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How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer
- Narrated by: Nicole Vilencia
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
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
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President of the design division of Sterling Brands and the American Institute of Graphic Arts, contributing editor at Print Magazine, and noted writer, Debbie Millman wrangles 19 of the best designing minds into one probing and insightful book. How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer is drawn from interviews with luminaries and is based around the essential questions, "How do you think? How do you connect to others? What are your special skills?" Pleasingly performed by Nicole Vilencia, Millman’s audiobook includes interviews with sages such as Stefan Sagmeister, Milton Glaser, and Paula Scher.
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- M. Boyle
- 31-07-18
Ignore the title and listen to the most important book on Graphic Design ever written!
Do yourself a favor and ignore the title! As is said in the introduction, it’s not a ‘how to manual’ or some kind ‘process’, it’s actually some great interviews with graphic designers like Stefan Sagmeister, Peter Saville & Paula Scher (to name but three), who give beautifully honest interviews that will make you realize that even the best are insecure / sometimes deliver work they’re unhappy with; which was a huge relief to read!
It also has to be said that Nicole Vilencia’s performance brings life to the book like none I’ve heard before it. The way she channels the designers is masterful & establishes the baseline I will hold all other listens to in the future!
For those who’ve ever had self doubt about themselves or their designs, this is the book you need to put those worries aside and focus on doing what you love!
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- Anonymous User
- 20-12-22
Captivating
I appreciate the way of the book has been written, the interview-like approach is very educating and inspiring for graduates and art oriented individuals.
I would recommend it to my art friends.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-07-19
Great insights
Great insights into the minds of great designers.Deep, meaningful conversations. Fun and educational at the same time.
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- Gary Dicker
- 09-01-17
Motivational Insight
Now on my third, consecutive study of this insightful gaze into the minds of the 21st Century's commercial, artisan masters.
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- Thomas Brown
- 17-03-20
Good interviews spoiled by a bad narration style.
I've followed Debbie Millman for a lot of years throughout my career and her insights are extremely valuable. But considering this book is about interviews between Debbie and different designers, wouldn't it have made more sense for Debbie to be speaking herself on this book? When there is only one narrator in an interview like performance. It makes it hard to follow and differentiate who is saying what. Although the narrator was clear speaking, by only having herself there, it created too much confusion to give these interviews justice.
If you have the choice of buying a physical book or downloading the audio book. Avoid the audiobook at all costs.
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- Tanapat
- 30-06-22
A bunch of interesting interviews
some are hard to get through as they are quite boring but nonetheless add to enriching your viewpoints.
Others were actually fascinating.
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- diana lowe
- 08-02-24
Enjoyed it
I loved how it shows us how designers think and work with others. Also how everything around us was designed by someone with an amazing imagination.
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- Benjamin Martinsen
- 02-08-22
Works bad as a audiobook
In this audiobook you’ll experience a lot of interview’s between the writer and other designers. It is frustrating when you don’t get who’s talking because there is the same narrator that reads both questions and answers (with little to no differentiation).
Some what interesting at some points.
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