Business 101: A reading list for lifelong learners Business 101, with Nilofer Merchant First, read these 2 foundational books… 1. The Change Masters Rosabeth Moss Kanter Free Press, 1985 “A foundational book for your collection. When a colleague recently switched careers, I lent her this incredibly dog-eared book from college days. 2. “A few years back, I took out Clay Shirky’s book and found it filled with scribbles. Then, try these 4 to understand current needs… 1. “I’m convinced that the way we create an abundant future of prosperity will require a global redesign of what is possible. 2. “The real question is: How will we reinvent the world around us? 3. “Complex systems turn out to be adaptive and resilient, and therefore thriving, systems. 4. “Most of the ways people think of business, politics or economics assume that if you win, others lose. Then, read this book to understand what comes next… The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business Umair Haque Harvard Business Review, 2011 Featured image via iStock.
Previniendo errores: demasía y marcas de corte | Consejos sobre diseño de folletos y volantes publicitarios Como diseñadores gráficos, no sólo tenemos que preocuparnos por la tipografía, los colores y la estética general del trabajo que estamos realizando. Para conseguir resultados satisfactorios, debemos preparar correctamente el archivo para asegurar su reproducción óptima en la imprenta. En este caso voy a hablar de la demasía y las marcas de corte: La demasía (bleed, en inglés) es un área impresa que finalmente no formará parte de la pieza final. Se utiliza cuando tenemos imágenes o fondos que se imprimirán “al corte”, es decir, que llegarán hasta el borde del papel. Para definir esta área, utilizamos las marcas de corte, que definirán el tamaño final del documento. Por lo general, se debe dejar una demasía de 3 a 5 mm. aproximadamente. ¿Qué pasa si no pongo demasía? ¿Cómo definir la demasía en InDesign? Al comenzar un nuevo documento en InDesign, el programa nos hace definir las propiedades básicas del mismo, como tamaño y cantidad de páginas, márgenes, columnas, etc.
Traditional Artistic Skills - Gnomon Workshop - A Foundation in the Digital World | The Gnomon Workshop News Image Source: www.thegnomonworkshop.comImage Digitally painted by Jeremy Vickery As digital art production software becomes more and more a part of mainstream knowledge, through computers, smart tablets and smart phones, the more traditional art mediums get tossed to the wayside. Here is a map showing all the schools in the world k-12 that are incorporating tablets as of February of 2013, and a study performed by company Open Colleges shows that in the United States 91% of teachers have access to a computer in the classroom. What does studying traditional mediums teach? From a very young age we understand things instinctively We see a window with light pouring through it and we know it’s the sun shining in. Image Source: www.thegnomonworkshop.comRendering by Jeff Patton A strong foundation in traditional mediums helps train the brain and hands to translate what we see in life onto paper. Image Source: www.thegnomonworkshop.comDigital Matte Painting by Dylan Cole
Beginners Guide to Graphic Design – Gareth David Tutorials 3062 Views 4.47 On 17 Ratings Rate it Join me as I discuss a series of Graphic Design topics Hello and welcome to this beginners guide series to Graphic Design. If you’re interested in Graphic Design and considering becoming a Graphic Designer then join me as I discuss a series of Graphic Design topics. From what Graphic Design is, Skills to be a Graphic Designer, Design theory, Education you need, equipment you need, to the Graphic Design portfolio and interview advice, this series is for anyone at any level. I have created this series to share my experience and give some advice to aspiring designers at any level, who wish to find out more about Graphic Design and the industry. To make this series easy to watch and understand I have broken it down into four sections: Over the 45 episodes, I will be touching on some important topics and answering some basic questions. Enjoy. Get the course interactive PDF index Tutorial by GD.
