Design

[close] Welcome to the Art Book Club by Range Creative. We have a book of the month, but let's also discuss our favorite/recent reads about photography, design, art, art history, fashion, film, writing, and the people who create in those and related fields.

[close] A group for the intra-office library at DLR Group's Chicago office, a well-read bunch of integrated design professionals.

[close] SEPTEMBER BOOK: Herding Tigers by Todd Henry Doing the work and leading the work are very different things. When you make the transition from maker to manager, you give ownership of projects to your team even though you could do them yourself better and faster. You're juggling expectations from your manager, who wants consistent, predictable output from an inherently unpredictable creative process. And you're managing the pushback from your team of brilliant, headstrong, and possibly overqualified creatives. Leading talented, creative people requires a different skill set than the one many management books offer. As a consultant to creative companies, Todd Henry knows firsthand what prevents creative leaders from guiding their teams to success, and in Herding Tigers he provides a bold new blueprint to help you be the leader your team needs. Learn to lead by influence instead of control. Discover how to create a stable culture that empowers your team to take bold creative risks. And learn how to fight to protect the time, energy, and resources they need to do their best work. Full of stories and practical advice, Herding Tigers will give you the confidence and the skills to foster an environment where clients, management, and employees have a product they can be proud of and a process that works.

[close] Cool books and not bad reads.