VISUAL DESIGN

Jim Krause

ISBN 10: 0321968158 / ISBN 13: 9780321968159

Published by New Riders, US, 2015

About this Item

Pages and designs are clean, bright and unmarked. Binding is tight, spine is uncreased. Text block is clean and unmarked. Covers are clean, bright and unmarked with light creasing to ends of spine and very slight curling to corners.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: VISUAL DESIGN
• Publisher: New Riders, US
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321968158
• ISBN 13: 9780321968159
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Visual Design speaks design, through design, to designers, presenting 95 core design principles with concise text and a touch of visual wit. Author of the bestselling Index series on design basics, Jim Krause uses a combination of Helvetica and Dingbats to teach a wide range of design topics (both conceptually and compositionally related) in a one-topic-per-spread format. Using humor, practical tips, and inspiring visual examples, Krause makes it clear how each of the 95 axioms of effective design are relevant and applicable across all forms of visuals: print, Web, and fine arts.

In this book, you’ll learn how to:
• Direct the eye through your designs using size relationships, color, visual pathways, and typographic hints
• Design effective compositions through grids, frames, outlines, dynamic spacing, symmetry, asymmetry, shading, patterns, and textures
• Fool the eye with shadows, depth, op-art, and visual subtraction
• Understand how color works and how to use it effectively
• See and use type by understanding type rules as well as when and how to break them

Visual Design is the first title in the brand new New Riders Creative Core series, which aims to provide instruction on the fundamental concepts and techniques that all designers must master to become skilled professionals.

 

About the Author

Jim Krause has worked as a designer and illustrator since 1982. His clients have included Microsoft, Boeing, Seattle Schools, Washington Apples, and dozens of others. Krause is the author of the books within the  Creative Core  series, and is widely known for his best-selling “Index” titles ( Color Index,  Idea Index,  Design Basics Index , and several others). When he’s not working, Jim Krause can usually be found riding a bicycle or a motorcycle, hiking, drinking good espresso, reading, taking pictures, or doing an art project of some kind.