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Kimberly Elam

    January 1, 1951

    Kimberly Elam is an author and educator whose work delves into the realms of graphic design and design education. She explores methods by which words can transcend their didactic meaning to become images, and visually illustrates the connections between classic proportioning systems and contemporary design disciplines. Elam's writings emphasize principles of organization and the creation of visual languages, particularly in typography and composition, offering innovative approaches to understanding and learning these systems. Her publications aim to make complex design concepts accessible through clear methodologies and visual illustrations.

    Proportion und Komposition
    Grid Systems
    Typographic systems
    • Typographic systems

      • 159 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems , Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems , explores eight major structural frameworks beyond the grid including random, radial, modular, and bilateral systems. By taking the reader through exercises, student work, and professional examples, Elam offers a broad range of design solutions. Once essential visual organization systems are understood the designer can fluidly organize words or images within a structure, combination of structures, or a variation of a structure. With clarity and substance, each system from the structured axis to the nonhierarchical radial array is explained and explored so that the reader comes away with a better understanding of these intricate complex arrangements. Typographic Systems is the seventh title in our bestselling Design Briefs series, which has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.

      Typographic systems2007
      4.1
    • Proportion und Komposition

      Geometrie im Design

      • 107 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Kimberly Elam führt den Leser auf eine geometrische Reise und gibt Einsicht in den Designprozess, indem sie visuelle Beziehungen untersucht, die sowohl auf mathematischen Prinzipien als auch auf grundlegenden Eigenschaften des Lebens basieren. Elams Erklärungen machen die mathematischen Beziehungen, die sich hinter diesen Designs verbergen, offensichtlich, und ihre Einführung in die Technik der visuellen Analyse macht dieses Buch zu einer unerlässlichen Hilfe für jeden, der grafisch arbeitet. Die Autorin behandelt dabei nicht nur die klassischen Proportionierungssysteme wie den Goldenen Schnitt und wurzelbasierte Rechtecke, sondern auch weniger bekannte Systeme wie z.B. die Fibonaccifolge.

      Proportion und Komposition2006
      3.0
    • Grid Systems

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Kimberly Elam argues that all great graphic design is based on a grid, even if only to subvert it. Illustrated with over 100 examples, this text explores the potential of grid based design and demonstrates how grids can underlay truely creative typography.

      Grid Systems2004
      3.9