Paul Rand: A Designer`s Art

This book uses the teaching by example system giving illustrated examples of the author's past advertising design work. I did not get the in-depth education in visual design that I had hoped for. Rand's work uses a combination of simple to mid complexity visuals that communicate in an abstract high brow way. It is this sophistication that I suppose makes others give the book such high ratings. If more text was added to explain the principles then the book would have been a much better educational experience. A 4 rating for visual quality and examples, a 3 for content, are fair ratings.
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