Apr 06
- ISBN13: 9780811868310
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Not a graphic designer? Not a problem! Whether the project’s a birthday card, a poster, or a flier, Graphic Design for Nondesigners is here to help. Twenty step-by-step projects for designing everything from Web sites to business cards to T-shirts are accompanied by a clear and concise initiation into the basic principles of graphic design—including the effective use of space, color, and type—presented in a way that’s easy for anyone to start applying right away. Armed with this essential primer, nondesigners will have everything they need to go forth and create effective design with polish, panache, and grace…. More >>
April 6th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I read through this book one afternoon at a book store and rushed home to order it from Amazon for less. I’d been looking for a basic overview of graphic design principles — grids, use of color, grouping, etc. — and found a great many books on design were more about the design of the book than about design instruction itself.
This book is obviously well designed and easy to read, but it’s also rich with practical, takeaway information, tips like the basic rules of typography (knowing which fonts to use for different projects), how to choose coordinating colors and how grids can help you figure out where to place the different elements in your design.
The first half of the book covers principles; the second half contains a series of specific projects, like how to design a brochure. I’m less interested in the projects, but contained within the steps for each project are valuable little nuggets on design project management that can also be applied in other ways.
My only complaint is just that I wish the first half were longer, but that’s more to say that the book is so good that I want more.
Rating: 4 / 5
April 6th, 2010 at 12:41 pm
The book shows good and bad designs and most importantly shows you why they are bad.
Beginners book, but one of the best beginners books out there.
If you complete all the exercises you wont automatically get your design degree and start up a design house with glass for walls, but you will have a pretty decent idea about design
Rating: 4 / 5