Document Design Brochure Design and Templates Graphics Sample Brochure Assignments

Page Design Resources Document Design The following are from Jacci Howard Bear's extensive About.Com "Desktop Publishing" site Robin Williams: "The Non-Designer's Design Book" (Principles of document design) Jacci Howard Bear: "Grids: Order out of Chaos"  ("A grid is an invisible structure used to guide the placement of elements on your page.") John Magnik's "Typography & Page Layout"  (DTP basics--see especially "Principles of Design" and "Achieving a Good Layout") Print resources (available through the CCCL) Robin William, The Non-Designer's Design Book: disign and typographic principles for the visual novice (Peachpit Press: Berkeley, Ca. 1994) Christine A. Hult and Tomas N. Huckin, The New Century Handbook  (Allyn and Bacon: Boston, !999)  "See Part Four: Document Design"--includes the "'three C's": "clustering, contrasting, and connecting"; sections on making a brochure and a newsletter.) Software Tutorials Publisher and Word 2000 Tutorials from Microsoft in Education Brochure Design and Templates Robin Williams: "Tips on Designing Brochures" Graphics About.Com's "Freebies:Clipart" (links to collections of free clipart) Using the CCCL Scanner Sample Brochure Assignments Jacci Howard Bear's "Brochure Lesson Plans"  (brochure assignments designed for secondary school, but some useful suggestions and links)  Back to top