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Graphic Design

The New Basics, revised and expanded

Ellen Lupton Jennifer Cole Phillips

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English
Princeton Architectural Press
14 July 2015
""A longstanding excellent primer, in an equally excellent updated edition.""—Print

Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips's celebrated introduction to graphic design, available in a revised and updated edition. Graphic Design: The New Basics (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded) explains the key concepts of visual language that inform any work of design. A foundational graphic design book for students, Lupton and Phillips explore the formal elements of design through visual demonstrations and concise commentary. From logos to letterhead to complex website design, this is a graphic design book for everyone, no matter your design project or focus.

Topics include:

• Color

• Texture

• Rhythm and balance

• Hierarchy

• Layers

• Grids

• And much more!

The new revised edition features new chapters on:

• Visualizing data

• Typography

• Modes of representation

• Gestalt principles

Sixteen new pages of student and professional work covering such topics as working with grids and designing with color make this a course adoption favorite in any graphic design program and graphic design school. Graphic Design: The New Basics is an invaluable introduction to the field of graphic design for beginners from two accomplished designers and design educators.
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Imprint:   Princeton Architectural Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded)
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 205mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   820g
ISBN:   9781616893323
ISBN 10:   161689332X
Pages:   264
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ellen Lupton is the author of thirteen books with PAPress. She is senior curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Jennifer Cole Phillips is principal of J. Cole Phillips Design. Lupton and Phillips are directors of the Graphic Design MFA program at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the recipient of numerous awards for their work as designers and educators.

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