D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks)

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D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks)

Author(s):

Ellen Lupton

Label: Princeton Architectural Press
Publisher(s):

Princeton Architectural Press

Studio: Princeton Architectural Press
Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
Binding: Paperback
List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $19.95
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Not satisfied with the new T-shirts on sale at the local mall? Maybe you'd like a wedding invitation that expresses your own vision, not your party planner's? How about some personalized stationery? An upgrade to your website? A business card? A poster for your political campaign? A CD package for your band? Sound good? Then get up off your couch and Design It Yourself! Avoid graphic identity theft: build your own. Ellen Lupton, bestselling author of Thinking with Type, will show you how.

Customer Reviews

Good buy :) but it wont make you a designer

First of all, props to Ellen Lupton yet again. If you are a fan of her other books, you'll like this one too. The book has a TON of great, high quality, color images and is organized in a really easy-to-use fashion. If you have any design experience, the information provided is sufficient for the most part and is good to get new ideas flowing. The only downside I've found is that there isn't quite enough information for some of the categories. Overall, I think the book is great for inspiration and new ideas, just don't expect to be able to do all the things in the book just from what you read.

Really cute book!

This is a really cute book, it gives tips on how to deign for yourself without a full graphic design background, and approaches with inexpensive results! It has lots of visual examples which are a great inspiration, it gets your brain churning out ideas of it's own!

A pretty but only introductory book on design

I'd had the impression that I would learn some techniques on creating my own stuff: business cards, websites, t-shirts, stationary, etc. They touch on all these subjects, and more, in the book. But I was disappointed that it is really more just a collection of ideas and work that MFA and graphic arts students have created, with very little technical detail of how to create designs for yourself. I was looking for a how-to, not a see-what-we've-done.

This is a good idea book-but not a good textbook on design

I saw this book years ago and thought I'd like to own it. Now that I do I really am underwhelmed.

Good coffee table or bathroom reading book

This is basically like all those magazines - Sunset, Martha Stewart Living, etc. etc, - wherein you buy it with the hopes of being inspired to create, update, remake, etc. and you ACTUALLY NEVER WILL, except in book form!

I love reading the book - it's cute, kitschy and definitely entertaining, but really, who can create these crazy wall decorations and/or press kits and have them turn out flawless!?!??

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