Wilson Harvey: The Best Of Brochure Design .07

Yet another book I got out to help me with my LCC: Leeds City Council Brief. This book is just a collection of fantastic brochures that have been made from all around the world. It is split up into sections such as corporate brochures, annual reports, arts documents and so on.

Lots of juicy creative inspiration. I think it's part of series (being number 7) so I'm guessing the rest are worth a look too.

Andrew Haslam: Book Design

This is another book I got out for the LCC: Public Arts Strategy Brief. This book is more focused on what should be in a book, how the content relates to each other and how it should interact with it's audience. How to help navigation, etc.

A very useful book if you are struggling on or starting to design a book.

Ambrose/Harris: Layout

I wanted to use the LCC: Public Arts Brief to learn more about type, layout and grids. I wanted to get down to the nitty-gritty of it all. Joe Gilmore suggested I look at this book and learn about baseline grids.

This book was an excellent resource for everything type & layout related. It had sections on the golden ratio and different types of symmetric and isometric layouts but it's section on baseline grids was worth it's weight in gold.