February 7, 2010 0
December 7, 2009 0
Graphic design from A to Z.
Graphic Design: A User's Manual by Adrian Shaughnessy
There is a saying, Graphic Design: A User's Manual, is a sort of dictionary, which deals in detail everything that enters into a relationship with graphic design, following the alphabetical order of the terminology.
The serious and accurate analysis, developing the various aspects of both in an academic and practical, this book makes it suitable for a student as a professional, giving practical advice for those who enter into this world as for those who already work there.
Valuable advice that can help the problems of each person who experiences the world of graphic design. So the key concepts of readability and analysis of a project in relation to its target, the importance of style, the characters, the means and the field for which you design, web motion, editorial, etc..
September 15, 2009 0
Bibliographic: a book that was necessary to make
Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books is a great compilation of books on graphic design, from the origin to the most recent bibliographic outputs. Basically is traced through 100 years of publishing this series, the evolution of graphic design history.
Manuals of László Moholy-Nagy and Josef Müller-Brockmann to AM Cassandre, Alexey Brodovitch, Stefan Sagmeister, Peter Saville, the avant-garde, manuals, advertising, books on typography, the Bauhaus and more. All 100 books discussed are illustrated with examples of the cover and inside pages, are devoted to each one a couple of pages with a detailed content analysis, a kind of rich content review, curiosity and otherwise unobtainable information regarding the book, the 'author, who oversaw the cover design and layout.
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