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    <body><![CDATA[I am a decent developer with a crush on being a designer. This book was perfect in my quest to have a good understanding of the basics of design. It has taught me the alphabet and has given me a basic design vocabulary. Highly recommended.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great compilation of design basics. The book is such a beautiful compilation and obeys the simple rules of design it speaks freely about. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great reference for the layman. A toe-dip in the world of graphic design that lets the reader get the sense of how much he/she doesn't know.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another must have. Like the color index 2 book, I love to thumb thru it just to get the creativity flowing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have many design books recommended to me but I count my lucky stars when I stumbled across this book one day while wandering the book store. For me this book does a better job of teaching me design concepts because of all the examples and especially the &quot;works&quot; and &quot;doesn't work&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23644713">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Essential reading for all designers.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Very useful for beginners. I'm past that stage, but it's definitely good as a refresher. I'd give it a higher rating but the design examples in this edition are painfully dated.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent overview of the &quot;Three Cs&quot; of good design: concept, components, and composition.   The principles in this book can be applied to a variety of situations: media, advertisement, GUI/usability work (for websites) and provide a good starting point for any design work.<br/><br/>T...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26238732">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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