Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formstorming -- Point, line, plane -- Rhythm and balance -- Scale -- Texture -- Color -- Gestalt Principles -- Framing -- Hierarchy -- Layers -- Transparency -- Modularity -- Grid -- Pattern -- Diagram -- Time and motion -- Rules and randomness.

Seven years after the publication of 'Graphic design: The new basics', coauthors Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips have updated the book with current content and extended key sections. The revised and updated edition will replace 64 pages of the original book with new content and include 16 additional pages, featuring new examples of student and professional work throughout the book, new chapters on Visualizing Data, Typography, Modes of Representation, and Gestalt Principles, as well as additional material for the chapters on Color, Herarchy, and Grids and expanded didactic material throughout.