tavicori's review against another edition
4.0
David Reinfurt's A New Program for Graphic Design is indeed a great book, with lots of thought-provoking stories and case studies from the field of design and related areas. I really appreciated his division of the book in the three chapters, Typography, Gestalt and Interface, though the latter seemed a little bit rushed compared to the other two. I also really liked the way the images are integrated with the text, and it is really easy to follow his thought process.
Overall I enjoyed it a lot, but I really wish the book had been proofread with greater care. I don't know if it's just my edition, since I pre-ordered it, but the book has a lot of typos and sentences that could have been written in a more simplified way. I know the book originated from a set of talks the author gave, but I wish I could have shaken off the feeling that they just copied and pasted his presentation script into a book. I really hope future editions are a little bit better in this sense. :)
Overall I enjoyed it a lot, but I really wish the book had been proofread with greater care. I don't know if it's just my edition, since I pre-ordered it, but the book has a lot of typos and sentences that could have been written in a more simplified way. I know the book originated from a set of talks the author gave, but I wish I could have shaken off the feeling that they just copied and pasted his presentation script into a book. I really hope future editions are a little bit better in this sense. :)
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