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With 100,000 copies sold, Graphic Design Cookbook is one of the most useful all-purpose resources for designers and anyone who wants to create a dynamic layout for magazines, newsletters, books, posters, and other media. Now released with a fresh new cover, its more than a thousand line drawings illustrate effective design devices, type treatments, spatial solutions, and pictorial presentations, allowing examination and comparison of various options in no time. The … More >>
Graphic Design Cookbook: Mix & Match Recipes for Faster, Better Layouts
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#1 by Miguel A. Rivera Badillo on April 17, 2010 - 1:28 am
I usually don’t write reviews, I think that even the lowest quality and poor inspirational books could worth something but just for this time I don’t want that someone else buy this book without knowing what is inside. Is just a lot of useless gray scale squares, with no design idea at all. Nothing usefull not even for beginners, a graphic designer mind must be a lot more creative than what is inside the book. If you still want to spend 10 bucks or less for this one, do it, but expect nothing.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by Janet Cordahi on April 17, 2010 - 3:00 am
I knew what I was buying when I purchased this book – a collection of layouts. However, as an aspiring graphic designer I haven’t really found the book of much use. When you design, you need to have the content first, and the book doesn’t acknowledge this. It achieves what its title promises – “recipes for faster… layouts”. Whether they are better is debatable. Indeed, it is an eye opener, but there is more to good designs than merely aesthetics and cookie-cutter layouts.
Rating: 2 / 5
#3 by Cacho Marcote on April 17, 2010 - 3:44 am
I think this book is for people that don’t have any experience on graphic design whatsoever. It doesn’t explain a thing about layout, why to use this or that layout, what that layout represents, etc… It’s just blank pages with variations of the same concept. Though to be fair the book can start a tiny little spark here and then.
The only thing I was surprised of was the quality of the paper used. My advice to the publisher: invest more in the content (or invest at all, maybe some text or explanation would be nice) and less in the stock paper.
If you are looking for a nice book about layout I strongly recommend you buy Jim Krause: ‘Layout Index’ (That or any from the “Index” collection)
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by Jason M. Broughton on April 17, 2010 - 5:25 am
Very generic examples of how layout design is created. Only suggested for junior level print designers. Do not get this book if you are in web or software design. Disappointed
Rating: 1 / 5
#5 by B. Pool on April 17, 2010 - 7:10 am
This book isn’t available in New Zealand and a tutor had one. I came to Amazon.com and ordered the book. It took 10 days to get to New Zealand and was cheaper than it would be if available here.
I design publications, CDs and web sites and the book is incredible for giving me ideas. It’s brilliant. If you are a designer and you are a little short of ideas, or you’re learning how to design BUY THE BOOK!!!.
Thanks too to Amazon.com for perfect service.
Rating: 4 / 5