogs (Logo Design Love, Identity Designed, and DavidAirey.com) each month.
How do I find new clients? How much should I charge for my design work? When should I say no to a client? How do I handle difficult clients? What should I be sure to include in my contracts? David’s readers–a passionate and vocal group–regularly ask him these questions and many more on how to launch and run their own design careers. With this book, David finally answers their pressing questions with anecdotes, case studies, and sound advice garnered from his own experience as well as those of such well-known designers as Ivan Chermayeff, Jerry Kuyper, Maggie Macnab, Eric Karjaluoto, and Von Glitschka. Designers just starting out on their own will find this book invaluable in succeeding in today’s hyper-networked, global economy. |
| Imprint Name: | New Riders Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Pearson Education (US) |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-11-29 |