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ericfheiman's review against another edition
4.0
Admittedly, I haven't really connected to the live radio show interviews of design glitterati the author conducts, but these print interviews (whether culled from the radio show or not) are indispensable for young and seasoned designers alike. Peter Saville's insightful, cerebral, and ultimately cynical comments are worth the price of the book alone, even if they might leave the most optimistic of designers thinking much less of their craft.
cmbwell's review against another edition
5.0
Of course, this isn't actually a guide on how to think like a great graphic designer. It's a series of interviews with well-known designers that gives some insight on their thoughts about design. It was fascinating.
abbyelizabeth's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this book even though it took me forever to read it all. I'm not a non-fiction person, but the bite-sized interviews were fantastic to sit down and read one or two at a time. I purchased the book after reading about half of it and I think I'll want to go back and re-read and, although I usually don't write in books, underline, make notes, really digest it. Things take a few reads to really get in your bones and there are so many gems of affirming thoughts in here that make me feel like I do actually belong in design even though I rarely feel that when I'm in class.
etches's review against another edition
4.0
Interviews with all the great names in graphic design -- Sagmeister! Beirut! Glaser! Scher! Vignelli! Such a treat.
thewoodenfinch's review against another edition
3.0
Worth a once through for sure. Interesting interviews, but let's face it. Designers can be a bit pretentious, and some of these people take themselves wayyy too seriously. It also starts to get repetitive as she asks largely the same questions to each person.
emlee822's review against another edition
3.0
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I was required to read this for a class of mine, but it surprised me. The book features, simply, interviews with a number of well-known designers (or if you don’t know of them, and you are a designer - get to know them!) I expected to hear much of the same throughout the interviews but every designer in this book offers such unique perspectives, styles, and introspective into this field and how to manage it financially, ethically, and personally. Design is an art, and these are some wonderful people who know the value of it.
I was required to read this for a class of mine, but it surprised me. The book features, simply, interviews with a number of well-known designers (or if you don’t know of them, and you are a designer - get to know them!) I expected to hear much of the same throughout the interviews but every designer in this book offers such unique perspectives, styles, and introspective into this field and how to manage it financially, ethically, and personally. Design is an art, and these are some wonderful people who know the value of it.
kzs's review against another edition
Off to a slow start I think, and the questions aren't great, but the answers can be phenomenal
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