For any of my siblings who may wonder about what a) graphic design is or b) what a graphic design student experience is, Chip Kidd's "The Learners" is a great start. Well, technically, the first book "Cheese Monkeys" is better, though that was my last book of 2009.
In "The Learners," we meet the recent grad in his first job experience at an agency in New Haven, CT. Alert: psychological experiments play a heavy role in the book.
Extra: Chip Kidd is a legendary book cover designer for such authors as David Sedaris and Michael Crichton. You can see his work here. To some extent, graphic design is a character in the book - with clever layouts to emphasize emotion, etc.
A novel in 288 pages.
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