Graphic Design: A User's Manual

Shaughnessy, Adrian/ Bierut, Michael (Foreward By)

ISBN 10: 1856695913 / ISBN 13: 9781856695916

Published by Laurence King Publishing, 2009

About this Item

1st edition. 320 pages. 9.60x7.40x1.20 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1856695913

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Graphic Design: A User's Manual
• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856695913
• ISBN 13: 9781856695916
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.98 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

This book offers students, novice designers and battle-toughened professionals alike an insider’s guide to the complexities of current graphic design practice and thinking. Set out in A-Z style and written in a realistic, conversational and insightful way, the book provides advice on the fundamental topics and issues that face designers in their daily lives, looking at everything from kerning to presenting; from budgeting to dealing with rejection; from annual reports to interface design. Graphic Design: A User's Manual contains all you need to know to survive and prosper in the complex, ever-shifting world of graphic design.

About the Author

Adrian Shaughnessy is a designer and writer, and the author of How to be a graphic designer, without losing your soul and Cover Art By: New Music Graphics. He co-founded the design company Intro and, since leaving in 2003, has worked as a consultant to various design studios and clients. He has lectured extensively on design and hosts the radio programme ‘Graphic Design On The Radio’.