Graphic Design : The New Basics, revised and updated (9781616893323)

"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 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 from two accomplished designers and design educators.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 264 pages
• Dimensions 206 x 228 x 20mm | 780g
• Publication date 26 Sep 2016
• Publisher PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Revised
• Edition Statement Revised and updated ed
• ISBN10 161689332X
• ISBN13 9781616893323
• Bestsellers rank 32,751

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