胜利的喜悦...失败的痛苦。《设计灾难》抓住了成功的另一面，即洞察力，安慰和失败的行为力量。这并不是指所有的失败。而是特指设计失败。特别是哪些公众的，丢脸的设计。那些真正伟大的设计师是怎样把这些设计灾难变成成功的设计的呢？阅读此书，你就能了解作为顶级设计师的心酸，极其可笑的精力，他们反过的错，他们如何从经验错误中发展壮大起来。这些错误包括：自欺欺人、承诺过多，拖延、错过了最后期限，愤怒的客户，是的，这些错误他们都犯过。阅读《设计灾难》可以让你收到鼓舞，让你发现摆脱颓势的希望。

The thrill of victory…the agony of defeat. Design Disasters captures the flip side of success, bringing insight, solace, and energy to the act of failure. Not just any failure. Design failure. So public. So humiliating. How do designers who are really, really good (we swear!) turn a disaster into a triumph? Read this book and find out, as dozens of top names reveal the heartbreaking—and sometimes hilarious—mistakes they have made and talk about how they were able to grow from the experiences. Self-delusion, overcommitment, procrastination…they’re all here. Poor communication, missed deadlines, enraged clients…yes, they’re here too. Read Design Disasters and weep? No! Read Design Disasters and be inspired to find the silver lining in even the cloudiest situation.

史蒂芬‧赫勒 (Steven Heller)

美國平面設計協會出版之《AIGA平面設計期刊》編輯，亦是紐約「視覺藝術學院」平面設計藝術碩士科系的系主任。其所撰寫或編輯的平面設計著作超過七十冊，包括《平面設計師之養成教育》（The Education of a Graphic Designer）、《設計解讀》（Design Literacy）、《設計文化》（Design Culture）、《仔細觀看2》（Looking Closer 2）、以及《仔細觀看》（Looking Closer）等（歐沃斯出版社Allworth Press）。現定居紐約。

艾琳諾‧派蒂 (Elinor Pettit)

教師暨平面設計師，現定居於南加州。