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How to Be a Design Student (and How to Teach Them) Spiral-Bound | March 7, 2023

Mitch Goldstein

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Designer, artist, and educator Mitch Goldstein's experience as student and teacher gives guidance and inspiration to help students get the most out of design school.

Life as a design student is filled with questions. Rochester Institute of Technology Associate Professor of Design Mitch Goldstein has many answers, shared in clear, clever, and sage advice that is helpful for students at any level of their education, as well as anyone thinking about attending design school and wondering what it's really all about.

For design students and art professionals, Goldstein is a brilliant resource for real-world thoughts about design school and creative practice. Drawing on 16 years of teaching design and his popular "Dear Design Student" Twitter project, Goldstein explores all aspects of how to get the most out of the school experience, and beyond as a creative professional.

From collaboration and critiques to practice and process, this is an inspiring roadmap for design students as well as a valuable guide for design professors to help them understand how to shape curriculum from a student's perspective and better the collaborative experience.

Goldstein's insightful essays cover such topics as:
  • Why go to design school
  • What actually happens in your classes during your time at design school
  • What kind of assignments you can expect
  • How critiques work
  • What you're actually expected to do on a daily basis
  • How to translate ideas into paying client projects
  • How to make things that will get you a job
  • And much more
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Original Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176 pages
ISBN-10: 1797222295
Item Weight: 0.74 lbs
Dimensions: 8.0 x 0.83 x 5.5 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars Up to 30 ratings
“One of the things I regret most in life is that I didn’t have Mitch Goldstein as a teacher. With the benefit of his wisdom, wit, and warmth, there’s no telling what I would have been able to accomplish. The good news is that — thanks to this book — all of us can gain from his insight and the joy of knowing that there’s still plenty left to do.”
– Michael Bierut, Designer and educator
Mitch Goldstein is a designer, artist, educator, and author based in upstate New York. He is an Associate Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, where he teaches in the College of Art and Design. He has written about design education for years, with articles published in Communication Arts, Adobe 99U, and AIGA.