Graphic design : the new basics /
Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips
- Second edition, revised and expanded.
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2015
- 247 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Back to the Bauhaus / Ellen Lupton -- Beyond the basics / Jennifer Cole Phillips -- Point, line, plane -- Rhythm and balance -- Scale -- Texture -- Color -- Figure/ground -- Framing -- Hierarchy -- Layers -- Transparency -- Modularity -- Grid -- Pattern -- Diagram -- Time and motion -- Rules and randomness.
This guide aims to move students away from a cut-and-paste mentality and refocus design instruction on the fundamentals of form (starting from such basics as point and line) in a critical, rigorous way informed by contemporary media, theory and software systems.