- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Rockport Publishers; illustrated edition edition (July 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1564967689
- ISBN-13: 978-1564967688
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #421,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There are two things that make Design It Yourself: Newsletters unique among design books: First, it is specific not general. Designer and author Chuck Green steps you through the process of producing a newsletter—from creating a plan and choosing a style to illustrating your message and finding a printer. He not only tells you exactly how to do it, he steps you through the process with a series of in-depth checklists to ensure you won’t miss a single detail.
The second distinction is that it provides layout recipes you are free to copy. While most design books present other people’s work as inspiration with the understanding you won’t copy designs outright—this book include professional-quality newsletters designed specifically for you to use in any way you choose. You are free to, in fact encouraged to, borrow any idea you find in whole or in part.
Chuck’s highly detailed, idea-rich layouts include the type of information designers need to know: Comprehensive page layouts and dimensions, the names and sizes of typefaces, specific color palettes, sources for graphics and photographs, and lots of insightful production tips and design inspiration.
The combination of easy-to-understand instructions, extensive design and production guidance, and detailed recipes makes Design It Yourself: Newsletters an essential new type of hands-on reference for anyone eager to create a compelling, information-rich news and marketing publication.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
All consistent 5-star ratings means this is the BEST!,
By Bharat Suneja (Fremont, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Design-It-Yourself: Logos, Letterheads, and Business Cards, Newsletters (Paperback)
Who is this book for? Non-designers trying to design their own logos, letterheads & businesscards.How good is it? It's the best I've come across. And I've gone through hundreds of them. This book helped me design a logo and stationary for more than one business, got my creative juices flowing, gave me a lot of ideas - that I would've never thought about otherwise - and to top it all, gave me STEP BY STEP instruction on how to achieve simple but very elegant, clean & professional results! The design of the book itself makes you want to buy it the very first time you look at it - very well organized, simple, elegant. Inspires confidence. Does it deliver the goods as promised? SURE! Another of Chuck's books that I read ages ago and is highly recommended and valuable even today: The Desktop Publisher's Idea Book. It still sits on my desk/bookshelf, and I go back to it often to get new ideas. Finally, Chuck's web site - ... - is equally impressive, a treasure chest of ideas & resources for budding or amateur designers exploring the world of design. Request to Chuck if he reads this - please let us have more of these in a series - Design It Yourself Logos 2, 3, 4... etc. PLEASE! Bharat Suneja
5.0 out of 5 stars
After You've Read The Rest, Use The Best!,
By Greg A. Marshall (Marietta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Design-It-Yourself: Logos, Letterheads, and Business Cards, Newsletters (Paperback)
I've read literally hundreds of design books and frankly find most of them to be long on theory and have precious little to offer by way of concrete learning and real-world usability. This book (and The Design-It-Yourself Newsletter also by Chuck - which I also own) doesn't overburden the reader with "fluff." It's a pleasure to find a book that tells me what I should know and need to know rather than what some "expert" wants to tell me. These books are practical, useful, clear, and easy-to-follow. Do yourself a favor and invest a very reasonable sum in this book (or any of Chuck's books for that matter), and you will be a better designer for it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really nice deal!!!,
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This review is from: Design-It-Yourself: Logos, Letterheads, and Business Cards, Newsletters (Paperback)
Most of the books of the same kind, you'll find 500 pages just with theory, things that you should do and you shouldn't. This one is just plane and simple, if you are an expertise graphic designer, it will show you really cool and fresh ideas.If you are a designer with no background education, it will guide you step by step in the process of creation. For the price you pay and the content you get, this book is one of its kind.
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