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Marks and Logos | Alexander W White
The client’s view of the designer’s logo strategyNote: This is an adaptation of a video tutorial made for MediaBistro.com. Identifying marks have been around...
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What is Design Thinking? | Alexander W White
Design Thinking is a defined way of exploring and solving problems. It works on any problem in any field. In this context, design means “to plan.” It does not...
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Brainstorming and Creative Problem Solving | Alexander W White
Back in the old days, when portfolios were pages in handsome cases which were delivered to headhunters who then delivered them to potential hirers, I took some...
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Making Text Legible | Alexander W White
This information is based on a brochure prepared by Lighthouse International, a leading resource on vision impairment and vision rehabilitation. Founded in...
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Contact | Alexander W White
Please write me at alexwwhite1@gmail.com
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Magazine Self-Critique | Alexander W White
How is your magazine perceived by the first–time reader? Does it make a strong first impression? Does it have a distinct personality that sets it apart? Does...
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Advertising Design & Typography, 2nd Ed | Alexander W White
“Advertising turns features (facts) into benefits (reasons to try the product) in two parts: strategy and execution. Strategy is the core message, execution is...
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Herb Lubalin’s Avant Garde | Alexander W White
I inherited the entire set of 14 issues of Herb Lubalin’s and Ralph Ginzburg’s wonderfully subversive 1968-1971 Avant Garde magazine from my father. It was a...
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https://alexanderwwhite.com/speaker/four-steps-to-making-better-type/
Four Steps to Making Better Type | Alexander W White
Typography is largely common sense and logic. Here are four things to keep in mind. Keep typography simple Infuse your typography with one distinctive...
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Recommended GD Books | Alexander W White
“Nothing satisfies like learning and, through knowledge, having the power to understand and be able to do better work.” These are books which I have found...
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Editorial & Magazines | Alexander W White
“Magazines are so much fun to design because they are so complex. They must have a distinctive personality while balancing special features with ordinary...
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https://alexanderwwhite.com/author-overview/thinking-in-type/
Thinking in Type: The Practical Philosophy of Typgraphy | Alexander W White
“Typography is not mere typesetting. It is processing visual language to enhance its strength and clarity.” This book has been completely rewritten and...
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https://alexanderwwhite.com/designer/type-design/graphic-design-com-interview/
Graphic-Design.com interview | Alexander W White
Fred Showker at graphic-design.com sent me ten questions about design and space in readying his book review of my The Elements of Graphic Design 2nd Edition....
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Editing by Design 4th ed | Alexander W White
The classic guide for word-and-picture communication for art directors, editors, designers, and students This classic guide to winning readers has been...
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Professor | Alexander W White
“Thank you for your guidance, prodding, knowledge, and advice over the past two years. I have grown as a designer and a person because of it.” – Student I have...
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Listening to Type: Emphases and Pauses in Visual Language | Alexander W White
Listening to Type: Emphases and Pauses in visual language Note: This is an adaptation of a video tutorial made for MediaBistro.com. You have a thought and you...
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Eight Ideas to Consider in Magazine Making | Alexander W White
We design intuitively, relying on our feeling for type and imagery. But exercising intentional discipline while designing serves our readers’ needs. Here are...
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Design Thinking and Planning
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A Few Thoughts on Color in Design | Alexander W White
Color is a valuable material. Don’t use it merely because it is available. Don’t decorate with it. Use it to shape the message by explaining, emphasizing,...
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Type in Use, 2nd Ed | Alexander W White
“The editors at graphic-design.com agree: Type In Use is the essential book for anyone who wants to really understand how to make typography do what it’s...
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About Design & Type | Alexander W White
“Readers and targets respond to messages they see are in their own interests. Give them what they want every time by having useful content and making its value...
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https://alexanderwwhite.com/the-elements-of-graphic-design/
The Elements of Graphic Design 3rd ed | Alexander W White
“Elegance is not the abundance of simplicity. It is the absence of complexity.” The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type is in...
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Bradbury Thompson’s Westvaco | Alexander W White
I have admired Bradbury Thompson’s work since I was a child: my designer father had a full set of Westvaco (West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company) Inspirations...
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Articles | Alexander W White
“The Ayers No.1 layout will be around forever, transparently allowing the idea to shine through – winning awards for copywriters and photographers, but only...
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Design Management – Related Readings | Alexander W White
Readings I have assigned come from the Design Management Institute and other sources, including readings that have been assigned by visiting lecturers. “My...
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Author: Overview | Alexander W White
“I love the title of your new book, but if it was me, I’d name it ‘Don’t F__k With My Active White Space’! People just don’t get it.” – Unsolicited...
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Five Steps to Improve Your Design Process | Alexander W White
Refining a design idea is a logical process Note: This is an adaptation of a video tutorial which can be found at MediaBistro.com. Logic provides the best...
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https://alexanderwwhite.com/speaker/communicating-clearly-to-help-your-readers-and-your-clients/
Communicating Clearly to Help Your Readers [and your Clients] | Alexander W White
We are not in the magazine business, nor the writing or design business. We are in the service business. We serve our readers’ need for information and...
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Unified Design | Alexander W White
Forcing elements to relate makes a design powerful Note: This is an adaptation of a video tutorial made for MediaBistro.com. “Unified design” blends all its...
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The Elements of Logo Design | Alexander W White
“A logo is the most visible signal of a brand. Capturing the brand essence in a single, memorable mark is no easy feat.” The Elements of Logo Design: Design...
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Listening to Type | Alexander W White
“Typography cannot be faked. It is either clear, interpretive of the content, and appropriate to its message, or it is a random treatment that only...
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Advertising and Editorial Design from the Target’s Point of View | Alexander W White
Readers need to be told clearly and immediately what’s in it for them in every one of our messages. This is the PDF of a presentation I gave in Helsinki. My...
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Logos & Branding | Alexander W White
“A logo is a business suit: it is the way a business dresses itself. Individuality and expressive meaning are essential.” Two books on logo design I have...
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Fonts: Preissig Antikva | Alexander W White
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Top Ten Creative Rules of Thumb | Alexander W White
The best way to get a great idea is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away. Create ideas that are fifteen minutes ahead of their time… not light...
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