Product Description
A carefully structured self–teaching guide, this
completely updated edition of Graphic Design School provides current information on computer–aided design and the use of software applications in all aspects of design, including the creation of successful corporate logos, advertisements, and magazine design solutions.
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A carefully structured self–teaching guide, this
completely updated edition of Graphic Design School provides current information on computer–aided design and the use of software applications in all aspects of design, including the creation of successful corporate logos, advertisements, and magazine design solutions.
Graphic Design School is packed with practical guidance for graphic designers working in both in print and digital media–from newspapers, magazines, and books, to packaging, advertising, corporate work, and web design.
This interactive guide contains targeted assignments that give the reader tasks and exercises to sharpen their skills, and includes a wealth of full–color illustrations to inspire artistic expression and individual interpretation, as well as professional tips and hints from leading design practitioners.
Throughout, real examples of students work from designing logos and websites to product packaging are highlighted, providing points of reference so you can continually compare your won progress and enhance your potential in what can be a very competitive field. Graphic Design School is a must–buy, all–encompassing guide to this fast–evolving subject.
About the Author
After Working in the print and design industry for several years as a typographer, Dave Dabner returned to academic life as a lecturer in design. He teaches at the renowned London College of Printing and is Course Director of the Higher National Diploma in Typographic Design. He is the author of How to Understand and Use Design and Layout.
