Focuses on the construction and ordering of the page and screen through the use of the grids. This book explores not only how to construct grids, but, more fundamentally, why a designer should construct grids at all. It also explores key areas of grid design through a series of case studies, juxtaposed by key creative 'basics'.
From traditional print to digital formats for mobile phones and tablets, this book provides a clear introduction to the creative use of format in graphic design. Using 200 inspirational examples from contemporary international designers, Format for Graphic Designers guides the student through the role of format in both the purpose and the narrative of a design. The authors look at the physical aspects of formats - traditional and experimental, print and digital - to explore innovative solutions and, through case studies, explore how and why professional designers choose particular formats for a job. Covering everything from books and magazines, point-of-purchase displays, packaging, direct mail, brochures, and screen-based formats, the new edition illuminates this critical element of design practice for students, and provides them with a solid foundation on which to build their own designs.
Layout for graphic design concerns the arrangement of text and images on a page. How these elements are positioned, both in relation to one another, and within the overall design scheme, will affect how content is viewed and received. Whether in print or online, it is key to powerful visual communication. Layout for Graphic Designers provides visual arts students with a theoretical and practical underpinning of this design subject. Packed with over 200 examples from key contemporary practices, and fully illustrated with clear diagrams and inspiring imagery, it offers an essential exploration of the subject. This third edition has been updated to include 25 new images and 6 new case studies from Lundgren + Lindqvist, TwoPoints.Net, Bruce Mau Design, Non-Format, Mind Design and Plau.
"A comprehensive visual guide to laying text, image and object out on a screen or page"--
Creative Thinking explores the tools that visual communicators can use to facilitate imaginative thinking. This title exposes readers to new ways of approaching the design process to help them to develop their powers of creative problem solving. The book's core content visually and textually explains rules, theory, best practice, techniques and delightful visual curiosities that are designed to engage, provoke and inspire. Professional insights are provided by international contributors from a broad spectrum of the applied visual arts, including advertising and creative agencies, artists, animators, designers, illustrators and typographers.
How do you start a design project? How can you generate ideas and concepts in response to a design brief? How do other designers do it? This book will answer all these questions and more. Now in its second edition, the highly popular Design Thinking for Visual Communication identifies methods and thought processes used by designers in order to start the process that eventually leads to a finished piece of work. Step-by-step guidance for each part of the process is highlighted by real-life case studies, enabling the student to see teaching in practice. This focus on ideas and methods eschews an abstract, academic approach in favour of a useable approach to design as a problem-solving activity. The new edition now includes contributions from a broader international range of design practices and adds depth to existing case studies by looking in greater detail at some of the processes used.
An introduction to a variety of printing and finishing techniques for any graphic design project. Now updated to include studio interviews and student activities.
Introduces the fundamental principles of typographic theory and practice. This title covers a range of subjects, including the history of typography, typographic detailing and the use of creative typography across a range of media. It offers an essential guide to the subject of typography and its role within graphic design.
"Packaging the Brand" is a detailed discussion of the most overtly commercial area of graphic design. This book explores methods of visually communicating the value of a product to its target audience, and examines the entire lifespan of a piece of packaging.
Looks at the initial stages of the design process and the vocabulary used on undergraduate design courses. This book begins with an overview of various approaches to graphic design, as well as its inherent language. It also looks at methods for generating and developing ideas, research methods, and understanding what is meant by the design brief.