Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs is a beautiful two-color book that features candid conversations with 30 leading designers who have founded startups, channeled personal passions into self-made careers and taken risks to do what they love. In this book they share their failures, successes, and perspectives. Our hope is that you can learn from them — not to follow in their footsteps, but to chart your own course in parallel, one that allows you to thrive, add value to the world and love what you do.
(Includes PDF, mobi, and ePub)
"I think there has been this turn in the collective conscious of designers. We realized that we start these businesses for clients, these businesses go on to be successful, and we think, ‘Why aren’t we starting these businesses?"
—Christian Helms (Page 129)
Contents
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Foreword
by Keenan Cummings
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Introduction
by The Authors
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Ben Pieratt
Take Greater Opportunities
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Randy J. Hunt
Design and Build
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Kate Bingaman-Burt
Fail in Good Spirits (Read)
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Elliot Jay Stocks
Create With Passion
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Christian Helms
Always Ask for Advice
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Wilson Miner
Be Curious, and Ask Questions
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Dan Provost
Give It a Go
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Andy McMillan
Build a Community
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Kyle Sollenberger
Keep Moving Forward
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Peter Buchanan-Smith
Start Making (Read)
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Neil Blumenthal
Change the World
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Armin Vit
Provide a Jolt
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Chris Coyier
Fall in Love With an Idea
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Jen Bilik
Value Your Audience
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Tad Carpenter
Love It, or Leave It
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Don Clark
Create What You Love
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Jessica Hische
Determine Your Own Value
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Riley Cran
Dare to Change an Industry
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Josh Brewer
Create to Share
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Enrique Allen
Learn by Doing
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Jake Nickell
Make Work With Friends
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Katie Kirk
Design Your Life
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Dusty Summers
Stay Restless
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Scott Wilson
Make Your Ideas Real
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Duane King
Thinking Is Living
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Aaron Draplin
Hammer All Night Long
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Mikey Burton
Make It Fun
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Mimi O Chun
Transcend Your Discipline
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Joe Gebbia
Solve Your Own Problems
Printed in the USA at Shapco on Mohawk Via Pure White Smooth.
Featuring twelve full-spread illustrations of our principles of design entrepreneurship.
We owe the success of our Kickstarter campaign to our dedicated, enthusiastic and encouraging readers in the design and entrepreneurial communities. The Kickstarter platform has allowed us to share the journey and reward of creating something meaningful, together.
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