Title: Graphic Design: The New Basics Purchase Item Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press List Price: $50.00 Our Price: $31.27
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Graphic Design: The New Basics by Princeton Architectural Press Required reading for students and teachers of design
If you're at all interested in design education--either as a teacher or as a student--Graphic Design: The New Basics is required reading. Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips have made something more than a mere textbook; they've created an authoritative and thorough yet useful and inspiring companion for the successful practice of graphic design. I'm confident that I will happily revisit this book again and again during my never-ending journey as a student and teacher. I wrote a much longer review here: http://motionographer.com/2008/05/14/book-review-graphic-design-the-new-basics/
Graphic Design: The New Basics by Princeton Architectural Press excellent for learning!
this is the book i've always wanted to share with beginning graphic design students: a clear, articulated description of design principles for postmodern students. it defends enduring principles from the bauhaus, and introduces new ways of thinking about gd basics as transferrable skills.
Graphic Design: The New Basics by Princeton Architectural Press Great book for the non-graphic designer
This book is a great overview for the vocabularies of print design. Technically, I am an illustration student, but I have been taking graphic design courses at my school. That being said, alot of the stuff being covered here would fall under the basic design courses at my school: Design 1 and Design 2. The information in this book ( I've read 2/3 so far) covers basic compositional structures, hue/ value/ saturation, and other good fundamentals, but doesn't give you more than a paragraph. This is a GREAT coffee table book to give you ideas on your current project, but it is by no means textbook-grade learning for graphic design. It simply does not go into enough depth in order to become a great learning tool. I just wish there were more professional examples rather than student-created ones.

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