Design Elements

This book is the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic principles of layout, typography, colour usage and space. Being a creative designer is often about coming up with unique design solutions. Unfortunately, when the basic rules of design are ignored in an effort to be distinctive, design becomes useless. In language, a departure from the rules is only ...

This book is the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic principles of layout, typography, colour usage and space. Being a creative designer is often about coming up with unique design solutions. Unfortunately, when the basic rules of design are ignored in an effort to be distinctive, design becomes useless. In language, a departure from the rules is only appreciated as great literature if recognition of the rules underlies the text. Graphic design is a 'visual language' and brilliance is recognised in designers whose work seems to break all the rules, yet communicates its messages clearly. This is a fun and accessible handbook that presents the fundamentals of design in lists, tips, brief text and examples. The chapters include Graphic Design: What It Is; What Are They and What Do They Do?, Choosing and Using Type and Breaking the Rules: When and Why to Challenge all the Rules of this Book.

萨马拉，为活跃于美国纽约的平面设计师。他借助STIM视觉传播公司（STIM Visual Communication），忙碌于授课、写作、咨询和开讲座等事务。15年的品牌设计与信息设计，使他经受到印刷设计、包装设计、环境设计、用户界面设计、动画设计等多种项目的熏陶。萨马拉先生目前是纽约大学视觉艺术学院、纽约州立大学伯斯学院和帕森设计学院的教师。他撰写了《平面设计网格的制作与突破》、《印刷工作手册》、《出版物设计完全手册》和《字体风格搜索手册》等著作。