N. the Shape and Size of a Book Etc. (Basics Design S.)  Our new series, Basics Design, will incorporate five titles Format, Layout, Typography, Image and Colour, each representing the fundamentals of graphic des...

Retro design has emerged today as designers begin to look back to the vivid 20th century and find inspirations for new graphic styles in the depressive pixel age. Some think the collective and sensational reference of...

The application of diagrams extends beyond its classical field of use today. Data Flow charts this development, introduces the expansive scope of innovatively designed diagrams and presents an abundant range of possib...

How to Design and Produce Your Own Book Presents basic information about publishing your own book, whether informally for friends or family, or in a more official way. The publishing world is being transformed b...

Bibliographic: 100 Classic Graphic Design Books is an insightful compilation of the best design books of the last 100 years. It covers a huge range of material – historic titles from pioneering type foundries to the b...

From a professional for professionals, here is the definitive word on using grid systems in graphic design. Though Muller-Brockman first presented hiS interpretation of grid systems in 1961, this text is still useful ...

This book offers students, novice designers, and battle-toughened professionals alike an insider’s guide to the complexities of current graphic design practice and thinking. It contains all you need to know to survive...

During the late nineteenth century, letterpress printers, engravers, and lithographers boldly challenged the rational sobriety of traditional design by introducing intricate borders, corner embellishments, quirky type...