Know Your Onions - Graphic Design: How to Think Like a Creative, Act Like a Businessman and Design Like a God


This isn't just another design manual. It's a carousing conversation with a bloke who knows his stuff. The book tackles the creative, the business and the beauty of graphic design. Read this book and gain 25 years of experience!
This book is practical and immediate, without being condescending or overly technical. It is like having a graphic design mentor who will help you come up with ideas, develop your concepts, and implement them in a way that is engaging and humorous. It gives readers the experience and ability that normally comes from years of on-the-job training. All of the essential techniques of graphic design and its digital implementation are covered.
Read this book and gain 25 years of experience in how to think like a creative, act like a businessman and design like a god.
This book is designed like a notebook, with all the authors’ tips and knowledge already inside. However, it also includes blank pages that allow the user to personalize this reference book with specific notes that are relevant to his or her studio, suppliers or clients.
About the Author:
Drew de Soto is the founder (2000) and Creative Director of Navig8 and has gone on to work with some of the most influential UK organisations, these include the British Council, the UK Government, international charities and brands. Drew has contributed to Policy Connect, the UK think tank that works with parliamentarians, business and the public sector to help improve government policy. He has a bald head, a ridiculous moustache and enjoys a scotch and a cigar - and not taking life too seriously.
form 234: The Making of Design (Geschmacksfragen/The Good, the Bad, the Ugly)
Creative Display: Inspiring Ideas to Make Every Surface Beautiful
Link it!: Masterpieces of Bridge Design
Plans, Sections and Elevations: Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century (With CD-Rom)
Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age
The Book of Drawings + Sketches: Architecture
The Articulate Surface: Ornament and Technology in Contemporary Architecture
Impressionism and Post Impressionism ( Two books in slip case)
Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns
Prefabulous + Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy-Efficient Home
Really Good Packaging Explained. Top Design Professionals Critique 300 Package Designs and Explain What Makes Them Work
365 Days of Drawing: Sketch and Paint Your Way Through the Creative Year
form 236: The Making of Design (Deja-vu/The Past Ahead)
Make it Fabulous: The Architecture and Designs of William T. Georgis
Ancient Egyptian Ornament in Full Color: 350 Patterns and Designs
Keeping House: Hints and Tips for a Clean, Tidy and Well-organized Home
Design Matters: Brochures 01: An Essential Primer for Today's Competitive Market
The Design Book: 1000 New Designs For The Home and Where to Find Them
Blogging for Creatives: How designers, artists, crafters and writers can blog to make contacts, win business and build success
Seating Together: Architecture of Auditoriums in the 21st Century
Colour Harmony: Packaging - More than 800 Colorways for Package Designs that Work
Netsuke. The Trumpf Collection. Volume 1 + 2 (in a beautiful slip case)