Design School Wisdom
Make First, Stay Awake, and Other Essential Lessons for Work and Life
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Learn to see the world with the smarts and visual acumen of a great designer. This treasure trove of pithy aphorisms, longer-form essays, and first-person interviews compiles years of design school education into one comprehensive yet compact book. Here are lessons in life and work, learned both in the classroom and on the job, from design teachers, students, and gurus, covering everything from practical know-how to big-picture brilliance. Design School Wisdom provides a well of inspiration for aspiring designers, visual thinkers, students, grads, and professional creatives looking to reinvigorate their practice.
Brooke Johnson
Brooke Johnson is a designer and lecturer at California College of the Arts. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Jennifer Pierce
Jennifer Pierce lives in Arkansas where she’s busy raising two children and a husband. She’s aparalegal by trade and an author by free time. She’s fluent in sarcasm andPrincess Bride quotes. Her love of books began with trips to the library withher grandmother. Please don''t ask her to name her favorite book, it''s liketrying to pick her favorite child. And Unicorns. She loved unicorns before theywere cool.
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