The Design Method: A Philosophy and Process for Functional Visual Communication

✍ Scribed by Eric Karjaluoto

• Publisher: New Riders
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 240
• Series: Voices That Matter
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Feeling uninspired? That shouldn’t keep you from creating great design work. Design is not about luck, inspiration, or personal expression. Design is a disciplined pursuit aimed at producing sensible, functional work for clients. In The Design Method, you’ll learn how to create quality design work on a regular basis that consistently pleases your clients using the same method that Creative Director Eric Karjaluoto uses at his creative agency, smashLAB. The Design Method will teach you a proven, repeatable process for solving visual communication problems.

In this book, you will learn:

- Ways to conduct research and gain insight into your clients’ situations

- A process for establishing strategies and plans for your projects

- How to develop a cohesive concept and visual direction for each client/job

- An iterative approach to prototype, test, refine, and produce effective design

- Techniques for presenting and documenting creative work

- Tips for making your design studio operate efficiently and consistently

✦ Subjects

Techniques Use of Color Ornament Graphic Design Arts Photography Desktop Publishing Graphics Computers Technology Software