Design Books

These are some design books I'm saving up to buy soon:

Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara Permalink: http://amzn.com/1592531253

Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung (German and English Edition) by Josef Muller-Brockmann Permalink: http://amzn.com/3721201450

The Typographic Grid by Hans Rudolf Bosshard Permalink: http://amzn.com/3721203402

Wim Crouwel Alphabets by Kees Broos Permalink: http://amzn.com/9063690371

The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst Permalink: http://amzn.com/0881792063

Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students by Ellen Lupton Permalink: http://amzn.com/1568989695

The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher Permalink: http://amzn.com/0714834491

Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style, 1920-1965 by Richard Hollis Permalink: http://amzn.com/0300106769

Designing Type by Karen Cheng Permalink: http://amzn.com/0300111509

A Type Primer by John Kane Permalink: http://amzn.com/013099071X

Graphic Design Thinking (Design Briefs) by Ellen Lupton Permalink: http://amzn.com/1568989792

Fonts

After looking through my bookmarks again, I found re-discovered a site with a list of 104 free fonts for designers. It has some really nice, clean, and popular fonts for graphic/web designers. Really, the fonts are for anyone with an interest in typography. These are just the free ones, but there are plenty more out there if you have extra cash to spend. I highly suggest checking this site out.

104 Free Fonts

Garden Mixer

So here is the final product! As you can see I used a vine-looking graphic in the background as part of the theme. The design is based on a grid layout. I sampled the violet tint color from one of the flowers in the image. Of course the graphics were designed in Illustrator and the layout was put together in Photoshop. The client was thrilled with the end result of this flyer. I'm glad everything worked out.

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