veronikad's review

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inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

paperbackjpg's review

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fast-paced

2.0

Most of the ideas just felt very surface level and ultimately rather repetitive. I liked some of the artists that were spotlighted and wish the book had focused more on that.

holjgil's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

cheshire_cat's review against another edition

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funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

isabellabruno's review

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5.0

My recurring gift for departing interns. I love it.

hectorip's review against another edition

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3.0

Es un libro corto y divertido, con bastantes pequeños consejos acerca de porque no hay que creer que nunca vamos a fallar ni buscar la perfección enfermizamente y por que es bueno fallar a veces.

La mayoría de las lecciones sobre el fracaso se explican también en otros lados, pero sus ejemplos concretos en fotografía son bastante buenos e hilarantes, además ver el principio en acción deja completamente claro cómo aplicarlo.

Se siente que pasa demasiado el libro, me hubiera gustadoque tuviera más contenido pero me deja una lección valiosa:

-> Si no se pierde el miedo a hacer el ridículo, tampoco se obtiene la oportunidad de hacer cosas grandes.

bethhhhhhh's review

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funny informative inspiring fast-paced

4.0

seulgireads's review against another edition

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inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

duncanhendry's review

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4.0

This a brilliant little book about failure and success and imagining what it takes to get places in creative industries. I found this book in the art section, and focuses heavily on art, photography and visual media - but I'm not opposed to studying things like art to illustrate what you can improve on in day to day life, how these things affect our culture, and how we should always learn from our mistakes.

I am becoming more and more enamored with Phaidon's publishing - they translate the industry they exist in the most to a wider audience in a fun, expressive and understandable way. And no where is this more evident than with Erik Kessels' work "Failed It!" - I learnt so much from such a small series of theories.

I may not regard it as highly as "The Ways of Seeing", which will forever hold a dear place in my heart, but I will definitely go back to Kessels' work - it's beautifully life affirming stuff.

juliahr1's review against another edition

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2.0

Zaznaczyłam pare zdań, ale książka nie wniosła nic do mojego życia.
Niektóre obrazki były bardzo ładne, dlatego 2 gwiazdki.