Basic Design

by Maurice De Sausmarez

Book Overview

The second revised edition of this classic book integrates text and pictures more clearly than in previous editions. Further illustrations have been added to include more colour diagrams and examples... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442219776
• ISBN13: 9780442219772
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

design primer

I have been looking for an updated replacement for this out of print book for a long time. The table of contents provides concrete topics that are not-redundant and importantly allow us to delve into 3 dimensions at the same time we are learning fundamental principles of 2-dimensional graphic design. It is a rare book that starts to fill the gap between a study of graphic design and a study of architectural design. The topics are general enough to apply to both 2-D and 3-D design; such as, primary elements, spatial forces, and visual kinetics. Architectural design training could be well supplemented by de Sausmerez's treatment of "the two-dimensional field and the space frame", "analytical drawing", and "subjective color". It's a great outline for a design study that could be augmented for architects by contributions from authors Francis Ching, Wucius Wong, and Le Corbusier's Towards a New Architecture.