WITH Color Index 2 AND Type Idea Index AND Design Basics Index (Design Essential Index) - Softcover

This guide gives designer's a wealth of practical design at their fingertips with solutions for everything from design basics, to new systems for combining colours, to an in depth examination of creative and practical applications of type. It includes Jim Krause's best-selling guides: "Color Index 2" - It contains hundreds of new colour combinations, each with an accurate formula for print and web use; "Type Idea Index" - Expand your knowledge of type and brainstorm new ideas for designing letters and words. It includes over 650 custom-created examples of typography; and, "Designs Basics Index" - This is the comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of design. It helps to discover visual and conceptual theories, samples and exercises.

Jim Krause has worked as a designer in the Pacific Northwest since the 1980s. He has produced award-winning work for clients large and small, including Microsoft, McDonalds, and Seattle Public Schools.