PublishedNorthlight, April 2015 |
ISBN9781440335495 |
FormatSoftcover, 224 pages |
Dimensions20.3cm × 20.3cm |
It's time to stop taking graphic design so seriously! All-natural, free-range and gluten-free, 'Design Funny: A Graphic Designer's Guide to Humour' is an entertaining yet practical guide to the lighter side of the design profession....Good design is about communication.
And what's more important to communication than a good sense of humour? With this fun instructional and inspirational guide Heather Bradley, former creative director for Cheezburger and LOL Cats, gives designers a crash course in putting the funny in design. Through helpful examples, exercises, and quizzes, designers will learn tricks for making their designs convey humour, how to gauge what types of humour are appropriate for your client, insights into different styles of humour including satire, dark humour, sophisticated humour and more. Learn astonishing facts about design and humour theory from science, psychology and history. Did you know the first dirty cartoon appeared over 50,000 years ago? Whether you're an aspiring designer, design expert or just like funny pictures, you'll get a kick out of seeing the method behind the madness of designing funny.
