Design Briefs
These affordable, beautifully designed and produced books are ideal points of inspiration for both students and seasoned practitioners who want an overview of the fundamentals of design, and to learn new ideas about how far a strong understanding of the basics can take you.
There are 12 books in the series Design Briefs:
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D.I.Y. Design It Yourself, by Ellen Lupton
Series: Design BriefsISBN 9781568985527, paperback binding, $21.95
Not satisfied with the new T-shirts on sale at the local mall? Maybe you'd like a wedding invitation that expresses your own vision, not your ...
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Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture, by Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams, and Jeroen Barendse
Series: Design BriefsISBN 9781568989372, paperback binding, $24.95
The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of artists whose primary medium is software. Algorithmic processes, harnessed through the medium of computer code,ÊallowÊartists to generate ...
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Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field, by Helen Armstrong
Series: Design BriefsISBN 9781568987729, paperback binding, $24.95
The titles in our best-selling Design Brief series are highly praised by graphic design students, educators, and professionals worldwide as invaluable resources. Each beautifully designed, ...
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Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type, by Kimberly Elam
Series: Design BriefsISBN 9781568984650, paperback binding, $21.95
Although grid systems are the foundation for almost all typographic design, they are often associated with rigid, formulaic solutions. However, the belief that all great ...
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Typographic Systems, by Kimberly Elam
Series: Design BriefsISBN 9781568986876, paperback binding, $21.95
Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and ...
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Visual Grammar, by Christian Leborg
Series: Design BriefsISBN 9781568985817, paperback binding, $21.95
Life in the image world has made us all voracious, if not always deliberate, consumers of visual messages. Easy access to computer graphic tools has ...
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2. Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships, by Gail Greet Hannah, Designed by Tucker Viemeister and Seth Kornfeld
4. Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition, by Kimberly Elam
7. Lettering and Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces, by Bruce Willen, Nolen Strals, and Ellen Lupton
8. Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students, by Ellen Lupton
9. Thinking with Type, second, revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students, by Ellen Lupton
12. Wayfinding Handbook, The: Information Design for Public Places, by David Gibson