The designer
Subtitle: half a century of change in image, training, and techniques
By: Rosemary Sassoon
Publisher: Intellect Books; Intellect Ltd
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781841502304; 9781435653283; 9781841501956; 9781281442116
Subjects: Study and teaching; Design; Graphic arts; History
Description: Design is one of the most fast-paced 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 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Discussion. Introduction; title: Chapter 1.; title: Changing attitudes, images and terminology; title: Chapter 2.; title: The neglect of drawing; title: Chapter 3.; title: Changes in the training of designers; title: Part 2. Wider perspectives. Introduction; title: Chapter 4.; title: Design education in the last fifty years: a personal perspective; title: Chapter 5.; title: Musings about design; title: Chapter 6.; title: Reflections on design education in Western Australia during the last quarter of the twentieth century and beyond; title: Chapter 7.; title: Oven-ready for employment?; title: Part 3. By accident or design. Introduction; title: Chapter 8.; title: Setting out; title: Chapter 9.; title: Starting real life; title: Chapter 10.; title: Packaging design; title: Chapter 11.; title: Branching out; title: Chapter 12.; title: Writing, teaching, research and typefaces; title: Index.