Layout: Making It Fit: Finding the Right Balance Between Content and Space

by Carolyn Knight, Jessica Glaser

Finding the right balance between content and space is a challenge every graphic designer faces. The cookie-cutter templates most layout books offer don't help, because every project has a different content-to-space ratio. Finally, here is a book that gets to the heart of challenging layout design. It offers general techniques for working with varying quantities of content and shows how designers can apply these techniques in their own work. The book focuses on the two most difficult layout compacting a high volume of content onto a small area while maintaining beauty and readability; and applying a small volume of content to a large space without making it look "bare." From posters to logos and magazines to book covers, two veteran design consultants examine more than 150 projects and illustrate the methodologies and solutions that made each work. This invaluable resource reveals how to make content shine in any space.

Genres: Design

192 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2003

About the author

Carolyn Knight is a partner at the UK firm Bright Pink, which serves clients in industries including textile, healthcare, and nonprofit. She's co-author of The Graphic Designer's Guide to Effective Visual Communications (Rotovision, 2005). Carolyn currently lectures at the University of Wolverhampton School of Art and Design. She lives in Stafford, United Kingdom.

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