Customer Reviews
Rubbish - By: DR, 28 Sep 2007 
Do not buy this book. It is filled up with really bad solutions. I got very dissapointed when I flicked through it for the first time. And it has been on the shelve ever since. It has been a waste of money with nothing to show for it.
Yellow Duck Creative review - By: Jane A. Hawksworth, 11 Oct 2006 
If you're a professional designer who likes to be really creative, this book has odd snippets of inspiration, but is mainly a tool for novice designers looking for quick fix solutions & ideas.
A con - By: Ms. C. D. Matthews, 02 Sep 2006 if you're a busy designer hoping for some fresh & useful quick layout ideas... forget it, its complete rubbish. The best part of the design is the cover, that's as good as it gets.
>>>>>Simple<<<<<< and to the point ! - By: Planet, 25 Apr 2006 
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Having read the reveiws for this book, it seems to be one of those that people either love or hate. As a relative beginnerin graphic design, i found that this book was extremely helpful.
It has 140 pages Completelyin black & white each of which are filled with 9 small sized layout templates. There is no supporting text, but the layouts themselves are self explanatory. The templates cover areas such as grids, heirachy, symmetry, edges, etc..
It is a great book if you are searching for a layout style & wish to veiw somein condensed form. It is not really a 'how to' book, but more of a 'how it will look when done' book.
I guess that the title of the book is really quite apt. The book does not really talk at all about the quality of 'ingredients' for a successful layout, but it does show 'recipies' for the amount of each 'ingredient' required to make the perfect layout.
A big bonus for buying from amazon, is that you can click on the thumbsized picture of the books cover at the top of this page & scroll through the first few pages of the book to see exactly how it looks....so no excuses for being surprised about its content!
Good value for money. - By: , 27 May 2005 When I first opened this book I was disappointed as it is all black & white & didn't look very inspiring. When I looked closer I realised the book isin fact thumb nails of page layout variations. The designs are at a very early stage ie, one step further than brainstorming. This book provides a good starting point. It is good for kick starting ideas.
