About this title: This book is the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic principles of layout, typography, colour usage and space. Being a creative designer is often about coming up with unique design solutions. Unfortunately, when the basic rules of design are ignored in an effort to be distinctive, design becomes useless. In language, a departure from the rules is only appreciated as great literature if recognition of the rules underlies the text. Graphic design is a 'visual language' and brilliance is recognised in designers whose work seems to break all the rules, yet communicates ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Rockport Pub
Date Published: 2007-04-01
ISBN-13:9781592532612ISBN:1592532616
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781592532612ISBN:1592532616
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ROCKPORT PUBLISHERS
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781592532612ISBN:1592532616
Description: New. The graphic design equivalent to Strunk & White's "The Elements of Style" This book is simply the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic principles of layout, typography, color usage, and space. Being a creative designer is oft... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781592532612ISBN:1592532616
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"This is an excellent overview of Graphic Design, giving a first rate look at the fundamentals that every design student should know. My only complaint is that the layout, while novel at first, is extremely busy and the type small enough that it can hurt the eyes if you try to read too much at one time. The book is designed to be enjoyed in spurts, not read in one session."
"Every page of this manual is both informative and fun to look at. Checked it out so I could make better flyers and posters, got tons of inspiration from the hundreds of examples and the succinct, suggestive text."
"This is a great overview of graphic design. Each chapter is filled with guidelines, concepts, and examples. It would certainly be a good reference book for the beginner / intereted developer. My main complaints are that the main text is really hard to read (my focus constantly drifted away from the light gray text without traditional paragraph breaks) and that it gets a bit tedious (I started to run out of steam by the last chapter). Mainly the size of the font is small enough that I got tired of reading. It's sections on color, type, and layout are pretty thorough and go further into details than other overview texts I've seen though."
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