Digital Foundations : A Basic Course in Media Design

Fuses design fundamentals and software training into one cohesive book !

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.

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.