Design Elements

Author Tim Samara

Release Date: 2007/04/01

ISBN: 9781592532612

Topic:

• Design

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Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Contents
4. What it is Graphic Design
5. Twenty Rules for Making Good Design
6. Chapter 1: Form and Space
   1. Seeing Form and Space
   2. Categories of Form
   3. Putting Stuff Into Space
   4. A Foundation for Meaning
7. Chapter 2: Color Fundamentals
   1. The Identity of Color
   2. Chromatic Interaction
   3. Color Systems
   4. Emotions and Messages
8. Chapter 3: Choosing and Using Type
   1. Structure and Optics
   2. Issues Related to Style
   3. Mechanics of Text
   4. Texture and Space
   5. Type as Information
   6. How Color Changes Type
9. Chapter 4: The World of Image
   1. Real, Unreal, and Otherwise
   2. Media and Methods
   3. Presentation Options
   4. Content and Concept
10. Chapter 5: Putting it All Together
    1. Visual Logic
    2. Structuring the Page
    3. Intuitive Arrangement
    4. Integrating Type and Image
    5. Layout Systems
11. Appendix A: The Right Design Choices
    1. Twenty Reminders for Working Designers
12. Appendix B: Causin’ Some Trouble
    1. When and Why to Challenge Anything in This
13. Contributors
14. Acknowledgments
15. About the Author
16. Copyright Page