
Job: 02762 Title: 365 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers (Rockport)
Page: 375
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Job: 02762 Title: 365 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers (Rockport)
Page: 375
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DESIGNING BOOKS
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While a designer cannot completely control
how a reader works his or her way through a
book—especially an image-filled book on art,
photography, or architecture—it is still incum-
bent upon the designer to try to direct the
reader down a particular path and thereby cre-
ate a specific kind of journey. “There’s this idea
of pacing in a book,” says Michael Worthington.
“People look at books in two ways: They pick
them up and ...