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Design Elements - Timothy Samara
This book is very compact and very useful. It starts with the 20 rules of design, go on to cover in detail aspects related to forms, colors, typography, layout and also show examples of how the rules are broken. I found myself gaining more confidence...
Creative Jolt - Denise Anderson, Rose Gonnella and Robin Landa
This is a book that offers suggestions on how to get creative; from the use of unusual colors to adopting an atypical view. Each suggestion has some sample works. Not too helpful for a beginner though.. in fact, I am not too sure who it can be useful...
Design & Layout: Understanding & Using Graphics - David Dabner
A design and layout book that provides clear advice and suited for the beginner. I find myself taking notes on basic design principles for shapes, typography, colors and image. Also a brief section on different design projects such as logo, magazines...
Layout Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Building Pages in Graphic Design - Kristen Cullen
Layout Workbook covers a comprehensive range of topics from development of the creative brief, establishing hierarchy in layout to offering a list of questions to check whether the design is good. Layout issues such as color, typograpghy, structure ...
The Complete Graphic Designer - Ryan Hembree
Complete Graphic Designer is a comprehensive book and I managed to get some useful tips in areas such as general association with colors, graphic design process, creating a visual hierarchy in layout using size, positioning, shapes, color, contrast, ...
Inspirability - Pash, Matt Pashkow
This is a collection of interviews with 40 top designers centred on where they get their insipiration from, which there is actually no magic answer to it. The designers being interviewed are required to fill in a questionnaire (which in itself, the r...
The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design - Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
This book is a dictionary; where certain art/design terms are given a one page explanation with pictures (hence visual dictionary). A comprehensive dictionary with terms such as abstract expressionsim, art noveau, chroma but it’s not a teach-yo...
Design Basics Index - Jim Krause
This is the first design book that I have read and it is a comprehensive one that covers the basics (as the title says!) but nonethless to be used more for reference. The book covers Composition, Components and Concept which touches on alignment, sha...
