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.
Take care of yourself as a working designer and use design as a tool for good.
Mike Monteiro
Design Is a Job
The Necessary Second Edition
Foreword by Sam Cabrera
https://abookapart.com/products/design-is-a-job
Author(s): Mike Monteiro
Series: Book Apart (Series) no. 7
Edition: 2
Publisher: A Book Apart
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 149
City: New York
Tags: Design,Graphic Design,Graphic Arts,Business
Cover
Foreword
Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
Chapter 1. What is a Designer?
Chapter 2. Getting Work
Chapter 3. Choosing Who to Sell Your Labor To
Chapter 4. This Is the Chapter About Money
Chapter 5. Working with Contracts
Chapter 6. Getting Paid
Chapter 7. Understanding Your Value
Chapter 8. Working with Others
Chapter 9. Better Workplaces
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Appendix: A Designer’s Code of Ethics
Resources
References
Index
About A Book Apart
About the Author