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# Rich color illustrations & sketches 25 years industry expertise distilled Comprehensive design & business guide Know Your Onions: Graphic Design: How to Think Like a Creative, Act Like a Businessman and Design Like a God

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## Summary

> 🎯 Design like a God, think like a CEO — your creative empire starts here!

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## Key Features

- • **Insider Typography Secrets:** Unlock invaluable typography tips that elevate your design finesse instantly.
- • **Timeless, Durable Reference:** Robust thread-sewn binding ensures this handbook stays by your side for years.
- • **Trusted by Thousands of Designers:** Join a community of 633+ reviewers rating it 4.7 stars for career-transforming insights.
- • **Master the Art & Business of Design:** Learn to think creatively and act strategically for profitable outcomes.
- • **Illustrated Wisdom at Your Fingertips:** Packed with vivid color visuals and handy sketches to clarify complex concepts.

## Overview

Know Your Onions: Graphic Design by Drew de Soto is a bestselling, expertly illustrated handbook blending 25 years of industry experience with practical business advice. Highly rated by over 600 designers, it offers timeless guidance on creativity, typography, and profitable design strategies, all bound in a durable, visually engaging format perfect for professionals aiming to elevate their craft and career.

## Description

Buy Know Your Onions: Graphic Design: How to Think Like a Creative, Act Like a Businessman and Design Like a God 1 by de Soto, Drew (ISBN: 9789063692582) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: How to think like a creative, act like a businessman and design like a God - “How to think like a creative, act like a businessman and design like a God” – Although I can’t claim to have acquired a resulting godlike design prowess, I have to give this beautifully designed and bound publication an unreserved thumbs up. I figured that given its bold claims, great reviews, Drew de Soto’s 25 years of experience in the industry and the fact that it is an object of desire in itself, I just had to buy this book. I was not disappointed. Benefitting from a wealth of colour illustrations and a robust thread sewn binding, this is a handbook you can actually keep at hand and use year after year. While it may be that the more seasoned of us will learn less, about the principles of design, than the newly graduated; few readers will fail to gain some nuggets of valuable design advice. For my part, I found the information on typography invaluable. It is also very useful to have all such essential information in one place and I have already used its illustrations to help explain certain aspects of the trade to clients. I doubt whether there are any designers who would not benefit from at least some of de Soto’s business advice. There are none of the usual “we are all in the business of business” platitudes. It simply offers practical and straightforward advice on how to proceed, as a designer, in a manner more conducive to a profitable outcome.
Review: A must have for any graphic designer out there - This book is a must have for every graphic designer out there, whether you're just starting out or you're at the top of your career. This book provides a wealth if knowledge for the reader, whilst taking you through processes step by step. There are handy hints, a glossary of terms (very useful!), and also little sketches along the way to further illustrate points. This book is written by someone who knows and who understands how the creative mind works, and rather being a guide on how to be a designer, this book offers something more; a first hand, original, witty and thought provoking document full of advice that will help you grow and develop as a designer. Having bought this book I would definitely recommend it to anyone out there who works in a design field. I can't wait to read the rest of his work.

## Features

- New Store Stock

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 135,708 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 40 in Web Design Applications 47 in Web Graphics & Animation 1,005 in Commercial Graphic Design |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 633 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ How to think like a creative, act like a businessman and design like a God
*by D***9 on 3 May 2014*

“How to think like a creative, act like a businessman and design like a God” – Although I can’t claim to have acquired a resulting godlike design prowess, I have to give this beautifully designed and bound publication an unreserved thumbs up. I figured that given its bold claims, great reviews, Drew de Soto’s 25 years of experience in the industry and the fact that it is an object of desire in itself, I just had to buy this book. I was not disappointed. Benefitting from a wealth of colour illustrations and a robust thread sewn binding, this is a handbook you can actually keep at hand and use year after year. While it may be that the more seasoned of us will learn less, about the principles of design, than the newly graduated; few readers will fail to gain some nuggets of valuable design advice. For my part, I found the information on typography invaluable. It is also very useful to have all such essential information in one place and I have already used its illustrations to help explain certain aspects of the trade to clients. I doubt whether there are any designers who would not benefit from at least some of de Soto’s business advice. There are none of the usual “we are all in the business of business” platitudes. It simply offers practical and straightforward advice on how to proceed, as a designer, in a manner more conducive to a profitable outcome.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A must have for any graphic designer out there
*by R***Y on 20 May 2014*

This book is a must have for every graphic designer out there, whether you're just starting out or you're at the top of your career. This book provides a wealth if knowledge for the reader, whilst taking you through processes step by step. There are handy hints, a glossary of terms (very useful!), and also little sketches along the way to further illustrate points. This book is written by someone who knows and who understands how the creative mind works, and rather being a guide on how to be a designer, this book offers something more; a first hand, original, witty and thought provoking document full of advice that will help you grow and develop as a designer. Having bought this book I would definitely recommend it to anyone out there who works in a design field. I can't wait to read the rest of his work.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great advice, great read, great book
*by B***E on 12 October 2013*

I'm a damn fine stand-up comedian, not a graphic designer. Drew is a damn fine graphic designer, and it turns out a damn fine comedian. If only you knew the truth. I had an idea for a book and had used various online sites to try and turn my idea into a reality. They only took me so far. Drew and his book took me further. His insider knowledge on the industry as well as his thorough knowledge of graphic design and running a graphic design business is outstanding and laid out extremely clearly in his book. Plus he made me laugh. Once out loud on the tube. Heads turned to see what funny book I was reading. A book on graphic design? Who would have thought it? The biggest thing is realising the stuff that you see looks good on a page but don't know why. Drew explains it all and how to do it. So, hopefully, my book, because of Drew's, may find its way into the big wide world.

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