Advertising Design and Typography

September 17, 2010 | By admin In Graphic Design | Comments Off

Advertising Design and Typography Review
If you understood my headline maybe you don’t need this book as you’ve probably reached a level of deep typographic and design awareness but if your not quite sure then this fascinating title is well worth buying.
Every year there are several new books on design published and I tend [...]

Cipe Pineles: A Life of Design (Norton Book for Architects and Designers)

September 16, 2010 | By admin In Graphic Design | Comments Off

Cipe Pineles: A Life of Design (Norton Book for Architects and Designers) Review
As a student of graphic design, I could have not been more fortunate that this book came out when it did, it was my only research source for a design project I did last year. After reading it, I felt as though I [...]

Optical Designs in Motion with Moire Overlays (Dover Pictorial Archive)

September 13, 2010 | By admin In Graphic Design | Comments Off

Optical Designs in Motion with Moire Overlays (Dover Pictorial Archive) Review
This is a collection of black-&-white op-art designs, arranged 3 per page, and supplied with smaller sized transparency repros of 4 of the designs. Positioning the transparency atop any of the printed designs and sliding it up, down, back, forth, or diagonally creates an [...]

The Difference Between Web and Graphic Design

September 11, 2010 | By admin In Graphic Design | Comments Off

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Designing for web and print are two different experiences. Just because a designer is good at one doesn’t mean they’ll be good at the other. It’s necessary to understand that web and print share many similarities, but they also have many differences.
Below is a list of things to consider when going from print [...]