Size Matters tackles the challenges that designers face when organizing large amounts of information. Projects such as company reports, magazine and book design exhibitions, catalogues, timetables and directories all invoke particular design questions that must be resolved. This book will inspire designers to take on large projects with confidence-chaperts explore navigation and hierarchies placement of images for overall rhythm of viewing, management of volume of material and systems for processing it, as well as the physical considerations of format: whetehr this is the information architecture of the web, placement of exhibition stands or print limitations in book design. Using illustrated essays, real-world examples, pull-out interviews with leading design figures and extended captions, Size Matters allows for first-hand experiences and detailed practical specifics, providing the reader with the skills, inspiration, and knowledge to succeed with projects that can at first seem daunting.
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Lakshmi Bhaskaran programmed 'Design for Usability', the largest Internet-focused design conference in Europe to date. She also programs the monthly AIGA Experience Design London forum.
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As a 3rd year graphic design student, I found this book pretty useful. There are some interesting examples and if you take the time to read it, there is some good advice on how to approach designing for big projects, from time management to planning to execution.
Maybe a bit too much on planning and management of projects versus design techniques for handling info/type/etc.. The basic format includes example projects and explanations for each one and some interviews with people in related fields. There are a few exhibit design sections that I didn't really care for, I wish they could have been replaced with more stuff about document design or handling lots of type. Overall I feel the book was worth the purchase.
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Whether designing a book, website, or exhibition, there are a number of systems that can be implemented in the early stages in order to simplify the design process. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Common Worship, British Gas, Die Fackel, Yellow Pages, Getty Images, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Atelier Works, Bristol Legible City, Street Studios, The Wall Street Journal, Van Dijck, Visual Thesaurus, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Biennial Conference, Corporate Edge, Design Machine, Evening Psalm, Fabrica Files, International Mapping Associates, Learning Journey, Paula Scher, Seiko Epson, John Morgan, John Weir New!
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Whether designing a book, website, or exhibition, there are a number of systems that can be implemented in the early stages in order to simplify the design process. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
big content, johnson banks, information architect Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Common Worship, British Gas, Die Fackel, Yellow Pages, Getty Images, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Atelier Works, Bristol Legible City, Street Studios, The Wall Street Journal, Van Dijck, Visual Thesaurus, Ralph Appelbaum Associates, Biennial Conference, Corporate Edge, Design Machine, Evening Psalm, Fabrica Files, International Mapping Associates, Learning Journey, Paula Scher, Seiko Epson, John Morgan, John Weir New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher on page 58, page 62, and page 63
- Book of Common Worship, Korean Edition by Geneva Press on page 37
- The New Typography (Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism S.) by Jan Tschichold on page 19
- Common Worship Book/Common Prayr Lect 03 (Lectionary) by Church of England on page 37
- Book of Common Worship by Westminster John Knox Press on page 37
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