Type and Image: The Language of Graphic Design
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Book Overview
This illustrated guide for professional designers and students is filled with successful graphic designs using type and image, revealing the very essence of graphic design. The elements that combine to form a design - signs, symbols, words, pictures and supporting forms - are analyzed and explained. How graphics function as language and the innovative ways that designers combine words and pictures are discussed. After defining design as a problem-solving...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0471284920
ISBN13:9780471284925
Release Date:March 1992
Publisher:Wiley
Length:208 Pages
Weight:1.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 8.7" x 11.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
best for beginners
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Although this text is a vital first step in design education, it falls short for an experienced designer; basic juxtaposition, etc. Get it out of a library and spend your money on any of the Looking Closer series by Michael Beirut... they will infinitely expand your perceptions of what design is and explores contemporary issues facing designers today.
Another GREAT book by Philip Meggs
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I have always found Philip Meggs worthy of reading and have tremendously benefitted from these readings. This book excellent and anyone who is serious about design should definitly have this book.
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