CAREER INFORMATION

Carolyn Hawes, Judith Nylen, Margaret Johnson, Your Career in Art and Design (New York: Arco Publishing Company/ Career Guidance Series, 1978), paperback, 159 pages. Introductory overview to architecture and design careers, career paths, and college course requirements written by career counselors and design educators.

James Craig, Graphic Design Career Guide (New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1983), paperback, 160 pages. Excellent comprehensive guide to nature, scope and requirements (college and professional) for a career as a professional designer.

AIGA, Graphic Design Education (New York, American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1988). Pamphlet describing nature and scope of graphic design education and requirements.

Gregg Berryman, Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication (Los Altos, CA.: William Kaufmann, Inc., 1979), paperback, 45 pages. Excellent readable overview of graphic design process and practice geared to the high school and college level reader.

ASID, Interior Design Career Guide (New York, American Society of Interior Designers, c.1986). Pamphlet describing educational requirements, career options and duties of an interior design professional with list of American colleges and universities where programs/ student ASID chapters are located. Available for .25 cents from ASID National Headquarters, 1430 Broadway, New York, NY. 10018, (212) 944-9220.

Information Design Inc., Notes on Interior Design (Los Altos, CA.: William Kaufmann, Inc., 1981). Brief and highly readable overview of the practice of interior design directed to the high school and college level reader. Available from Crisp Publishers (800) 442-7477.

Information Design Inc., Notes on Architecture (Menlo, CA. Crisp Publishers, 1990). Contains overview information on architecture directed at the student, more than 125 line drawings and sketches. Paperback, 46 pages. Available from Crisp Publishers (800) 442-7477.

Ralph Griswold, William Smith, Opportunities in Landscape Architecture (Skokie, Ill.: VGM Career Horizons/ National Textbook Company, 1978), paperback, 121 pages. Career guide explaining nature and scope of the profession and of academic educational requirements along with a director (Skokie, Ill.: VGM Career Horizons/ National Textbook Company, 1978), paperback, 121 pages. Career guide explaining nature and scope of the profession and of academic educational requirements along with a directory of accredited programs.

Hamid Shirvani, ed./ASLA, A Guide to Educational Programs in Landscape Architecture (Washington, D.C.: American Society of Landscape Architects Professional Practice Institute, c. 1987).

Institute for Urban Design, Education for Urban Design (Purchase, New York: Institute for Urban Design, 1982), paperback, 183 pages. Overview of urban design college/university programs in North America.

Antoinette J. Lee, ed./NTHP, Guide to Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Historic Preservation (Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1981), paperback, 82 pages.

Sharon Heller Poggenpohl, editor, Graphic Design: A Career Guide and Education Directory (New York: AIGA Press, 1993), paperback, 158 pages.

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