Title: Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Hardcover: 172 pages
Publisher: Reinhold Publishing Corporation,
2nd edition 1966
Language: English
Size: 244 x 209 mm / 8.2 x 9.6 inch
The book was originally a fundamentally new attempt to provide a methodical approach to problems of graphic design. The student is taken step by step from the first rudiments to more elaborate and complex processes. Pictorial and formal elements are analyzed and their inherent rules extracted. The knowledge acquired through this logical treatment of the material can be learn; it should be part of every designer's and typographer's equipment.
Armin Hofmann(b.1920) is one of the leading figures in what is known as the Swiss Style of graphic design. His contribution to graphic design in the second half of the 20th century was to demonstrate the importance of a graphic language based on consistent, rational principles. This visual discipline is apparent in Hofmann's own work and in his book 'Graphic Design Manual' he identified the fundamental requirements for a basic course in graphic design. This methodical approach to learning design can also be applied today to designing on the computer display screen.
Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice by Hofmann, Armin was the first official graphic design book that I purchased on the 27th of November in 2004. This book shows great examples of using dot, texture, shape, line, tone, letters and signs. It reminds me to some exercises I did for my foundation class, and it has helped me tremendously to develop my ideas till now. I love this book so much. I bought both this book in hard cover and soft cover..
This is a nice book to collect. Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice