IN a world were we are bombarded with thousands of ads every day – some are brilliant and others leave something to be desired. Often times these mobile designs, print ads, billboard and signage designs start to blend together and we find it harder and harder to be creative and build creative design. The world of mobile design taps our creative design supplies by demanding seemingly unlimited graphic design output. Check out these 3 quick reads for inspiring creativity and stocking your toolbox with practical graphic design tips.
CREATIVITY AND DESIGN
1. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon
Based on an upstate New York college address, this 4.5-star read takes a deeper look at Austin Kleon’s ten things he wished he knew starting out. Prepare to be entertained and inspired to unlimited graphic design potential by the hip wit and practicality of Kleon. Filled with illustrations, exercises and examples, this book draws out the reader’s artistic nature. Plus, modern insights into creative design encourage readers to embrace influence, risk being boring and make space for imagination.
2. How to Use Graphic Design to Sell Things, Explain Things, Make Things Look Better, Make People Laugh, Make People Cry, and (Every Once in a While) Change the World by Michael Bierut
Globally renowned graphic designer Michael Bierut offers a landmark work featuring 35 plus design projects. As the title indicates, this 4.5-star book shares Bierut’s philosophy on taking an audience through a range of emotions and selling with unlimited graphic design. With insight into the design process, this read also gives hints to the creative process and a more personal side of the author in regard to professional design. This inspirational work is perfect for anyone fascinated by the merging of text, image and ideas.
3. Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills by David Sherwin
Tough creative design challenges halt innovation and slow production. Fortunately, David Sherwin lays out a 4.5-star tool to overcoming this problem with strong design solutions. Through the brainstorming strategies and insights of top designers, exercises create compelling solutions to inspire innovation in the reader. With 80 creative challenges across media types, there is plenty of opportunity to develop the ability to solve tough design issues with effective solutions.
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