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The Little Book of Layouts: Good Designs and Why They Work

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The thing that I liked about this book was that instead of merely serving up a collection of what the author deems "good design" (don't get me wrong, I own lots of "inspiration" books), there were comments provided for why the design worked.

i'm not trained in graphic design, but the brief tips on each page seemed simplistic to me. example: "the same neutral colors are used throughout this brochure." um, ok... so? i guess the book is a decent collection of photos of layouts that the author liked, but it did not give me a systematic way of thinking about design.

This book collects a wide range of layouts from various media that can be very useful as inspiration for designers. However, as mentioned by another reviewer, the accompanying descriptions don't give much technical or specific information regarding the designs, and can sometimes border on inane.

A good source, nonetheless, for designers who are in need of design ideas.

This book has a large collection of layouts. Useful for a reference and to see what other people are doing. I wouldn't call a lot of the layouts 'outstanding', and the book is A5 in size, so a lot of the designs span the spread which makes them difficult to view. Despite that, it still is a nice little reference book.