The Essential Guide to Business for Artists & Designers is a comprehensive business start up & practical enterprise skills guide that will appeal to a wide range of artists & designers. Completely updated for 2013 this excellent guide will help artists & designers acquire vital knowledge & skills to develop a vision & future strategy so they can make a success of their creative business or arts practice. It
Includes:: seven profiles of established artists & designers dozens of apt"ations illustrated mind maps diagrams useful exercises & is printed in the latest dyslexic friendly font. Specific topics that are covered include: making creativity pay; self-employment vs employment; starting up a business; money management; business planning; building networks; self-promotion; funding & sponsorship; intellectual property & legal issues; negotiation tactics & contracts; records taxes & basic bookkeeping; trading via the internet innovation & future trends; a detailed business glossary & full list of professional bodies. All in all this is a thorough guide for all visual artists who want to start up a business. This book cuts through the clatter & the jargon of business giving clear simple advice about how to make a success out of your art practice or creative company. Sir James Dyson