Graphic Design: The New Basics

Graphic Design: The New Basics
by Ellen Lupton, Phillips Jennifer Cole

Graphic Design: The New Basics
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Author: Ellen Lupton, Phillips Jennifer Cole
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-20
ISBN: 1568987021
Number of pages: 248
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
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Summary: 5 Stars

This is an excellent text book for beginning design and art students. Easy to read with strong examples this book fills a need in the arts community.

Summary of Graphic Design: The New Basics

How do designers get ideas? Many spend their time searching for clever combinations of forms, fonts, and colors inside the design annuals and monographs of other designers' work. For those looking to challenge the cut-and-paste mentality there are few resources that are both informative and inspirational. In Graphic Design: The New Basics, Ellen Lupton, best-selling author of such books as Thinking with Type and Design It Yourself, and design educator Jennifer Cole Phillips refocus design instruction on the study of the fundamentals of form in a critical, rigorous way informed by contemporary media, theory, and software systems.

Through visual demonstrations and concise commentary, The New Basics shows students and professionals how to build interest and complexity around simple relationships between formal elements of two-dimensional design such as point, line, plane, scale, hierarchy, layers, and transparency. The New Basics explains the key concepts of visual language that inform any work of design from a logo or letterhead to a complex web site. It takes a fresh approach to design instruction by emphasizing visually intensive, form-based thinking in a manner that is in tune with the latest developments in contemporary media, theory, art, and technology. Colorful, compact, and clearly written, The New Basics is the new indispensable resource for anyone seeking a smart, inspiring introduction to graphic design and destined to become the standard reference work in design education.

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