
Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design

These cameras made unobtrusive photography possible while providing an excellent negative for crisp reproduction.
Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
was type design, transparent process-color squares printed over the Portfolio logo which was dropped out of black. Like a main title for a motion picture, the cover introduced the cinematic interior.
Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
Steven Heller
Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
“We printed subway and wall posters showing covers of the magazine with the tagline, ‘Join the Underground,’” recalled Jordan.
Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
Vogel knew the trick of how to make pictures tell a story. One of his pioneering efforts was the double-truck spread, for which a strong photograph was greatly enlarged to mammoth proportions. Pacing photos from large to small to huge to small again provided impact and surprise.
Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
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Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
Each AD cover featured an original image and redesigned logo.
Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
cinematic pacing was the visual backbone of a magazine.
Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
According to the principle of the “Third Effect,” when two pictures are brought together and positioned side by side, each picture’s individual effect is enhanced by the reader’s interpretative powers.