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The Graphic Design Exercise Book aims to reignite a designer’s creativity while also imparting new skills. Whatever their age or experience, graphic designers like to be creatively challenged, and may also want to broaden their skill-base in order to break into new and lucrative areas of the design industry. A range of industry insiders share their specialist knowledge by way of briefs that stretch the imagination and encourage the development of new skills across a range of genres, including logos, packaging, branding, identity, promotion, publication design, music graphics, and web design.
Organized much like a recipe book, each brief lists the required materials and equipment so that designers can pick and choose. Interviews and in-progress work is included, while a number of fully realized projects illustrate the possible outcomes. The Graphic Design Exercise Book is a must-have addition to any designer’s bookshelf, prompting personal projects, new experiences, and revamped portfolios.
The authors, Carolyn Knight and Jessica Glaser, run design company Bright Pink, and both hold posts within the Graphic Communication department of the University of Wolverhampton, UK. They are the co-authors of Print and Production Finishes for Bags, Labels, and Point of Purchase and Diagrams.
This article was last modified on January 18, 2023
This article was first published on February 26, 2010
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