The designer : half a century of change in image, training, and techniques

Summary: "The Designer is an essential book for anyone interested in, or involved in, design - from those who teach and employ designers to those intending to train in the field. Sassoon surveys fifty years of change in the world of design, covering a wide variety of aspects - from the skills that have been lost and the new techniques that affect our everyday work, to the different methods of training and whether they prepare the student for the work place." "Rosemary Sassoon provides an account of her own career from her beginnings at art school and an apprenticeship, with accounts of long-forgotten techniques of the art. This is an important study of design as an art and a skill - a practical tool with a rich past and relevance for the future."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781841501956 (pbk.)
ISBN: 1841501956 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
144 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Bristol : Intellect, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pt. 1. Discussion -- Changing attitudes, images and terminology -- The neglect of drawing -- Changes in the training of designers -- Pt. 2. Wider perspectives -- Design education in the last fifty years : a personal perspective / Jorge Frascara -- Musings about design / Sharon Helmer Poggenpohl -- Reflections on design education in Western Australia during the last quarter of the twentieth century and beyond / Paul Green-Armytage -- Oven-ready for employment? / Neil Barnett and Darren Raven -- Pt. 3. By accident or design -- Setting out -- Starting real life -- Packaging design -- Branching out -- Writing, teaching, research and typefaces.