The Non-Designer's Design Book, Second Edition

by Robin Williams

If you want to learn more about design, but don't have the time or desire to actually study it, then this is the book for you. Paper. Robin outlines the essentials of page layout, emphasizing the four concrete principles of design--proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast--in an illustrated volume that features before and after examples of page design. Original.

So you have a great concept and all the fancy digital tools you could possibly require what's stopping you from creating beautiful pages? Namely the training to pull all of these elements together into a cohesive design that effectively communicates your message. Not to worry: This book is the one place you can turn to find quick, non-intimidating, excellent design help.

In The Non-Designer's Design Book, 2nd Edition, best-selling author Robin Williams turns her attention to the basic principles of good design and typography. All you have to do is follow her clearly explained concepts, and you'll begin producing more sophisticated, professional, and interesting pages immediately. Humor-infused, jargon-free prose interspersed with design exercises, quizzes, illustrations, and dozens of examples make learning a snap which is just what audiences have come to expect from this best-selling author.

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by Robin Williams

Paperback: 200 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.39 x 10.04 x 7.00; Publisher: Peachpit Press; 2nd edition (September 15, 2003); List Price: $19.99 - buy now for Price: $13.99 and You Save: $6.00 (30%)

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