Product Description

A collection of the latest layout designs and ideas for amateur and professional graphic designers.

Organized so as to encourage creativity, serendipitous discovery, and inspiration, THE BIG BOOK OF LAYOUTS includes techniques that can be used to enhance any layout. It provides insights into the elements that make layouts effective. It covers a range of styles, from traditional to cutting edge, that were selected to help designers think more creatively and be more productive.

With more than 750 outstanding layouts featured in a robust visual gallery with detailed descriptive information, this book provides a thorough look at what goes into an effective layout design.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #283271 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-01
• Released on: 2007-04-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 384 pages

About the Author

A noted authority on the subjects of graphic design, logo design, and corporate branding, David E. Carter has produced over 100 best-selling books in those fields, including The Big Book of Logos, The Big Book of New Design Ideas, and The Big Book of Business Cards. He is currently working on several new corporate identity books.

Customer Reviews

Happy with BBofL
The art school I go to was always referring to this book, and I saw a friend of mine drool over it while at Barnes and Noble. I think it's definitely worth the cash, and a fantastic reference tool. There's a little bit of older, outdated work in there, but overall the book is great.

It's Okay.
A mixed bag of layouts and samples. A few too many are low quality and pixilated images to rate this any higher than 3 stars. Overall not bad and not great.

60% Good Examples - 40% Bad Examples
Most of the layouts and designs look quite impressive. However, there are some examples that should have not made it into this book unless the author was trying to showcase some examples of what not to do. If that's the case, then I totally missed the point.