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Writing and research for graphic designers [electronic resource] : a designer's manual to strategic communication and presentation / Steven Heller.
ISBN:
9781610586498
Title:
Writing and research for graphic designers [electronic resource] : a designer's manual to strategic communication and presentation / Steven Heller.
Author:
Heller, Steven.
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Publication Information:
Beverly, MA : Rockport Publishers, 2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Contents:
""Cover""; ""Title""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE: Designers, Meet the Word""; ""FOREWORD: Designers, Make Your Mark""; ""INTRODUCTION: Why I Write""; ""1 READING, WRITING & RESEARCH""; ""PART ONE: READING: The Key to Good Research and Wrting""; ""WHAT TO READ""; ""HOW TO READ""; ""TAKING NOTES ""; ""PART TWO: WRITING: Thoughts on Paper or Screen""; ""YOUR VOICE""; ""GETTING IDEAS""; ""STRATEGIC WRITING""; ""TARGETING AN AUDIENCE""; ""SELF-EDITING""; ""THE EDITOR�S ROLE""; ""AVOIDING CLICH�S""; ""THE MUSIC OF WORDS""; ""TELLING STORIES""; ""PITCHING A STORY""

""PART THREE: RESEARCH: BUILDING THE NARRATIVE FOUNDATION""""DATABASE RESEARCH""; ""LIBRARY AND MUSEUM RESEARCH""; ""PRIMARY RESOURCES""; ""SECONDARY RESOURCES""; ""NO GOOGLE!""; ""2 SURVEYING THE DISCIPLINES""; ""1. LONG FORM/SHORT FORM""; ""Akiko Busch Talks about Being a Design User""; ""2. JOURNALISM""; ""Design Journalism for the Mass Market""; ""Alice Twemlow Talks about Covering Design Culture""; ""3. BUSINESS""; ""Orn�ry Usage""; ""Ralph Caplan Talks about Writing Skill""; ""4. ACADEMIC""; ""Excerpts from “Alphabet and Image�""

""Kerry William Purcell Talks about Writing History""""Linda King Talks about Scholarly Writing""; ""5. CRITICISM""; ""The Death of the Critic""; ""Rick Poynor Talks about Writing Criticism""; ""Andrea Lange Talks about Writing Criticism""; ""6. PUBLIC RELATIONS""; ""Michael Grant Talks about Effective Publicity""; ""7. BLOG""; ""School Days""; ""“Thank You, � or Why Socrates Was Wrong""; ""Art Nouveau Feeder Fetishist""; ""Sean Adams Talks about Blogging""; ""Alissa Walker Talks about Her Favorite Form of Writing""; ""3 THE EDITORIAL ROLE""

""HOW TO EDIT AND BE EDITED: The Editor Is a Writer�s Best Friend""""Sue Apfelbaum Talks about What an Editor Does""; ""Aaron Kenedi Talks about Editing a Design Magazine""; ""Aaron Kenedi�s Favorite Print Spreads""; ""Excerpts from Monumental: The Reimagined World of Kevin O�Callaghan""; ""Deborah Hussey Talks about Writing for Books""; ""End of the Glue-Pot Era: An Editing Process in Three Versions""; ""4 LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCES""; ""WRITERS DISCUSS THEIR WRITING: Designers as Authors / Authors on Design""; ""On Failure""; ""Allan Chochinov Talks about the Writer�s Attitude""

""To Write about Design Is to Care about Other People""""David Barringer Talks about Respect for the Reader""; ""The Language of Design Imperialism""; ""Maria Popova Talks about Buzzword-Encrusted Language""; ""Fanzines by Teal Triggs""; ""Adrian Shaughnessy Talks about Being Personal""; ""Thomas Lenthal: The Deejay of Visual References""; ""Veronique Vienne Talks about Her Handicaps""; ""My Annotated Interview with Mike Salisbury""; ""Michael Dooley on Discovery and Skepticism""; ""5 WRITING WITH IMAGES""; ""THE LANGUAGE OF TEXT AND PICTURES: The Multimedia Designer/Author""; ""The Nose""
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Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
Beverly, MA : Rockport Publishers, 2012.