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 > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
