Graphic Design For Everyone: Understand the Building Blocks so You can Do It Yourself
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Use design to transform your ideas into powerful visuals that connect with the right audience, define your brand, or take your project to the next level.
Students, entrepreneurs, community groups, social media influencers, bloggers or campaigners: this practical guide is for you, and everyone else who wants to learn how to communicate visually, combining the building blocks of type, photography, illustration, and colour to create designs that inform, influence, and enthral.
All the key principles of graphic design are explained via a series of specially created, beautifully streamlined graphics that show, rather than tell, you what you need to know. In addition, detailed how-to demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and inspirational galleries of the best design will help you to achieve your aims, from creating a brand identity or setting the right mood by choosing the best typeface, to organizing the elements of a layout to boost your message and meaning.
Ten step-by-step projects help you create your own bespoke designs – for websites, digital newsletters, e-commerce, invitations, posters, sales materials, and more. There’s also plenty of practical advice, including tips on publishing online, dealing with printers, commissioning professionals, and finding free design tools.
If you’re ready to use the power of design to take your personal project or burgeoning business to the next level, Graphic Design for Everyone is a one-stop resource to becoming an effective, inspirational visual communicator.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (4 July 2019), DK |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 224 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 024134381X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0241343814 |
| Dimensions | 20 x 2.2 x 23.8 cm |
by Nel
Browse it. Dip into it at random. Keep it handy. Enjoy it. Become familiar with it. Make a friend of it. Don’t necessarily copy the designs and ideas but let your own thoughts come through. If at first you don’t succeed…. well, you know. It is a very good book that will help you think like a designer. Keep it near your desk at all times and don’t lend it out.
by @mangozoid
I bought this for my daughter as she has just begun GCSE Graphics. She found it really clear and easy to understand and is going to do some of the branding exercises in her own time. She really loved the design of the book, which made her trust that the author really knows what she is talking about.
I think that the book would be a really good investment for anyone starting up their own business who isn’t experienced in branding. It encourages you to think about the importance of design in an accessible way.
by J French
Love this book! Have a couple DK intro books on various topics and they never disappoint me. The content is so well organized, relevant and interesting.
This is a book that I can read from cover to cover.
by M.L
The author clearly knows their subject and takes the reader through a number of design scenarios to illustrate techniques: use of layout, colour, contrast, composition, etc. Some have said about the focus on the business branding but that’s only a small section of the book and actually is a compelling reason for some people to buy the book in the first place. Many people will see the relevance of using example projects such as designing a poster, event flyer or a website. All in all, nicely put together and an excellent resource for beginners to teach the basic concepts. Recommended.
by Buyer of stuff
Generally, this is quite a useful book, but it’s a bit cheeky calling it graphic design for everyone, and then spending the first few chapters having readers complete business exercises, sketch out mindmaps and the like, and do assorted other stuff to ‘create their own brand’ — not everyone interested in graphic design necessarily wants to start a business or create a personal brand logotype or graphical identity… Otherwise, it does do a good job of introducing some basic and more advanced topics to Jo Normal…
by PeteO
A nice book but not what I was expecting. I thought it was a how to, its not, its just a generalised book on styles for DTP design.
by Chloe B
I love how it arrived in perfect condition! I love this 🙂
by Chloe B
I absolutely love this book, it tells you everything you need to know about getting started in the Graphic design industry and it even gives you practise exercises and briefs which are like work experience in itself.
The book offers an insight into the building blocks needed to fully understand design and how to apply these skills to everyday design projects.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking to start their career in Graphic design!