{"product_id":"about-design-gordon-salchow-9781621536543","title":"About Design: Insights and Provocations for Graphic Design Enthusiasts","description":"\u003cb\u003eHere is a definitive, expansive observational, and knowledge-infused treatise that is expected to be particularly engaging for students and educators as well as for design practitioners.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout Design\u003c\/i\u003e offers an enlightening and opinionated, albeit concise, excursion concerning many facets of the field of design. It emphasizes the discipline of graphic design, while incorporating a taste of the author's makeup. The content will tempt any readers who may be marginally inquisitive concerning visual art, design, and the web of \"creativity.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis informative, and sometimes scrappy, expedition is founded on the author's fifty-five years' entrenchment in design practice and higher education. Consequently, there are many pointed and sometimes novel perspectives, but it is essentially grounded on the commonly acknowledged doctrines that exist within the field. Some of the particular chapter topics deal with: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefining the elements of visual form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn analysis of the concepts of aesthetics and creativity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstablishing some usable guidelines for effective designing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutlining many factors that are involved with design education, including a sketch of its history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiscellaneous related subjects, such as considerations of what makes something exceptional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe aforementioned themes, along with others, are interspersed with interludes that challenge certain long-held assumptions, provide contextual references, offer insights and suggest some fresh ways to analyze how we see, choose, inspire, and do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Salchow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621536548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621536543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Gordon Salchow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984676815103,"sku":"9781621536543","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a0d079f-f4d9-49f5-b3f6-0d38765d7a39.jpg?v=1683273622","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/about-design-gordon-salchow-9781621536543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}