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Job:02-09215 Title:RP-Field Guide:How to be a Graphic Design
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Good to Know Is Difficult to Learn
How important is formal education?
Do you really need it, or can graphic
design be mastered intuitively? What
do you learn in school, and is it worth
the money? Can’t everyone just do it?
I've got the software!
Well you should know better than that
by now. Most graphic designers gained
knowledge of the subject at hand
either through classical formal educa-
tion aimed at imparting theoretical
and some practical knowledge and
developing your intellectual capaci-
ties, or through long, painful hours of
self-improvement via books, the
Internet, magazines, ...