Publisher's Synopsis
Smashing Ideas for Inspired Design
If your creative well has run dry or you are simply looking for ideas for you next design, The Smashing Ideas Book is a rich source of inspiration. Inside, Cameron Chapman offers hundreds of smashing ideas guaranteed to get your creative juices flowing and your mind buzzing.
Chapman zeros in on such universal elements of great design as color, shape, texture, balance, proportion, rhythm, and unity. She supplies over 700 amazing examples drawn from websites, as well as from the worlds of photography, product packaging, architecture, interior design, fashion, furniture, toys, everyday objects, and more.
An endless source of inspiration and design ideas, The Smashing Idea Book gives you:
- Dozens of screenshots from all kinds of websites
- Hundreds of superb full–color photos of great designs, from architecture to fashion to children s toys
- Invaluable insights into the universal components of great design for any medium
- Priceless pointers on how to break through designer s block
- Simple tricks for making existing designs sizzle like never before
- Tips on how to find design inspiration in everyday life
