Design Elements, 2nd Edition

Book description

This updated version of Rockport’s bestselling Design Elements offers expanded and updated content in a new, cleaner format for easier navigation. Author Timothy Samara has added more than 50 new diagrams and more than 100 new images of real-world projects with an increased emphasis on web and environmental design projects. The 20 Rules for Good Design has been revisited and expanded to 25 Rules. The book covers all the design fundamentals from working with grids, color application, typography, imagery and how to put it all together.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. CONTENTS
  4. WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN?
  5. TWENTY RULES FOR MAKING GOOD DESIGN (1/4)
  6. TWENTY RULES FOR MAKING GOOD DESIGN (2/4)
  7. TWENTY RULES FOR MAKING GOOD DESIGN (3/4)
  8. TWENTY RULES FOR MAKING GOOD DESIGN (4/4)
  9. CHAPTER 01 FORM AND SPACE
    1. SEEING FORM AND SPACE (1/2)
    2. SEEING FORM AND SPACE (2/2)
    3. CATEGORIES OF FORM (1/4)
    4. CATEGORIES OF FORM (2/4)
    5. CATEGORIES OF FORM (3/4)
    6. CATEGORIES OF FORM (4/4)
    7. PUTTING STUFF INTO SPACE (1/3)
    8. PUTTING STUFF INTO SPACE (2/3)
    9. PUTTING STUFF INTO SPACE (3/3)
    10. COMPOSITIONAL STRATEGIES (1/3)
    11. COMPOSITIONAL STRATEGIES (2/3)
    12. COMPOSITIONAL STRATEGIES (3/3)
  10. CHAPTER 02 COLOR FUNDAMENTALS
    1. THE IDENTITY OF COLOR (1/2)
    2. THE IDENTITY OF COLOR (2/2)
    3. CHROMATIC INTERACTION (1/3)
    4. CHROMATIC INTERACTION (2/3)
    5. CHROMATIC INTERACTION (3/3)
    6. COLOR SYSTEMS (1/2)
    7. COLOR SYSTEMS (2/2)
    8. EMOTIONS AND MESSAGES (1/2)
    9. EMOTIONS AND MESSAGES (2/2)
  11. CHAPTER 03 CHOOSING AND USING TYPE
    1. STRUCTURE AND OPTICS (1/2)
    2. STRUCTURE AND OPTICS (2/2)
    3. ISSUES RELATED TO STYLE (1/2)
    4. ISSUES RELATED TO STYLE (2/2)
    5. MECHANICS OF TEXT (1/4)
    6. MECHANICS OF TEXT (2/4)
    7. MECHANICS OF TEXT (3/4)
    8. MECHANICS OF TEXT (4/4)
    9. TEXTURE AND SPACE (1/2)
    10. TEXTURE AND SPACE (2/2)
    11. TYPE AS INFORMATION (1/3)
    12. TYPE AS INFORMATION (2/3)
    13. TYPE AS INFORMATION (3/3)
    14. HOW COLOR AFFECTS TYPE
  12. CHAPTER 04 THE WORLD OF IMAGE
    1. THE NATURE OF IMAGES (1/4)
    2. THE NATURE OF IMAGES (2/4)
    3. THE NATURE OF IMAGES (3/4)
    4. THE NATURE OF IMAGES (4/4)
    5. MEDIA AND METHODS MEDIA AND (1/3)
    6. MEDIA AND METHODS MEDIA AND (2/3)
    7. MEDIA AND METHODS MEDIA AND (3/3)
    8. PRESENTATION OPTIONS
    9. CONTENT AND CONCEPT (1/3)
    10. CONTENT AND CONCEPT (2/3)
    11. CONTENT AND CONCEPT (3/3)
  13. CHAPTER 05 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
    1. MERGING TYPE AND IMAGE (1/3)
    2. MERGING TYPE AND IMAGE (2/3)
    3. MERGING TYPE AND IMAGE (3/3)
    4. WORKING WITH GRIDS (1/4)
    5. WORKING WITH GRIDS (2/4)
    6. WORKING WITH GRIDS (3/4)
    7. WORKING WITH GRIDS (4/4)
    8. INTUITIVE ARRANGEMENT (1/2)
    9. INTUITIVE ARRANGEMENT (2/2)
    10. DESIGN AS A SYSTEM (1/4)
    11. DESIGN AS A SYSTEM (2/4)
    12. DESIGN AS A SYSTEM (3/4)
    13. DESIGN AS A SYSTEM (4/4)
    14. THE WORKING PROCESS (1/2)
    15. THE WORKING PROCESS (2/2)
  14. CAUSIN’ SOME TROUBLE: WHEN AND WHY TO BREAK EVERY RULE IN THIS BOOK (1/4)
  15. CAUSIN’ SOME TROUBLE: WHEN AND WHY TO BREAK EVERY RULE IN THIS BOOK (2/4)
  16. CAUSIN’ SOME TROUBLE: WHEN AND WHY TO BREAK EVERY RULE IN THIS BOOK (3/4)
  17. CAUSIN’ SOME TROUBLE: WHEN AND WHY TO BREAK EVERY RULE IN THIS BOOK (4/4)
  18. INDEX BY SUBJECT
    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D
    5. E
    6. F
    7. G
    8. H
    9. I
    10. J
    11. K
    12. L
    13. M
    14. N
    15. O
    16. P
    17. Q
    18. R
    19. S
    20. T
    21. U
    22. V
    23. W
    24. X
    25. Y
    26. Z
  19. CONTRIBUTORS

Product information

  • Title: Design Elements, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Timothy Samara
  • Release date: April 2014
  • Publisher(s): Rockport Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781627880572