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Summary: After You've Read The Rest, Use The Best!
Review: I've read literally hundreds of design books and frankly find most of them to be long on theory and have precious little to offer by way of concrete learning and real-world usability. This book (and The Design-It-Yourself Newsletter also by Chuck - which I also own) doesn't overburden the reader with "fluff." It's a pleasure to find a book that tells me what I should know and need to know rather than what some "expert" wants to tell me. These books are practical, useful, clear, and easy-to-follow. Do yourself a favor and invest a very reasonable sum in this book (or any of Chuck's books for that matter), and you will be a better designer for it.
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Summary: Really nice deal!!!
Review: Most of the books of the same kind, you'll find 500 pages just with theory, things that you should do and you shouldn't. This one is just plane and simple, if you are an expertise graphic designer, it will show you really cool and fresh ideas.
If you are a designer with no background education, it will guide you step by step in the process of creation.
For the price you pay and the content you get, this book is one of its kind.
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Summary: Very general
Review: Not that detailed but great if you are not going to sit down and read an involved design book. Quick tips.
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Summary: Very general
Review: Not that detailed but great if you are not going to sit down and read an involved design book. Quick tips.
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Summary: Calling all beginning graphic designers: YOU NEED THIS BOOK!
Review: This book was just what I was looking for to help me start my budding graphic design business. Chuck Green has written a clear and concise instructional book on how to design a business's identity, from soup to nuts. Each topic is conveniently broken down into manageable, easy-to-follow steps, and he includes a checklist that can be used over and over again in all your design projects. Plus, he provides a broad range of great design ideas that you can use directly, or to get your creative juices flowing when you get stuck. Chuck not only SHOWS good design ideas, but he also EXPLAINS why they're good and why they work (a point that so many design authors miss.) I can't wait for future Design-It-Yourself installments from Mr. Green. Thanks!
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Summary: All consistent 5-star ratings means this is the BEST!
Review: Who is this book for? Non-designers trying to design their own logos, letterheads & businesscards.How good is it? It's the best I've come across. And I've gone through hundreds of them. This book helped me design a logo and stationary for more than one business, got my creative juices flowing, gave me a lot of ideas - that I would've never thought about otherwise - and to top it all, gave me STEP BY STEP instruction on how to achieve simple but very elegant, clean & professional results! The design of the book itself makes you want to buy it the very first time you look at it - very well organized, simple, elegant. Inspires confidence. Does it deliver the goods as promised? SURE! Another of Chuck's books that I read ages ago and is highly recommended and valuable even today: The Desktop Publisher's Idea Book. It still sits on my desk/bookshelf, and I go back to it often to get new ideas. Finally, Chuck's web site - ... - is equally impressive, a treasure chest of ideas & resources for budding or amateur designers exploring the world of design. Request to Chuck if he reads this - please let us have more of these in a series - Design It Yourself Logos 2, 3, 4... etc. PLEASE! Bharat Suneja
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