Inspirability: 40 Top Designers Speak Out about What Inspires Hardcover - 2005

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What Inspires You? This was the question asked of forty of the world's top designers. The resulting interviews are thought-provoking, poignant, irreverent, hilarious, philosophical - and above all, inspiring. Just as these great designers have the ability to get - and stay - inspired, so will you, as you read their interviews, see their self-portraits, experience examples of their best work, and peruse personal questionnaires that each one filled out by hand. Here's a sampling of what the designers are talking about:

• Doyald Young on education and reinterpretation
• Stefan Sagmeister on honesty, smoking and science
• Milton Glaser on the subconscious and receptivity
• Jan Karlsson & Hjalti Wilker on music videos, European design and weirdness
• Erik Spiekermann on pressure and problem solving
• Sean Adams on cops, authenticity, details, reality and going against the grain
• Michael Beirut on greatness against the odds and craftmanship
• Clive Piercy & Michael Hodgson on design legacy, soul and idea-driven work
• Chip Kidd on problems and solutions, pluralism and Japanese ephemera
• Luba Lukova on being true to your work, honesty and the circus
• Mirko Ilic on working with great people and combining experiences
• Margo Chase on jazz, architecture, vision and passion
• Noreen Morioka on truth, beauty and living real life
• Ann Willoughby on curiosity, the future and cultural studies