Digital Foundations: Intro to Media Design, With the Adobe Creative Suite - Softcover

Burrough, Xtine; Mandiberg, Michael

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9780321555984: Digital Foundations: Intro to Media Design, With the Adobe Creative Suite
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0321555988 ISBN 13: 9780321555984
Publisher: New Riders Pub, 2008

Synopsis

Fuses design fundamentals and software training into one cohesive book !

  • The only book to teach Bauhaus design principles alongside basic digital tools of Adobe's Creative Suite, including the recently released Adobe CS4
  • Addresses the growing trend of compressing design fundamentals and design software into the same course in universities and design trade schools.
  • Lessons are timed to be used in 50-minute class sessions.
Digital Foundations uses formal exercises of the Bauhaus to teach the Adobe Creative Suite. All students of digital design and production—whether learning in a classroom or on their own—need to understand the basic principles of design in order to implement them using current software. Far too often design is left out of books that teach software. Consequently, the design software training exercise is often a lost opportunity for visual learning. Digital Foundations reinvigorates software training by integrating Bauhaus design exercises into tutorials fusing design fundamentals and core Adobe Creative Suite methodologies. The result is a cohesive learning experience.

Design topics and principles include: Composition; Symmetry and Asymmetry; Gestalt; Appropriation; The Bauhaus Basic Course Approach; Color Theory; The Grid; Scale, Hierarchy and Collage; Tonal Range; Elements of Motion.

Digital Foundations is an AIGA Design Press book, published under Peachpit's New Riders imprint in partnership with AIGA, the professional association for design.

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About the Author

Michael Mandiberg is known for selling all of his possessions online (Mandiberg.com/shop), and making perfect copies of copies (AfterSherrieLevine.com). He is a Senior Fellow at Eyebeam, and an Assistant Professor at the College of Staten Island/CUNY. His work lives at Mandiberg.com.

xtine burrough created Delocator.net and MechanicalOlympics.org, websites that empower online users in the analog world and promote autonomy and interpretation. She is an Assistant Professor of Visual Communications at California State University, Fullerton. See a complete portfolio at missconceptions.net.

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Publisher
New Riders Pub
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0321555988
ISBN 13 
9780321555984
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
333
Rating
  • 3.76 out of 5 stars
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