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Work for Money, Design for Love: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Starting and Running a Successful Design Business [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 288 pages
  • Sari: Voices That Matter
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-Nov-2012
  • Kirjastus: New Riders Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 0321844270
  • ISBN-13: 9780321844279
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 288 pages
  • Sari: Voices That Matter
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-Nov-2012
  • Kirjastus: New Riders Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 0321844270
  • ISBN-13: 9780321844279

Unlike other dry business books, this refreshing, straightforward guide from Logo Design Love author and international designer David Airey answers the questions all designers have when first starting out on their own. In fact, the book was inspired by the many questions David receives every day from the more than 600,000 designers who visit his three blogs (Logo Design Love, Identity Designed, and DavidAirey.com) each month.

How do I find new clients? How much should I charge for my design work? When should I say no to a client? How do I handle difficult clients? What should I be sure to include in my contracts?

David’s readers–a passionate and vocal group–regularly ask him these questions and many more on how to launch and run their own design careers. With this book, David finally answers their pressing questions with anecdotes, case studies, and sound advice garnered from his own experience as well as those of such well-known designers as Ivan Chermayeff, Jerry Kuyper, Maggie Macnab, Eric Karjaluoto, and Von Glitschka. Designers just starting out on their own will find this book invaluable in succeeding in today’s hyper-networked, global economy.
Introduction ix
I Where Do You Start?
2(44)
1 Essential Traits
4(12)
Be curious
5(2)
Show empathy
7(1)
Have confidence
8(1)
You're the manager
9(1)
Motivate yourself
10(1)
Professionalism
11(1)
Balance
12(1)
Don't blindly trust your experience
13(1)
Don't forget to...
14(2)
2 Never Stop Learning
16(12)
The never-ending lesson
17(2)
What design school didn't teach you
19(6)
Other ways to keep learning
25(3)
3 Find Your Niche
28(8)
What's a niche?
29(3)
Why specialize?
32(2)
Spread the risk
34(2)
4 Pros and Cons of Self-Employment
36(10)
II Who Do You Need to Be?
46(110)
5 Work Direct or Be a Subcontractor?
48(8)
Dealing directly with clients
49(3)
Subcontracting with agencies
52(4)
6 Planning for Success
56(12)
Truth
59(1)
Assertions
60(2)
Money
62(1)
Alternatives
63(3)
People
66(2)
7 Brand Naming
68(10)
Everything begins with a name
71(7)
8 Designing Your Brand Identity
78(10)
Your graphic identity
79(6)
Other parts of your identity
85(3)
9 Working from Home versus Renting Space
88(12)
Working from home
89(5)
Renting studio space
94(3)
Fit to work
97(3)
10 Launching Your Online Presence
100(16)
Your basic launch needs
101(8)
Hard-won lessons
109(4)
Treat your competitors as allies
113(3)
11 Marketing Yourself and Finding Good Clients
116(18)
Go pro bono
119(3)
Love the ones you're with
122(1)
Market for free online
123(1)
A little research a lot of return
124(2)
It's who you know
126(1)
Reach out to other design agencies
127(1)
Zig when others zag
128(1)
Offer a real gift
129(1)
Think fast
130(2)
Do business where you shop
132(1)
When things go wrong...
133(1)
12 Why Bigger Business Isn't Always Better
134(8)
The personal touch
137(1)
You are what clients want
138(4)
13 Legalities, Integrity, and Morality
142(14)
Legalities
145(3)
Integrity
148(4)
Morality
152(4)
III How Do You Manage Projects?
156(68)
14 Choose Clients Wisely
158(14)
Red flags
161(11)
15 Handling the Client Approach
172(10)
The client questionnaire
173(5)
Avoid wasting time
178(2)
Start on the right foot
180(2)
16 Pricing Your Work
182(14)
Deciding your rate
183(3)
Breaking down the proposal
186(1)
It's not always about the money
187(1)
Enter Mr. Procurement
188(2)
How to negotiate up
190(1)
Raising rates with existing clients
191(1)
"You should be charging more"
192(4)
17 Terms and Conditions
196(14)
What to include
204(3)
It's not unusual
207(3)
18 How to Best Present Your Work
210(14)
IV Before We Depart
224(46)
19 The Mentors Speak
226(12)
20 A Future Without Clients
238(12)
Online advertising
241(1)
Become an affiliate
242(1)
Ship your product
243(2)
Write a book
245(1)
Income as energy
246(4)
21 Keep the Fire Burning
250(16)
22 Resources
266(4)
Books
267(1)
Blogs
268(1)
Publishers
268(1)
Self-publishing
269(1)
Ad providers
269(1)
Project help
269(1)
Don't forget
269(1)
Contributors 270(2)
Index 272
A self-employed graphic designer from Northern Ireland, David Airey writes three of the most popular graphic design blogs on the Internet: www.davidairey.com, www.logodesignlove.com, and www.identitydesigned.com. David's blogs have attracted hundreds of thousands of loyal fans who read and are inspired by his writing every day. Airey is also the author of the popular book, Logo Design Love.