Layout Design: Best fit preferred—Finding the optimal balance between content and space

Author: (English) Knight / (English) Glaser / Gong Weiping
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: In layout design, the designer faces two most common challenges: too much or too little content within the available space. For both situations, the designer must come up with creative and impactful solutions. This book provides 150 design solutions, including posters, annual albums, magazines, book covers, web pages, and more. These solutions replace rigid patterns with reasonable and customer-oriented layout techniques, aiming to meet the needs of various layout requirements. Finding a balance between content and space is a significant challenge for every graphic designer, as traditional division patterns are no longer very effective because the ratio of content in every design project varies greatly. This book was written to meet this challenge. It offers common techniques for handling various layouts and teaches designers how to apply these techniques to their designs. The book focuses on solving two most prominent difficulties in layout design: one is how to compress high-density content into a small space while maintaining the aesthetic appeal and readability of the layout; the other is how to place a small amount of information into a larger space without making the layout feel empty. The two experienced authors have meticulously selected over 150 outstanding works from poster, magazine, book cover, brochure, and other design fields, and provide insightful comments on the key strengths of each piece.