The Graphic Design Idea Book

Author: Gail Anderson
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 1780679939
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good design. Broken into sections covering the fundamental elements of design, key works by acclaimed designers serve to illustrate technical points and encourage readers to try out new ideas. Themes covered include narrative, colour, illusion, ornament, simplicity, and wit and humour. The result is an instantly accessible and easy to understand guide to graphic design using professional techniques.

Book of Ideas

Author: Radim Malinic
Publisher: Brand Nu Limited
ISBN: 0993540015
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 311

Book Description
Book of Ideas series Vol.2 - suitable for art and design students, freelancers, art directors, graphic designers and all other creatives looking to grow their career. Book of Ideas - vol.2 continues what designer and creative director Radim Malinic started in the first edition, offering yet more indispensable advice on making it in the creative industries. Chapters cover issues ranging from creativity for good, how to decode our own creative DNA, embracing limitations, using humour and how to entertain the right wrongs . It discusses how to improve design work through more skilful use of language, and in doing so, how to stir the right reactions and present well-rounded creative projects with confidence. Among the ideas and the work illustrating them, Book of Ideas - vol.2 offers holistic guidance on better understanding yourself as a creative and how to approach your life and work in a mindful, smart way to make you a better designer, creator and thinker, at any point in your career.

100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design

Author: Steven Heller
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781786273895
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This accessible book demonstrates how ideas influenced and defined graphic design. Lavishly illustrated, it is both a great source of inspiration and a provocative record of some of the best examples of graphic design from the last hundred years. The entries, arranged broadly in chronological order, range from technical (overprinting, rub-on designs, split fountain); to stylistic (swashes on caps, loud typography, and white space); to objects (dust jackets, design handbooks); and methods (paper cut-outs, pixelation).

The Illustration Idea Book

Author: Steven Heller
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781786273253
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good illustration. The Illustration Idea Book presents 50 of the most inspiring approaches used by masters of the field from across the world. Themes covered include creating characters, symbol and metaphor, illustrated lettering, inventing worlds, and caricature. The result is an instantly accessible, inspiring, and easy to understand guide to illustration using professional techniques.

The Logo Design Idea Book

Author: Steven Heller
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781786274120
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Logo Design Idea Book is an accessible introduction to the key elements of good logo design, including insights into the logos of iconic brands. This guide is an indispensable resource for anyone looking to learn the basic about designing a logo. The book introduces the key elements of good logo design and is perfect for graphic design and branding inspiration. Written by Steven Heller and Gail Anderson, world's leading authorities on design, The Logo Design Idea Book includes 50 logo examples of good ideas in the service of representation, reputation and identification. Arrows, swashes, swooshes, globes, sunbursts and parallel, vertical and horizontal lines, words, letters, shapes and pictures. Logos are the most ubiquitous and essential of all graphic design devices, representing ideas, beliefs and, of course, things. They primarily identify products, businesses and institutions but they are also associated, hopefully in a positive way, with the ethos or philosophy of those entities. Perfect for students, beginners or anyone curious about logo design! Chapters include: Give personality to letters Develop a memorable monogram Make a symbol carry the weight Transform from one identity to another Make a mnemonic Illustrate with wit and humor Include secret signs Get more design inspiration from other Idea Books: The Graphic Design Idea Book The Illustration Idea Book The Typography Idea Book

The Big Book of Design Ideas

Author: David E. Carter
Publisher: Collins Design
ISBN: 9780688179861
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
This major new reference contains an assemblage of visual concepts from around the world. Categories include designs for annual reports, books, calenders, catalogs, editorial layouts, exhibits, labels and tags, letterheads, menus, outdoor advertising, packaging, posters, promotion materials, shopping bags, T-shirts, and more. 900 color illustrations.

The Smashing Idea Book

Author: Cameron Chapman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119977428
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
Presents a collection of design ideas and more than seven hundred examples from websites to help create an effective Web site.

The Non-designer's Design Book

Author: Robin Williams
Publisher: Pearson Education
ISBN: 0133966151
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
This guide provides a simple, step-by-step process to better design. Techniques promise immediate results that forever change a reader's design eye. It contains dozens of examples.

The Web Designer's Idea Book Volume 2

Author: Patrick McNeil
Publisher: HOW Books
ISBN: 160061972X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
Web Design Inspiration at a Glance Volume 2 of The Web Designer’s Idea Book includes more than 650 new websites arranged thematically, so you can easily find inspiration for your work. Author Patrick McNeil, creator of the popular web design blog designmeltdown.com and author of the original bestselling Web Designer’s Idea Book, has cataloged thousands of sites, and showcases the latest and best examples in this book. The web is the most rapidly changing design medium, and this book offers an organized overview of what’s happening right now. Sites are categorized by type, design element, styles and themes, structural styles, and structural elements. This new volume also includes a helpful chapter explaining basic design principles and how they can be applied online. Whether you’re brainstorming with a coworker or explaining your ideas to a client, this book provides a powerful communication tool you can use to jumpstart your next project.

The Education of a Graphic Designer

Author: Steven Heller
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1581159676
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 669

Book Description
Completely updated, this compelling collection of essays, interviews, and course syllabi is the ideal tool to help teachers and students keep up in the rapidly changing field of graphic design. Contributors, including Milton Glaser, Lou Danziger, Jessica Helfand, Paula Scher, Maud Lavin, Armin Vit, and Marty Newmeier, offer original theories and proposals on design education concerns. Personal anecdotes from these stars about their own education, their mentors, and their students make this an entertaining and illuminating idea book.