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Art and Design Books – Allworth Press

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If you’re looking for books related to creativity, Allworth Press has a large selection of design, art, photography and even music books!

Here are a few Art and Design books that Allworth Press carries:

Starting Your Career

Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer – by Robert K. Hale and Thomas L. Williams

This insider’s guide contains all the necessary tools and strategies to successfully launch and grow a professional design business in the competitive world of interior design. Drawing on the authors’ extensive experience, this book includes case studies, and personal anecdotes that help teach you how to:

– choose a design field – obtain and keep clients – garner referrals – market and position your business – bid competitively on projects – manage sales – organize a budget – manage start-up costs and cash flow – promote your business – branch out into product and architectural design – design within a retail environment – set pricing guidelines – sell to your target demographic – set up your office

Pricing Guide for Designers

The Interior Designer’s Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting –  by Theo Stephan Williams

The book shows how to determine a profitable and fair hourly rate, balance the client’s budget with his or her wishes and needs, negotiate prices with suppliers and contractors, write realistic estimates and clear proposals, manage budgets for projects of all sizes and types, and position the firm’s brand in relation to its practices. Interviews with experienced interior designers, case studies, and sidebars highlight professional pitfalls and how to master them, from daily crisis management and self-organization to finding the perfect office manager. This superbly thorough guide offers pricing, estimating, and budgeting advice that is a necessity for every designer and firm pushing to bolster the bottom line.

Pop!

POP: How Graphic Design Shapes Popular Culture – by Steven Heller

How does graphic design influence popular culture? And how does popular culture influence graphic design? What are the goals of design? Is it to sell? To package? To identify? To entertain? While these questions should be obvious to the practitioner, the answers are often elusive. They are also intimately tied to the role they play in the overall culture–in the popular scheme of cultural pursuit.

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Tazim Damji is a permaculture gardener and certified holistic nutritionist from Vancouver, Canada. She is passionate about photography, vegan food, and gardening. Read more posts by Tazim. Visit her food and adventure blog Celebrate Life's Adventures Connect with Tazim via Twitter or on Facebook .

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