Graphics, Print & Signage

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Colour

• Visual dialogues 101: graphic design fundamentals: design career, layout, typography and colour
• Graphic design: Learn it, do it
• Colour design workbook: a real world guide to using colour in graphic design
• Duotone: limited colour schemes in graphic design

Communication

• Safe enough to soar: accelerating trust, inclusion & collaboration in the workplace
• The multigenerational workplace: communicate, collaborate and create community

Design concept

• Typographic design: form and communication
• Design: the key concepts
• Visual communication design: an introduction to design concepts in everyday experience

Digital signs

• Digital type design for branding
• Designing the editorial experience
• Editorial design digital and print

Graphic design

• The fundamentals of graphic design
• The language of graphic design: an illustrated handbook for understanding fundamental design principles
• Essential guide to graphic design for beginners: how to sharpen your skills and techniques

Layout

• Layout essentials revised and updated: 100 design principles for using grids
• Design school: layout: a practical guide for students and designers
• Making and breaking the grid: a graphic design layout workshop
• Design elements: a graphic style manual: understanding the rules and knowing when to break them

Printing

• Printing technology
• Gum printing: a step by step manual, highlighting artists and their creative practice
• Printing colour 1400 - 1700: History, techniques, functions and receptions
• Modern printmaking: a guide to traditional and digital techniques

Signs

• Signage design
• Designing disability: symbols, space and society
• Principles of logo design: a practical guide to creating effective signs, symbols and icons
• Symbols in graphic design