Basics Design 01: Format - Softcover

Ambrose, Gavin; Harris, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2940411794 ISBN 13: 9782940411795

Publisher: AVA Publishing SA, 2012

Synopsis

One of the fundamental topics within graphic design, format represents the physical point of contact with the user. Basics Design 01: Format examines established format standards and demonstrates how a creative approach to format selection and presentation space can produce dramatic results in both print and digital media. New material in this edition includes a new chapter, focusing on on-screen, online and moving image, and much of the content has been updated and restructured.

About this title

About the Authors

Gavin Ambrose is an author, educator and practicing graphic designer whose client base includes the art sector, galleries, publishers and advertising agencies. He has written and designed numerous books on graphic design, branding and packaging.

He currently teaches the Graphic Design BA at the University of Brighton.

Paul Harris is a freelance writer and editor whose work appears extensively in magazines and journals in the US and UK.

From the Back Cover

AVA Academia s Basics Design titles are designed to provide visual arts students with a theoretical and practical exploration of each of the fundamental topics within the discipline of Graphic Design. Packed with examples from students and professionals and fully illustrated with clear diagrams and inspiring imagery, they offer an essential exploration of the subject.

Format is critical to design practice as it represents the physical point of contact with the user, affecting how successfully a design s printed or digital information is received. Basics Design: Format explores the entire range of formats available to designers today, from the traditional formats of books, magazines and posters to emerging technologies and new media. Format clearly demonstrates how a range of formats serve different purposes through a practice-led and visually stimulating exploration of the role of narrative, construction, identity, and shape and form, and explores how these affect the final design outcome.

In this completely revised second edition of Format, Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris demonstrate how a creative approach to format selection and presentation space can produce dramatic results in both print and digital media. Filled with exciting new case studies of contemporary design practice and practical exercises designed to aid readers in their own work, this richly illustrated book is an invaluable guide to the often underused tool of format within design and visual communication.

Edition details

• Publisher: AVA Publishing SA
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2940411794
• ISBN 13: 9782940411795
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208