Design Disasters: Great Designers, Fabulous Failure, and Lessons Learned
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The thrill of victory…the agony of defeat. We're not talking about just any failure. Design failure. So public. So humiliating. How do designers who are really, really good (we swear!) turn a disaster into a triumph? Read this book and find out, as dozens of top names reveal the heartbreaking—and sometimes hilarious—mistakes they have made and talk about how they were able to grow from the experiences. Self-delusion, overcommitment, procrastination…they’re all here. Poor communication, missed deadlines, enraged clients…yes, they’re here too. Read Design Disasters and weep? No! Read Design Disasters and be inspired to find the silver lining in even the cloudiest situation.Featuring essays by: Henry Petroski • Alissa Walker • David Barringer • Allan Chocinov • Peter Blegvad • Ross MacDonald • Robert Grossman • Ina Saltz • Warren Lehrer • Rob Trostle • Ralph Caplan • Richard Saul Wurman • Marian Bantjes • Rick Meyerowitz • Amanda Bowers • David Jury • Veronique Vienne • Francis Levy • Colin Berry • Nick Curry • Debbie Millman, and more!
Reviews
Steven Heller has given the design community dozens of thoughtful and well conceived books. This is not his best--I would say the quality of the articles is a bit uneven. However, the article by Richard Saul Wurman alone is worth the price of the book; It's one of the most optimistic and encouraging pieces of writing about design I have encountered. Here's a writer (Wurman) who has written 85 books, founded the TED conferences, and mapped many of the world's great cities, yet he admits that most of his ideas failed or did not come to fruition! Heller's witty design for the book is fun. My design book club read this as a selection and it generated a lot of lively debate. Worthy reading for any creative professional.