Grid Systems by Kimberly Elam is an overview and step-by-step guide on organizing typography within a gridded composition. This book contains over 100 visuals ranging between diagrams and design samples that epitomize the vast amount of layouts working with a simple grid can produce. Elam delves into all of the possible combinations one can create with a simple 3x3 grid in order to help design novices understand the importance and variability of the grid.
Read MoreWritten by London-based designer, Adrian Shaughnessy focuses on the how-to’s of becoming a successful graphic designer from thinking skills, education, getting a job, establishing a career, owning a studio, and where design is headed towards the future. he also features several interviews with several prolific graphic designers at the end of the book. Shaughnessy’s writing is concise, insightful, and logically charming, making this book easy to read, hard to put down, and informational no matter what stage of your career you’re in.
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