作者奧斯汀豪是一個創意導演，編劇，倡導者和設計啦啦隊長，但不是設計師。

這本書在國外賣得不錯，雖然名字是設計師不讀書，這其實是一個調侃語。設計師一直以來都喜歡看圖，不喜歡讀書，讀文字。但作為一個設計師來說，要激發自己的靈感，擴大自己的視野，隻看圖是遠遠不夠的。這是做設計的人都應該看，也喜歡看的書。全書由幾十片生動有趣的短文組成，每天花五分鍾左右的時間就可以讀完。這本書的簡介寫得不太好。反而是一個廣告公司的創意總監的閱讀評價更能說明這本書的特點。

The title of this book caught my attention...but the clever writing is what sold me.

這本書的書名吸引瞭我，但是它巧妙的寫作方式纔是最大的賣點。

I have been in the design profession for a long time (I am a Creative Director at a branding firm), and during my career I have definitely encountered a few too many designers that don't read nearly enough. At times I think that some don't read at all. Don't get me wrong they buy books, and subscribe to magazines...but all too often it's about the pretty pictures.

我搞設計專業這一行很長時間瞭，我是一名品牌公司的創意總監，在我的職業生涯中，我的確遇到很多不讀書的設計者。有時我甚至認為有些人可能一點都不讀書。請不要誤會我，他們其實也買書，也訂閱雜誌，但是那大多數是因為那些漂亮的圖片。

Well...Austin Howe's splendid little book does not have any pictures. What it does have is lots of well chosen words, strung together in sentences that are often funny...and also inspiring. It is a clever book that reminded me why I fell into my profession...and why I work countless hours - and love every second of it. Doing creative work requires people who are committed to ideas and know how to express them through words and images that make those ideas not only clear...but compelling, memorable, and inspiring.

Austin Howe's這本非常棒的小書沒有任何圖片。它所有的隻是大量的恰當的精選的詞語，串成有趣的句子，令人受鼓舞。這是一本巧妙地書，它提醒我更熱愛自己的職業，讓我更夜以繼日地工作，深深愛我工作的每一秒。創造性工作要求思想受束縛的人們知道如何通過語言和形象來錶達自己，而這些語言和形象不僅使那些想法變得更清晰，而且具有強迫性，令人難忘，令人振奮。

Through anecdotes and quotes from a wide variety of books, Austin proves that he does quite a bit of reading himself....and in so doing I hope he will inspire young (as well as mature designers) to continue broadening their horizons...and feed their intellectual curiosity. Good design is intelligent...not just pretty.

通過一些奇聞軼事，以及對大量書的引用，作者Austin證明他自己閱讀瞭許多書，因為如此，所以我也希望他可以鼓舞許多年輕的設計者以及成熟的設計傢繼續擴大自己的視野，感覺一下自己在智力上的好奇心。好的設計是充滿智慧的，而不僅僅隻是漂亮。

I will buy many copies of this book...and have the folks at my agency read it. I know that it will help us be a better agency. I hope that many others will follow suit...if nothing else, the book makes for an entertaining read...and the chapters are short and sweet.

這本書，我將買很多，送給我的公司的職員看。我知道它將幫助我們公司發展更好。我希望其他讀者也會如此。閑暇時光，讀一讀此書，可以得到有趣的閱讀享受，每一章都短小且溫暖。