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Design School: Layout
A Practical Guide for Students and Designers
Richard Poulin
- 232 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Design School: Layout
A Practical Guide for Students and Designers
Richard Poulin
About This Book
Design School: Layout is an instructive guide for students, recent graduates, and self-taught designers. It provides a comprehensive introduction to creating and changing layouts: a crucially important skill that underpins practically every aspect of graphic design. You'll get in-depth analysis of all the major areas of theory and practice used by experienced professional designers. Each section provides explanation and visual examples of grid systems and in-depth discussion of compositional principles and strategies. The text is interspersed with tests designed to help youretain key points you've covered in the preceding spreads, and includes illustrations sections with real world scenarios.
This in-depth guide avoids the temptation to stray into other areas of design technique, preferring to cover the essential, detailed skills of the professional graphic designer to arm you with the knowledge needed for a successful start to yourchosen career.
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Section 1
Layout Fundamentals
Absolute and Relative Measurement Systems
Absolute Measurement Systems
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Layout Fundamentals
- 2 Anatomy of a Grid
- 3 Grid Systems
- 4 Compositional Principles
- 5 Layout Characteristics
- 6. Layout in Practice
- Test your Knowledge Answers
- Bibliography
- Index
- Credits
- Copyright