How to become a designer without going to design school | Karen X. Cheng I got my job as a designer without going to design school. I had hacked together my own design education in 6 months while working a full-time job. I didn’t think I was ready but started applying for jobs anyway – and got a job at a great startup, Exec. To be clear, I’m nowhere near as good as those design prodigies that come out of a 4-year education at an elite school like RISD. Maybe you want to change careers and become a designer full-time. This is a guide to teach yourself design. Update: I first published this blog post over a year ago. Step 1. First, learn how to draw. You don’t have to sit in a room with a bunch of other artists trying to draw a naked woman. Learn graphic design theory Start with the book Picture This. Learn some basics in user experience Learn how to write Here is a sure sign of a bad designer: their mockups are filled with placeholder text like Lorem Ipsum. Step 2. Learn Illustrator Learn Photoshop Step 3. Learn Logo Design Learn Mobile App Design Learn Web Design
Brian Eno Lists 20 Books for Rebuilding Civilization & 59 Books For Building Your Intellectual World Creative Commons image via Wikimedia Commons Artist and music producer Brian Eno wrote one of my very favorite books: A Year with Swollen Appendices, which takes the form of his personal diary of the year 1995 with essayistic chapters (the "swollen appendices") on topics like "edge culture," generative music, new ways of singing, pretension, CD-ROMs (a relevant topic back then), and payment structures for recording artists (a relevant topic again today). It also includes a fair bit of Eno's correspondence with Stewart Brand, once editor of the Whole Earth Catalog and now president of the Long Now Foundation, "a counterpoint to today's accelerating culture" meant to "help make long-term thinking more common" and "creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years." It so happens that Eno now sits on the Long Now Foundation’s board and has had a hand in some of its projects. Related Content: David Bowie’s Top 100 Books What Books Could Be Used to Rebuild Civilization?
Como calcular tu costo por hora (Update 2016) – Diseñadores Gráficos Uno de los post más vistos de este Blog lo es “Como calcular tu precio por hora”. Ese post lo escribí en enero del 2013, hace ya tres años y ¿saben qué? todavía sigue siendo una de las preguntas más frecuentes. Así que creo que es tiempo de escribir otro post donde muestre mi perspectiva sobre el tema en el 2016. Bueno, cualquier diseñador antes de cobrar debe conocer bien cuales son sus metas económicas y estas teniendo en cuenta cuanto gasta para poder diseñar. Equipo: Macbook Pro Precio: $1,500 Tiempo de vida: 36 meses (3 años) Divide $1,500 / 36 = $41.66 Esto mismo hay que hacerlo con cada equipo, es decir Impresora, Scanner, etc. Por otro lado debemos también contemplar la ganancia, una cosa es cuanto te sale a ti lograr diseñar basado en lo que hablamos anteriormente y otra cosa es tener claro cuanto quieres ganarte. Una vez tenemos claro estos totales tenemos que ver cuantas horas estaremos trabajando al año. Ya con esta información calculada. Como usar la calculadora 1. 2. 3.
Don't Leave College Without These 10 Digital Skills Graduation season is upon us, and that means college graduates everywhere are preparing to enter "the real world." But chances are your liberal arts degree, as hard-earned and valuable as it is, doesn't equip you with every digital skill you need. We've put together a short list of fundamental skills that every college graduate should possess, from simply branding yourself online to learning basic coding. They're guaranteed to increase your overall digital know-how, and you can learn them all on your own. Did you graduate college a long time ago, or never attended? Don't worry — it's never too late to learn these skills. 1. These days, most students are lucky enough to go to colleges that already have wireless Internet set up in the dorms. 2. With all those photos of your friends, your music library and a copy of your 40-page thesis, your entire world exists on the hardware of your computer, phone or tablet. 3. 4. Just like photo editing, video editing can come in handy, too. 5. 6. 7.
College Scholarships and Resources for Women In the 2015-2016 academic year alone, women accounted for 11.5 million of the 20.2 million students expected to attend an American college or university. But as more and more women pursue their degrees, the harsh reality of paying for an increasingly expensive college clouds the experience. In a time when student loan debt has skyrocketed to $1.43 trillion, reliable sources of financial aid are an essential part of containing student debt. Men Versus Women: Student Loan Debt as % of Annual Income Use regions/landmarks to skip ahead to chart and navigate between data series. Chart Long description. No description available. Structure. Chart type: column chart. The chart has 1 X axis displaying Race/Ethnicity. The chart has 1 Y axis displaying Debt Percentage of Annual Income. Chart graphic. Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Accessed 2017 42% of women have accumulated over $30,000 in college debt, compared with just 27% of men. Increased Student Debt The Gender Gap Women's organizations Foundations
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