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Creatives are taught the rules of design by mentors and professors. We are told what to do and how to do it. "Follow the rules and color within the lines," they say. "Only use two fonts on a page and don't make your logo too complicated," they say. It's time for us to tell them to shove it.Creative Anarchy explains and explores both rule-following and rule-breaking design. It includes tips to throw design caution to the wind, designers' stories with galleries of work, and creative exercises to help push your designs to the next level. Creative Anarchy is about great design and awesome ideas.You'll find sections specifically devoted to designing logos, posters, websites, publications, advertising and more.
About the Author
Denise Bosler is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, author and professor of communication design at Kutztown University. She is the principal of Bosler, a design firm that focuses on illustration for the licensing and surface design industry, print collateral, packaging, logos and brand identity. Denise is also the author of Mastering Type and Creative Anarchy, both from HOW Books. As a professor, she is known for her obsession with the proper treatment of type and is frequently heard admonishing her students when they fail to kern accurately. She has also been known to make a student start over when a concept goes missing. Denise's mantra is simple--kern well and design great.
