While I respect your opinion and agree on the cheesy XMas commercials and whitebread families, some of us (okay, ME) love the holidays. Maybe it's the way I was raised, or maybe because I've got kids and can see their eyes light up on Xmas morning, or whatever, but these XMas traditions/things still make me warm inside:
-the specialty food my family makes...the wife's macaroons or my mom's cheese danish bread on Xmas morning.
-houses lit up with XMas lights on cold snowy nights
-A roaring fire in the fireplace and curled up with a loved one while watching A Christmas Carol starring Allistaire Simm (B&W - the best version, hands down)
-Old christmas music (Bing Crosby, etc)...and I'll concede their are some good "current" songs by Harry Connick Jr., Sarah McLachlan & Bare Naked Ladies, etc
-Cutting down a XMas tree and bringing it home.
-Church on XMas Eve.
...I could go on but you get the point. This is one area I'm a huge traditionalist....and yes, I have to be amongst the dysfunctional family during the holidays and eat and drink until my heart's content too.
My list for this Xmas includes all the books we've discussed in class. Once I actually get a job designing, I'll ask for some more technical gifts.
This Means This, This Means That: A User's Guide to Semiotics
Sagmeister: Made You Look
Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design (hardcover)
Meggs' History of Graphic Design
U&lc: Influencing Design & Typography
The Designer's Guide to Global Color Combinations
The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations
Stylepedia: A Guide to Graphic Design Mannerisms, Quirks, and Conceits
Things I have learned in my life so far
Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Graphic Design School, Third Edition
Graphic Design Essentials: Skills, Software and Creative Solutions
Graphic Design Basics
4 comments:
I like the holidays too, dude. I was just having a little fun with the blog. I can't wait for my first bloody mary with celery. See, green and red, the official colors of xmas.
I have some suggestions for your list that you should invest in before you get some of those tomes are collections:
breaking into graphic design, 79 short essays on graphic design, thinking with type, how to grow as a graphic designer, citizen designer, how to be a graphic designer without losing your soul.
I would say these are much more important for you at this stage in you development. You could prolly get all of these for under a hundred bucks. I read all of these over the past year and a half and they influenced me greatly on how to think as a designer, how to act professionally, how to convey ideas, develop concepts, look for jobs, gain clients, work better with type, etc, etc, etc.
Buy stuff like U&LC when you have some extra cash, read thse other books and get some knowledge you can apply right away.
excellent, thanks for your help man. I know I've got aways to go, but I really do want to get better. Your work, as has most of our classmate's, has inspired me.
Word, dude, keep working hard man.
Post a Comment