Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual (edit title)

Anima edited the first sentence of Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual 4 days ago.

• A graphic designer is a communicator: someone who takes ideas and gives them visual form so that others can understand them.

Anima edited the table of contents of Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual 4 days ago.

• 1. Form and Space
  2. Color Fundamentals
  3. Choosing and Using Type
  4. The World of Image
  5. Putting it All Together

Shelfari edited the description of Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual Friday, July 31 2009.

• 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 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 recognized in designers whose work seems to break all the rules, yet communicates its messages clearly. This book is a fun and accessible handbook that presents the fundamentals of design in lists, tips, brief text, and examples. Chapters include Graphic Design: What It Is; What Are They and What Do They Do?; 20 Basic Rules of Good Design; Form and Space-The Basics; Color Fundamentals; Choosing and Using Type; The World of Imagery; Putting it All Together?Essential Layout Concepts; The Right Design Choices: 20 Reminders for Working Designers; and Breaking the Rules: When and Why to Challenge all the Rules of this Book.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual Friday, July 24 2009.

• Added a contributor: Timothy Samara: (Primary Author)