Writing For Designers

Author : Michael J. Metts
Publisher : Rosenfeld Media
ISBN 13 : 1933820608
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Is Designing written by Michael J. Metts and published by Rosenfeld Media. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without words, apps would be an unusable jumble of shapes and icons, while voice interfaces and chatbots wouldn't even exist. Words make software human–centered, and require just as much thought as the branding and code. This book will show you how to give your users clarity, test your words, and collaborate with your team. You'll see that writing is designing.

Author : Torrey Podmajersky
Publisher : O'Reilly Media
ISBN 13 : 1492049360
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Writing for UX written by Torrey Podmajersky and published by O'Reilly Media. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you depend on users to perform specific actions—like buying tickets, playing a game, or riding public transit—well-placed words are most effective. But how do you choose the right words? And how do you know if they work? With this practical book, you’ll learn how to write strategically for UX, using tools to build foundational pieces for UI text and UX voice strategy. UX content strategist Torrey Podmajersky provides strategies for converting, engaging, supporting, and re-attracting users. You’ll use frameworks and patterns for content, methods to measure the content’s effectiveness, and processes to create the collaboration necessary for success. You’ll also structure your voice throughout so that the brand is easily recognizable to its audience. Learn how UX content works with the software development lifecycle Use a framework to align the UX content with product principles Explore content-first design to root UX text in conversation Learn how UX text patterns work with different voices Produce text that’s purposeful, concise, conversational, and clear

Author : Steven Heller
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610586492
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing and Research for Graphic Designers written by Steven Heller and published by Rockport Publishers. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For designers, writing and research skills are more necessary than ever before, from the basic business compositions to critical writing. In this competitive climate, designers are routinely called upon to make words about the images and designs they create for clients. Writing about design is not just "trade" writing, but should be accessible to everyone with an interest in design. This book is a complete, introductory guide to various forms of research and writing in design—and how they explain visuals and can be visualized. These pages address communication on various levels and to all audiences: - Designers to Designers - Designers to Clients - Designers to the Design-literate - Designers to the Design-agnostic Being able to express the issues and concerns of the design practice demands facts, data, and research. With Writing and Research for Graphic Designers, you’ll learn how to turn information into a valuable asset— one of the key talents of the design researcher.

Author : Andrea Marks
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0132684934
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing for Visual Thinkers written by Andrea Marks and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing can be a challenge, especially for artists and designers who tend to be more visual than verbal. Writing for Visual Thinkers: A Guide for Artists and Designers is designed to help people who think in pictures—a segment of learners that by some estimates includes almost 30 percent of the population—gain skills and confidence in their writing abilities. Writing for Visual Thinkers approaches the craft of writing from many directions, all with the ultimate goal of unblocking the reader's verbal potential. It offers a guide to mind mapping, concept mapping, freewriting, brainwriting, word lists and outlines, as well as provides student examples, tips on writing grant proposals, reasons for keeping a blog and more. Critique methods, criticism, narrative and storytelling, hypertext, editing, graphic novels and comics, and many more topics round out this groundbreaking book. Both experimental and pragmatic, Andrea Marks's methods will result in stronger, more verbally confident artists and designers. Developed in partnership with AIGA, this book is for the visual learners everywhere who have always wanted--or needed!--to improve their writing skills, whether they specialize in graphic design, web design, industrial design, interior design, allied design, or fashion design. All of Peachpit's eBooks contain the same content as the print edition. You will find a link in the last few pages of your eBook that directs you to the media files. Helpful tips: If you are able to search the book, search for "Where are the lesson files?" Go to the very last page of the book and scroll backwards. You will need a web-enabled device or computer in order to access the media files that accompany this ebook. Entering the URL supplied into a computer with web access will allow you to get to the files. Depending on your device, it is possible that your display settings will cut off part of the URL. To make sure this is not the case, try reducing your font size and turning your device to a landscape view. This should cause the full URL to appear.

