Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual Heidi Swanson It's not the drive to

It's not the drive to reproduce

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Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual Heidi Swanson It's not the drive toThe graphic design equivalent to Strunk & White's The Elements of Style This book is simply the most compact and lucid handbook available outlining the basic principles of layout, typography, color usage, and space. Being a creative designer is often about coming up with unique design solutions. Unfortunately, when the basic rules of design are ignored in an effort to be distinctive, design becomes useless. In language, a departure from the rules is