The graphic design equivalent to Strunk&White's The Elements of StyleThis 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 ...
The artists featured in Dirty Fingernails, make a concerted effort to do projects that require
them to step away from the computer to create one-of-a-kind designs for clients and themselves. They demonstrate that good design doesn’t have to be clean—in ...
This completely updated edition of an industry classic shows a new generation of editors and
designers how to make their publications sing! Readers will find a treasury of practical tips for helping story and design reinforce each other and create ...
Louise Fili has been an inspiration for designers around the world since the 1980s, when
she raised the bar on book cover design, creating close to two thousand jackets as art director for Pantheon Books. In 1989 Fili founded her ...
This updated edition of the much-heralded classic of page design offers surefire ideas and inspiration
to anyone stuck with the task of designing cutting-edge printed material. This book is a collection of more than 2,000 visual idea generators-illustrations and line ...
This guide shows how to develop sales and promotional pieces in-house, when the cost of
producing outside may be prohibitive. The author discusses several types of copy writing, explaining the role of each type, and includes instructive exercises. Coverage includes ...
A delightfully inquisitive tour that explores the rich history and the subtle powers of fonts.Fonts
surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product that we buy. But where ...
Idea Index kick-started a revolution in graphic design books, unique in size, feel—and most important—wealth
of ideas. Layout Index is the next step, a compendium of layout idea-generators that will help designers explore multiple possibilities for visual treatments each time ...