Author : Ellen Lupton
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1616893443
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Graphic Design written by Ellen Lupton and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do designers get ideas? Many spend their time searching for clever combinations of forms, fonts, and colors inside the design annuals and monographs of other designers' work. For those looking to challenge the cut-and-paste mentality there are few resources that are both informative and inspirational. In Graphic Design: The New Basics, Ellen Lupton, best-selling author of such books as Thinking with Type and Design It Yourself, and design educator Jennifer Cole Phillips refocus design instruction on the study of the fundamentals of form in a critical, rigorous way informed by contemporary media, theory, and software systems

Author : Ellen Lupton
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design, Writing, Research written by Ellen Lupton and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology turns a critical eye on advertising, newspapers, commercial photography.

Author : Scott Kubie
Publisher : Book Apart
ISBN 13 : 9781937557782
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing for Designers written by Scott Kubie and published by Book Apart. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From product documentation to menu labels to marketing emails, writing for the web can feel challenging-even insurmountable. But it doesn't have to be that way! Whether you're new to writing or looking to hone your skills, Scott Kubie's guide will empower you to get organized and get going. Learn to scope and articulate writing assignments, build a repeatable workflow, and develop methods for productive editing, collaboration, version control, and delivery. Don't struggle with writing-get the writing done.

Author : Stephen A. Kliment
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393730265
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing for Design Professionals written by Stephen A. Kliment and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its second edition—updated and expanded to address such issues as email etiquette and Web-based marketing, communication, and job searches—the best-selling Writing for Design Professionals is the standard guide for mastering the complexities of effective writing in professional practice. Stephen A. Kliment explains the principles of clear writing, from the formal “Dear Ms. Jones: I recently visited Polk Street Elementary School, and I agree the facility urgently needs to be modernized to make way for the progressive teaching techniques you have planned for your school district.... I believe that my firm, Izumi Associates, can make this happen” to the punchy remarks of the late William Caudill, “Say ‘frog,’ we’ll jump.” Dozens of sample letters, proposals, brochures, reports, book reviews, oral presentations, staff communications, and more—all drawn from the world of practice, and in both print and electronic formats—guide readers through the ins and outs of composing the end-products of writing. Writing for Design Professionals is organized for easy reference, and includes the following topics:• marketing: Web sites, correspondence, brochures and portfolios, proposals, newsletters, and other promotional tools• project writing• writing in school• job applications and Web-based job boards• writing in academe• writing for the media• writing as a career• public speaking plus: how to avoid jargon and gender-specific language, tailor your writing to your audience, enhance your writing with appropriate graphics, write to international clients, write as a product manufacturer, and measure the impact of what you write. Resources include lists of design media.Like a trustworthy desk-side consultant, Writing for Design Professionals, Second Edition, should be next to the computer of every architect, planner, interior designer, engineer, and student who wishes to present a polished, professional image through effective written communication.

Author : Natalia Ilyin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350034983
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing for the Design Mind written by Natalia Ilyin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Becoming a designer takes a huge amount of time and education. With so many skills to learn, many people never get the chance to master the one skill that can give them a real advantage in business or academia: They never learn to write well.” In Writing for the Design Mind author, designer and educator Natalia Ilyin offers clear, concise, and humorous writing tips, techniques and strategies to people who have spent their lives mastering design rather than learning to write. Ilyin's book helps designers approach writing in the same ways they approach designing – teaching skills and methods through encouragement, practical exercises and visual advice. Writing well is a skill, like any other, and with this book you can learn to do it with confidence. //Winner in the 50 Books | 50 Covers award 2019 from the AIGA//

Author : Christy Marx
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136144455
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games written by Christy Marx and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games explains the practical aspects of creating scripts for animation, comics, graphic novels, and computer games. It details how you can create scripts that are in the right industry format, and follow the expected rules for you to put your best foot forward to help you break-in to the trade. This book explains approaches to writing for exterior storytelling (animation, games); interior/exterior storytelling (comics and graphic novels), as well as considerations for non-linear computer games in the shortest, pithiest, and most economical way. The author offers insider's advice on how you can present work as professional, how to meet deadlines, how visual writing differs from prose, and the art of collaboration.