Design Diaries: Creative Process in Graphic Design - Softcover

Lucienne Roberts; Rebecca Wright

 
9781856696883: Design Diaries: Creative Process in Graphic Design
Softcover
ISBN 10: 185669688X ISBN 13: 9781856696883
Publisher: Laurence King, 2010

Synopsis

This thought-provoking and practical book for graphic designers and students explores creative practice in graphic design. The book examines the varied ways of getting from first thought to final product, making the creative process tangible, visible and possible. The book begins by introducing the essential elements of the creative process design philosophy, inspiration, the brief, research and development, text, image and production. What follows comprises a series of in-depth studies of a range of real life graphic design projects from the art direction of a magazine issue and the development of a logo, to the design of a poster, a font and a signage system. In each case, the designers are interviewed and their working process documented in detail. The book also includes strategies for getting started, keeping going and thinking laterally, with tricks and techniques to exercise the right-hand side of the brain.

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About the Author

Lucienne Roberts is a designer and author who runs her own studio, LucienneRoberts+. She has written numerous books, most recently Good: An Introduction to Ethics in Graphic Design. Rebecca Wright is a freelance illustrator, designer and lecturer on design. She is currently course director of Graphic Design at Kingston University.

From the Back Cover

This thought-provoking and practical book for graphic designers and students explores creative practice in graphic design. The book examines the varied ways of getting from first thought to final product, making the creative process tangible, visible and possible. The book begins by introducing the essential elements of the creative process - design philosophy, inspiration, the brief, research and development, text, image and production. What follows comprises a series of in-depth studies of a range of real life graphic design projects - from the art direction of a magazine issue and the development of a logo, to the design of a poster, a font and a signage system. In each case, the designers are interviewed and their working process documented in detail. The book also includes strategies for getting started, keeping going and thinking laterally, with tricks and techniques to exercise the right-hand side of the brain.

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Publisher
Laurence King
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
185669688X
ISBN 13 
9781856696883
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240