The Designer: Half a Century of Change in Image, Training, and Technique

Sassoon R Rosemary Sassoon

ISBN 10: 1841501956 / ISBN 13: 9781841501956

Published by Intellect, Limited, 2008

About this Item

Print on Demand pp. 144.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Designer: Half a Century of Change in Image, Training, and Technique
• Publisher: Intellect, Limited
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841501956
• ISBN 13: 9781841501956
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Design is one of the most rapidly changing 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 own 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.

 

About the Author

Rosemary Sassoon is an expert in handwriting, with a particular emphasis on that of children. She is the author of a number of books on handwriting and is also the creator of the Sassoon series of typefaces.