Graphic Design Rules: 365 Essential Design Dos and Don'ts

Nice

Easy and simple. Just what beginners need

I bought this book as much out of curiosity as anything else, to see if the rules were the same as I remembered them to be :-) It's proven to be not only a good source of amusement (the writers have taken a witty approach to the subject at times) but also a handy reference and reminder as to the numerous pitfalls in graphic design. The description says the reader can either dip in at random or use the book as a source of a daily lesson - there are 365 Essential Design Dos and Don'ts after all ;-) But I would find it difficult to stop reading after just one `lesson'. It's the type of book which draws you in to the extent you can spend quite a while flitting from one page to the next. Though if anyone takes one rule from the book it should be rule 001 Thou shall not use Comic Sans. Although I said the book was wittily written (try saying that fast after a few drinks) that does not detract from the fact that the book is full of accurate and informative rules, and I'd say there are many folk out there today that would benefit from owning a copy.

humorvolle abhandlung die so ziemlich alle themen behandelt, über die man sich gedanken machen sollte, will man ein buch, eine broschüre oder eine andere grafische arbeit verfassen. es ist kein buch zum lesen, es sind quasi die 10(00) gebote, sie zu beachten kann die arbeit verbessern. natürlich ist es von einem grafikdesigner gemacht, und daher auch optisch ansprechend, so verstehen auch semiprofis das, was der verfasser mitteilen möchte. ich schau immer wieder gern mal rein...

Completo, risponde alle domande più comuni eppure più importanti per qualsiasi Graphic Designer. Libro consigliatissimo per non fare errori da principianti.

If you're looking for in depth guide book, this isn't for you. If you're looking for quick pointers across the field, this is pretty awesome. People complained about "thou shall" and " "thou shall not". I'm happy to say the publisher/ author/ someone listened... The pages say do and don't and look clean and modern. So don't let the reviews about being old fashioned scare you away from this book. I'm a novice designer, so there are things that I didn't know about in this book. The book doesn't explain all the vocabulary in detail, but that's ok. It tells me what I don't know and I can Google from there. Seriously, it's quicker to flip through this book with do and don't on each page and then Google then to buy like 50 other books that go into detail. It's meant to be a guideline, not a deep reference book. And like all guidelines, you get to be the final say. If you don't like one of the things they say do or don't... That's fine. But it's still a really good jumping off place