Design Is a Job by Mike Monteiro (2012-05-04)

Mike Monteiro

A Book Apart

Whether you're a designer or not, you make design decisions every day. Successful design projects require equal participation from both the client and the design team. Yet, for most people who buy design, the process remains a mystery. In his follow-up to Design Is a Job, Mike Monteiro demystifies the design process and helps you prepare for your role. Ensure you're asking the right questions, giving effective feedback, and hiring designers who will challenge you to make your product the best it can be. Mike Monteiro is the co-founder and design director of Mule Design, an interactive design studio whose work has been called "delightfully hostile" by The New Yorker. In early 2011, he gave a Creative Mornings talk entitled "F- You, Pay Me" that not only uplifted the downtrodden the world over, but fueled his first book, Design Is a Job. In 2014 he won .net's Talk of the Year award for "How Designers Destroyed the World," a screed about designers taking responsibility for their work. He can be heard weekly as the co-host of Let's Make Mistakes. None of the terms Mike has coined are printable on a family website. ISBN: 978-1-937557-14-0 Paperback: 127 pages Published: Sep 30, 2014

You’re My Favorite Client

Publisher

The first edition of this book taught you how to sell design, draw up contracts, work with clients, and navigate the business of design. And, yeah, that's all still (mostly) there. But design has changed, and this book has changed with it. In this second edition, Mike Monteiro not only covers how to be a working designer, but also how to take care of yourself, deal with toxic workplaces, and learn to operate in a community rather than as individual practitioners. If you are interested in using design as a tool for good, building a more sustainable and equitable society, creating workplaces where everyone is treated with respect, and doing all of these things while still making a living, this book is for you. THIS BOOK EXPLORES: <ul><li>What it means to work in the design industry today</li><li>Finding the right work with the right people</li><li>Negotiating jobs and projects-and getting paid fairly for them</li><li>Understanding your value as a designer and as a worker</li>

Design Is a Job: The Necessary Second Edition

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Management & Leadership

Whether you're a designer or not, you make design decisions every day. Successful design projects require equal participation from both the client and the design team. Yet, for most people who buy design, the process remains a mystery. In his follow-up to Design Is a Job, Mike Monteiro demystifies the design process and helps you prepare for your role. Ensure you're asking the right questions, giving effective feedback, and hiring designers who will challenge you to make your product the best it can be.

You're My Favorite Client

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