The Non-Designer's Design Book (4th Edition) 4th Edition

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For nearly 20 years, designers and non-designers alike have been introduced to the fundamental principles of great design by author Robin Williams. Through her straightforward and light-hearted style, Robin has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to make their designs look professional using four surprisingly simple principles. Now in its fourth edition, The Non-Designer’s Design Book offers even more practical design advice, including a new chapter on the fundamentals of typography, more quizzes and exercises to train your Designer Eye, updated projects for you to try, and new visual and typographic examples to inspire your creativity.

Whether you’re a Mac user or a Windows user, a type novice, or an aspiring graphic designer, you will find the instruction and inspiration to approach any design project with confidence.

THIS ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO DESIGN WILL TEACH YOU

The four principles of design that underlie every design project
How to design with color
How to design with type
How to combine typefaces for maximum effect
How to see and think like a professional designer
Specific tips on designing newsletters, brochures, flyers, and other projects

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About the Author

Robin Williams is the author of dozens of bestselling and award-winning books, including The Non-Designer's Presentation Book, The Non-Designer's InDesign Book, and The Mac is not a typewriter. Through her writing, teaching, and seminars, Robin has educated and influenced an entire generation of computer users in the areas of design, typography, desktop publishing, the Mac, and the Web.

Series: Non Designer's Design Book
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Peachpit Press; 4 edition (November 29, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0133966151
ISBN-13: 978-0133966152
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 0.5 x 9.9 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #817 in Books > Textbooks

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Emily Lewis

Very resourceful and informative!

July 6, 2017

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I have no graphic design background, but have always been interested in pursuing it as a hobby and/or freelance opportunity eventually. This has been an incredible resource for me as a beginner.

It has tought me tons about fonts, colors, layout ideas, designing business card and other business forms, and so much more, it'd be impossible to list it all. The way the author lays out the book makes all this new information so easy to comprehend, and that is one of the things I like most about the book.

I am always going back to re-read and look at ideas and info when I'm working on designing different things.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in graphic design.

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Karen Morrissey

I learned oodles from this book

February 22, 2015

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If you need to do graphic design and are not professionally trained, buy this book and read it. It was a fast, easy read with lots of before/after pictures to illustrate applying the principles she teaches. My own work has improved dramatically after doing this work. I was a competent amateur, but now what I'm producing looks better, and I have the words to explain how and why it is better. This book was worth every penny, and it's not particularly expensive to begin with.

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avi8tor4life

Design for the visual novice

June 25, 2015

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Pretty good book for the novice designer and it will improve your design skills after applying the principles in the book. Easy to read, follow and understand, it also has good tips and tricks to make your design work look better and more professional. The chapter on color is really good and the chapter on fonts shows you there's more to a font than meets the eye. Highly recommended if you have no design background and need to do your own newsletters, flyers etc.

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Brian Williammee

Exactly what I needed

December 26, 2011

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I am a software developer, and I have always felt sort of oblivious to anything involving aesthetics. I've been fortunate to work with good designers, but I decided it was time to learn a bit for myself. I asked a designer colleague for a book recommendation, and she suggested this one.

It was perfect for me. The book focuses on design as a means a effective communication rather than just a way to make pretty things, and that works a lot better for my brain. The examples are very clear, and the iterative improvements from one design to the next are so clear that even I can tell that they look better (and understand why). The writing is equally effective and easy to consume. It only took me 4-5 hours for my first pass through this book.

After finishing the book tonight, I set out to improve my resume. 90 minutes later, I'm shocked with the results. I used to think my old one looked fine, but now I can see so many design flaws in it. The new version, well, I'm sure there's still plenty wrong with it, but looks better than anything I thought I'd ever create on my own.

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My new favorite work text!

April 16, 2017

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I had gotten pretty good a one-off charts in Excel through following Stephanie Evergreen, but I was still having a lot of trouble trying to take those and integrate into nice looking reports or slides that aren't a fast-acting sedative at conferences. Font selection frustrated me more than anything.

After reading Williams' book and working the exercises, I have a decent idea of what to look for and why certain things work while others don't. If you can name a problem, it's hard to fix, and she breaks it down for us non-designers in an easy to understand way.

Am I ready to work the graphics desk at The Times? Definitely not, but Im using what I learned right away in creating an engaging slide deck for a national conference.

Buy it!

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ivyscripts

Great book on graphic design basics

June 13, 2018

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As someone prepping for a continuing ed design program, I wanted to get my hands on some basic knowledge of graphic design. This book is exactly what I needed, and covers the principles of design in short, sweet, and accurate detail. Coming from a more technical background I appreciate how succinct this book is and clearly lays out the point and purpose of what you need to accomplish.

You won't come away as a design master from this book, but it is a wonderful intro to the field of graphic design principles and I would highly recommend it for newbies, or those simply interested in learning graphic design principles for their own personal projects.

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Lots of new material added

January 14, 2015

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Great to see an update of this book. The first edition really helped me learn and understand the principles of graphic design. If you work through this book, and apply the design principles to your work, you will definitely learn something about graphic design. Robin Williams also adds a lot of new material to the fourth edition, so you're not really buying the same book again. I'm looking forward to working though this edition as well.

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January 28, 2016

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I had absolutely no design experience before taking a beginning Photoshop course, and this is one of two books that my professor referenced. The quality and professionalism of my work has skyrocketed, and I've now discovered a passion for design. This book has helped me feel confident in artistic abilities I didn't know I had. Highly recommend for any beginner.

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Christine Miller

Five Stars

It came as expected (and I haven't opened at all)!!!!!

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The title is true!

This has been an extremely helpful book. the examples are excellent, and explain design principles to non designers.

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Mark N.

Five Stars

Great book. Thank you.

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Long Gone Dave

Great

All the fundamentals are there. Great writing style. I give one to every one of my employees.

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Paul G. Hutchinson

Five Stars

Love this book. Can't put it down. Thank you!

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Bruce L. Parker

Four Stars

Nice

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Kathy from the mountatin

The basics of graphic design, with examples. This ...

The basics of graphic design, with examples. This is an approach I have been looking for for a long time.

Published 4 months ago

Alan_K

Laying out the common sense rules for design.

Very readable and approachable, with great examples. I wish I'd read this years ago. Highly recommended.

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Rivy Robinson

Three Stars

Had to get it for school.

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J.J.

Always great to revisit this book.

Succinct. Clear. Friendly. Streamlined. Conducive to remembering. What more can you ask for in a beginner’s guide? Thank you, Robin Williams.

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