Graphic Design The New Basics Revised Second Edition/
Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips
- Revised Second Edition
- New York; Princeton Architectural Press, 2015.
- 261 p.
Back to the Bauhaus / Ellen Lupton -- Beyond the basics / Jennifer Cole Phillips -- Point, line, plane -- Rhythm and balance -- Scale -- Texture -- Color -- Figure/ground -- Framing -- Hierarchy -- Layers -- Transparency -- Modularity -- Grid -- Pattern -- Diagram -- Time and motion -- Rules and randomness.
This guide aims to move students away from a cut-and-paste mentality and refocus design instruction on the fundamentals of form (starting from such basics as point and line) in a critical, rigorous way informed by contemporary media, theory and software systems.