Designer's Graphic Stew

Samara

Item Description

Under the witty andmetaphorical guise of a high-end cookbook,the author will provide visual "ingredients," such as grid structures, folios, border devices, type treatments,abstract graphic elements, and so on, categorized stylistically and functionally. These ingredients will beshown in use through a "recipe" format to accomplish "strategies" such asmovement, rhythm, organization,contrast,metaphor, etc. Ingredients will be coded and cross-referenced among categories formix &matchpurposes in demonstrating varied alternate combinations to achieve different approaches to strategies.

Author Biography: Timothy Samara is a graphic designer based in New York City,where he divides his time between teaching, writing, lecturing, and freelance consulting throughSTIMVisual Communication.His 18-year career in branding and information design has explored projectsin print, packaging, environments, user interface design, and animation.