Trying to get some creative inspiration? Our picks for the best audiobooks for graphic designers can help you do just that. Check them all out below…
How to Think Like a Graphic Designer
Debbie Millman
One of the things making this book unique is that nearly 20 of the leading and most experienced graphic designers were interviewed, giving the listener practical and effective tips for becoming better at his or her craft. In this book, these experts share their processes, opinions, approaches, and thoughts with a renowned brand designer who is also the author. If you want to be successful as a graphic designer, you have to first learn to think like one and this book helps you do just that. Some of the interviewees include David Carson, Paul Sahre, Milton Glaser, and Chip Kidd. They all provide very valuable tips and advice to help you regardless of your level of expertise or where you are now.
How to Grow as a Graphic Designer
Catharine Fishel
Being a graphic designer means having a career that allows you to grow as an artist so you’re continually improving your craft. Much as with other careers, the graphic design field is constantly evolving and changing. Learning how to evolve and change with it is crucial. It isn’t just a matter of getting better; it is also a matter of embracing change, staying fluid, and setting goals for yourself so you continue to grow and thrive. Interestingly, the book teaches you how to be unique in your own right so that your clients are happy and so you continuously gain more clientele year after year. Regardless of how long you’ve been in this lucrative field, this audiobook will make a great addition to your collection.
RL Peters
In many careers, including graphic design, you need to know about typography. This book starts at the beginning so you can learn what you need to be the best typesetter in the business. Through the audiobook, you’ll learn the basics of typesetting, all about letterforms, design principles, the tools needed for lettering, and how to use type in all of your designs, among others. Whether these skills are needed in your job or you’re learning them for self-improvement, the book teaches you what you need to know in easy-to-understand and comprehensive formats so that nothing important is overlooked or forgotten. It is simply the quintessential book that all typesetters should have.
Graphic Designer: Understanding the Role of a Graphical Designer and Become Effective
Roy Turner
Thanks to the Internet, the world has changed. This is especially true of the field of graphic design. Online graphics are much different than the work done offline and this book helps the graphic designer keep up with the changes so that his or her work is just as flawless now as it was in the beginning. Graphic design is a career that is ever-changing so if you want to be good at your craft, you have to be patient and willing to make the changes necessary for survival. It is the only way for you to grow and thrive as an artist and this audiobook can help you every step of the way.
Designers Don’t Read
Austin Howe
The author is an experienced creative director and an advocate for professional graphic designers. He believes that this is truly a creative and artistic medium. In this audiobook, he teaches listeners how to view each job as a work of art and he helps all graphic designers develop their own points of view and the curiosity and passion needed to do a great job every time. He goes into detail about conceptualization and the creative process and he even has suggestions for what to do when you feel as if your motivation and inspiration lack mojo. If you love graphic design or if it’s something that you want to become better at, you need this audiobook.
Designers Don’t Have Influences
Austin Howe
A sequel to Designers Don’t Read, this audiobook provides numerous essays on professionals from a variety of fields, including art and even ice hockey, and gives you their take on staying motivated and inspired so you can continuously improve your craft and produce a great product. Creative people will always occasionally hit a roadblock and lose their way but this book can help you get back your desire to be the perfect professional regardless of your occupation. Indeed, all experts, from graphic designers to students, businesspeople, and advertising executives will appreciate this book. It is even a book that you can look to time and time again. Whenever you need some extra motivation and inspiration, just listen to this audiobook one more time!
Inside the Business of Graphic Design: 60 Leaders Share Their Secrets of Success
Catharine Fishel
If you want a realistic view of the world of graphic design, this audiobook is for you. A total of 60 experts gave interviews to the author. The information shared includes everything that you need to know about setting up a graphic design business. Whether you want to freelance and set up a small studio in your home or you hope to work for a large advertising agency that works on everything from brochures to signs, you need to know about the business side of the graphic design field if you want to be successful at it. Working for oneself is the dream of millions of people in the graphic design field and this audiobook will tell you everything that you need to know to be successful, regardless of your starting point.
The Creative’s Curse: A Book for Highly Creative People Who Need Motivation
Todd Brison
Although not specifically related to graphic artists, this book is applicable to anyone who has chosen a career where creativity and artistry are required tools of the trade. If you’re a graphic designer and have lost the inspiration you need to continue to create great works of art, this audiobook is the one for you. Inside, you’ll learn how to make good money with your craft, what is causing you to lose the magic and how to get it back, and how to recognize the times when you need to access your “creative triggers” so your motivation will come back to you. If you’re a graphic artist, you undoubtedly have a burning design to create and to utilize your artistic side but when that desire goes away, do not worry. Books such as this one will help you get it back so that sooner rather than later, you are creating great works of art once again.
Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic
Lisa Congdon
Regardless of the field you’re in, you need this book if you rely on your creativity to make it a success. To get and stay creative, you have to constantly nurture your creative side. The author of this book has interviewed tons of creative experts and will show you how to push through any fears or insecurities you have, identify and grow your own personal creative identity, and, most of all, appreciate the journey so that you can master both self-discovery and the tools you need to continue creating your art year after year. Let’s face it; your creativity is the key to your success as a graphic designer, and this audiobook will help you keep that creativity so that your career can grow and thrive.
The Essential Guide to Graphic Design Success
Jordan Prudence
Since the field of graphic design is both challenging and interesting, it takes a lot of work to get really good at it. With audiobooks such as this one, the task is much simpler. It not only teaches you the basics of design but also tips on how to recognize what you do best so you can grow that side of your talent and become an expert at it. If you haven’t yet found your own unique style, this book can help you do so; if you wish to increase your talent and become better at it, the book helps with that as well. In fact, wherever you are in your graphic design career, this book is guaranteed to help you do it even better.
Ed Catmull
Regardless of the creative career you’ve chosen, there will be times when true inspiration seems far-fetched. When that happens, this audiobook can be a real miracle worker. In it, certain philosophies are detailed that can improve your creative process, including how to recognize the unseen factors that can inhibit creativity and happen at any time, how to get the entire crew on board with the project so the end result is perfect, and how to prevent errors so you don’t have to fix them later on. Although written for managers, the book gives great advice on creativity and inspiration for people at all levels. It is there to help any creative person improve his or her craft and continue to produce high-quality, unforgettable works of art for many years to come. It is a must-have for anyone who works in a creative field.
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