[Scribus] Good Book for Newby Designer?

Peter Dinnan pral
Mon Sep 4 04:35:49 CEST 2006


There's a second edition of "The Non-Designer's Design Book" (2004
according to my copy)

Peachpit Press (division of Pearson Education) ISBN: 0-321-19385-7

Cheers,
Peter

On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 12:24 +1000, Owen wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:55:57 +0100
> Tony Cowderoy <tony at cowderoy.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone recommend a good book on design, in English, suitable for a 
> > beginner who knows quite a lot about software but not much about 
> > professional design?  I don't want a "how to design with package X" 
> > book.  I want one that is about design, not software and I'm looking for 
> > something that starts with basic principles but also goes into quite a 
> > lot of depth.  Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> here is a summary so far of responses;
> ===========================================================
> "How to Do Leaflets, Newsletters & Newspapers" by  Nancy Brigham
>  Publisher: Writer's Digest Books (June 1991)
>  Language: English
>  ISBN: 096290676X
> ===========================================================
> "Exploring Typography" by Tova Rabinowitz
>  Publisher: OnWord Press (Acquired Titles); 1 edition (February 21, 2006)
>  Language: English
>  ISBN: 1401815057
> ===========================================================
> "The elements of graphic design" by Alex W. White 
>  Publisher: Allworth Press; 1st edition (November 2002)
>  Language: English
>  ISBN: 1581152507
> ===========================================================
> "Design with type" by Carl Diar
>  Publisher: University of Toronto Press (June 14, 2000)
>  Language: English
>  ISBN: 0802065198
> ===========================================================
> "The Non Designers Design Book" by Robin Williams
>  Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (January 15, 1994)
>  Language: English
>  ISBN: 1566091594
> ===========================================================
> "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" by Edward Tufte 
>  Publisher: Graphics Press USA (Jan 2001)
>  Language English
>  ISBN: 0961392142
> ===========================================================
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Maybe the list could be wikified if thought desireable.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Owen
> 
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