Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Graduation guide for design stu­dents is a palm-sized book that was writ­ten and illus­trated by Moniek Paus of Netherlands-based Studio Pomp. The book is not an after–grad­u­a­tion guide for stu­dents about how to move into the work­ing world, like I orig­i­nally expected; but it is actu­ally a guide for get­ting through your final year of school. The slight con­fu­sion is prob­a­bly due to cul­tural dif­fer­ences — in the U.S. we more often refer to our final year as our “Senior year” as opposed to “Graduation year.”

In any case, the book fea­tures a series of tips to help design­ers stay inspired and on track. Overall it is more light-hearted, fun read­ing than hard­core prac­ti­cal advice, but it would def­i­nitely make a fun gift for soon-to-be grad­u­ates. The illus­tra­tions and hand-lettering snip­pets alone are worth a perusal.

The book will be released on Amazon in the U.S. on August 28^th, but it’s avail­able for pre-order now; oth­er­wise you can order directly through BIS Publishers.