How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer

Take a peek inside the heads of some of the world’s greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews, nineteen designers, including Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Beirut, David Carson, and Milton Glaser, share their approaches, processes, opinions, and thoughts about their work with noted brand designer Debbie Millman. The internet radio talk host of Design Matters, Millman persuades the greatest graphic designers of our time to speak frankly and openly about their work. How to Think Like a Great GraphicDesigners offers a rare opportunity to observe and understand the giants of the industry. Designers interviewed include: —Milton Glaser —Stefan Sagmeister —David Carson —Paula Scher —Abbott Miler —Lucille Tenazas —Paul Sahre —Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler —Chip Kidd —James Victore —Carin Goldberg —Michael Bierut —Seymour Chwast —Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel —Steff Geissbuhler —John Maeda Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers. Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Steven Heller; Introduction by Debbie Millman; Michael Bierut; Carin Goldberg; Milton Glaser; Paula Scher; Stefan Sagmeister; Neville Brody; Peter Saville; Emily Oberman & Bonnie Siegler/Number 17; James Victore; John Maeda; Paul Sahre; Chip Kidd; Jessica Helfand; Seymour Chwast; Lucille Tenazas; Vaughan Oliver; Steff Geissbuhler; Stephen Doyle; Abbott Miller; Massimo Vignelli; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index; Books.;Take a peek inside the heads of some of the world's greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews, nineteen designers, including Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Beirut, David Carson, and Milton Glaser, share their approaches, processes, opinions, and thoughts about their work with noted brand designer Debbie Millman. The internet radio talk host of Design Matters, Millman persuades the greatest graphic designers of our time to speak frankly and openly about their work. How to Think Like.

Revealing, intimate interviews with 19 giants of graphic design

Take a peek inside the heads of some of the world's greatest living graphic designers. How do they think, how do they connect to others, what special skills do they have? In honest and revealing interviews,
nineteen designers, including Stefan Sagmeister,
Michael Beirut, David Carson, and Milton Glaser, share their approaches, processes, opinions,
and thoughts about their work with noted brand designer Debbie Millman. The internet radio talk host of Design Matters, Millman persuades the greatest graphic designers of our time to speak frankly and openly about their work. How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer offers a rare opportunity to observe and understand the giants of the industry.

• Designers include Milton Glaser, Stefan Sagmeister, Chip Kidd, many more

• Probing questions from a top interviewer and branding executive

• Unique, compelling insights and inspirations

"In a series of illuminating and entertaining conversations, twenty-one of today's most influential and revered designers discuss, celebrate, and analyze their craft. Adeptly interviewed by brand consultant and talk show host Debbie Millman, these designers reveal their early influences, day-to-day rituals, enthusiasms, aspirations, and failures. For pop-culture enthusiasts as well as long-time designers, students, and those just starting their careers, this book will prove an invaluable guide to the history, controversies, milestones, and everyday foibles of working, living, and thinking as a graphic designer."--Jacket A collection of honest and revealing interviews with nineteen of the world's greatest graphic designers offers a rare opportunity to observe and understand the giants of the industry, who provide firsthand insights into their work. Original.