Becoming a Graphic Designer : A Guide to Careers in Design

The Fourth Edition of the bestselling Becoming a Graphic Designer continues to provide a comprehensive survey of the graphic design industry, from print to electronic media. Revised throughout, the fourth edition includes new information on the digital editorial design, information design, packaging design, and interactive design. Coverage of cross-discipline design, design management, and entrepreneurship provides readers with information relevant to some of today's most coveted design jobs. Highly visual with hundreds of illustrations and an updated design, this book also covers design training, design specialties, work environments, tips on preparing a portfolio, and advice on job hunting. Interviews with designers at various stages of their careers and in various design fields offer readers a glimpse at personal experiences of professional designers.

STEVEN HELLER served as senior art director of the New York Times Book Review. He is currently co-chair of the School of Visual Arts MFA design program as well as Editor of the AIGA Journal of Graphic Design. He has written over 130 books on design and has been a contributor or contributing editor to nearly twenty-five magazines, including Print, Eye, and Baseline. He writes the "Visuals" column for the New York Times Book Review and "Graphic Content" for T: The New York Times Style Magazine online.

TERESA FERNANDES is the principal of TFD Studio in Connecticut and an art director at The Taunton Press, Inc.