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Subtitle: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
Author(s): Samara, Timothy
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Format: Paperback
List Price: Rs. 826
Category: Graphic Arts
ISBN-13: 9781592531257
ISBN-10: 1592531253
Language: English
Pages: 208
Dimensions: 976x801x73 202
Age Range: All Ages
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Overview:
For designers working in every medium, layout is arguable the most basic, and most important, element. Effective layout is essential to communication and enables the end user to not only be drawn in with an innovative design but to digest information easily.
Making and Breaking the Grid is a comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that in order to effectively break the rules of grid-based design, one must first understand those rules and see them applies to real-world projects.
Text reveals top designersÆ work in process and rationale. Projects with similar characteristics are linked through a simple notational system that encourages exploration and comparison of structure ideas. Also included are historical overviews that summarize the development of layout concepts, both grid-based and non-grid based, in modern design practice.