Graphic Design Cookbook: Mix and Match Recipes for Faster, Better Layouts (Paperback)

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Product Description

Graphic Design Cookbook offers the most stimulating and time-saving route to fresh design ideas and workable graphic solutions. Here are over one thousand design samples that can be compared and combined to create your own compositions for books, magazines, posters, stationery, reports, logos, labels, menus, and advertisements. All information is presented graphically for easy, immediate use.

About the Author

Leonard Koren was the publisher and creative director of Wet magazine and is the author of New Fashion Japan and 283 Useful Ideas from Japan.

R. Wippo Meckler is a computer design consultant. His clients include The New York Times, The Pushpin Group, Chermayeff and Geismar, and Mademoiselle magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 142 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (August 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877015694
• ISBN-13: 978-0877015697
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,289,713 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great way jump-start your ideas!, November 7, 2005

By	Susan Ohtake "sooz" (santa monica, ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Graphic Design Cookbook: Mix & Match Recipes for Faster, Better Layouts (Paperback)

I almost didn't buy this book because of the mixed reviews. After flipping through it in the bookstore, I purchased it. I'm so glad I did!

Seems to me the negative reviewers here are not rating it well because they expected it to go beyond it's intended scope. The book clearly states up front that it provides various layout options, to be used as-is or to mix and match. It's purpose is to jump-start your creativity when your in a rut, not tell you exactly what to do with your content or cover layout theory. It is a reference of visual layout ideas. There are no lengthy explanations.

Overall, great buy. I love it!

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really great place to get ideas, June 4, 1999

By A Customer

It's 10:00 at night, and you still have several hours of design ahead of you. How do you keep your designs creative and original? The first book I grab is The Graphic Design Cookbook. It's not a book of canned designs, but a catalog of design concepts and structures to hang your own artwork on. I wouldn't go into my studio without it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Layout Index Reference, January 17, 2004

By	Monica Catherine "monica-081" (Orlando, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Graphic Design Cookbook: Mix & Match Recipes for Faster, Better Layouts (Paperback)

If you know what to expect you will not be disappointed with this book, unlike some of the other reviewers. Graphic Design Cookbook is an extremely useful tool for graphic designers looking for layout ideas. Rather than sorting through dozens of graphic design books to get ideas, this book has sections for every aspect of page layout placement including: page numbers, paragraph placement, titles, and MUCH MORE!!
This book has virtually NO writing or explanations in it. This reference should be used only for visual layout placement ideas, and not for concrete explanations. I use this book whenever I need to make flyers, print ads, or any other print materials. EXTREMELY HELPFUL source and for this cheap cheap price, you can't beat the resourcefulness of this little book.
Another great resource that is very similiar to this book is Jim Krause's "Layout Index."