Design elements : a graphic style manual : understanding the rules and knowing when to break them /: a graphic style manual : understanding the rules and knowing when to break them. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Timothy Samara.
• Other Names: Samara, Timothy
• Contents: Preface : Graphic design: what it is -- Introduction : Twenty rules for making good design -- 1. Form and space : Seeing form and space ; Categories of form ; Putting stuff into space ; Compositional strategies ; A foundation for meanings -- 2. Color fundamentals : The identity of color ; Chromatic interaction ; Color systems ; Emotions and messages -- 3. Choosing and using type ; Structure and optics ; Issues related to style ; Mechanics of text ; Texture and space ; Type as information ; How color changes type -- 4. The world of image : Real, unreal, and otherwise ; Media and methods ; Presentation options ; Content and concept -- 5. Putting it all together : Visual logic ; Structuring the page ; Intuitive arrangement ; Integrating type and image ; Layout systems -- App. A. The right design choices: twenty reminders for working designers -- App. B. Causin' some trouble: when and why to challenge anything in this book.
• Publisher Details: Gloucester, Mass : Rockport Publishers
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages), chiefly illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 686.2/2; Graphic design (Typography); Layout (Printing); DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- Typography; Graphic design (Typography); Layout (Printing); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781616736361; 1616736364; 1299930700; 9781299930704; 1592532616; 9781592532612
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.