Graphic design : the new basics / Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips.
By: Lupton, Ellen [author.]
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Contributor(s): Phillips, Jennifer C [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Second edition, revised and expanded.Description: 261 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), photographs ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781616893323 (paperback).Subject(s): Graphic arts | Graphic designAdditional physical formats: Electronic version:.: Graphic design : the new basicsDDC classification: 741.6 Also available in electronic form.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"A longstanding excellent primer, in an equally excellent updated edition."-- Print
Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips's celebrated introduction to graphic design, available in a revised and updated edition. Graphic Design: The New Basics (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded) explains the key concepts of visual language that inform any work of design. A foundational graphic design book for students, Lupton and Phillips explore the formal elements of design through visual demonstrations and concise commentary. From logos to letterhead to complex website design, this is a graphic design book for everyone, no matter your design project or focus.
Topics include:
* Color
* Texture
* Rhythm and balance
* Hierarchy
* Layers
* Grids
* And much more!
The new revised edition features new chapters on:
* Visualizing data
* Typography
* Modes of representation
* Gestalt principles
Sixteen new pages of student and professional work covering such topics as working with grids and designing with color make this a course adoption favorite in any graphic design program and graphic design school. Graphic Design: The New Basics is an invaluable introduction to the field of graphic design for beginners from two accomplished designers and design educators.
Bibliography: (pages 260-261) and index.
Back to Bauhaus -- Beyond the basics -- Formstorming -- Point, line, plane -- Rhythm and balance -- Scale -- Texture -- Color -- Gestalt principles -- Framing -- Hierarchy -- Layers -- Transparency -- Modularity -- Grid -- Pattern -- Diagram -- Time and motion -- Rules and randomness.
CIT Module ARTS 6004 - Core reading.
Also available in electronic form.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Ellen Lupton is Adjunct Curator at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and Co-Chair of the Design Department of the Maryland Institute College of Art.