0705 | Design Ideas 22
Simple Card, Dramatic Gallery, Get Tight, Image Hierarchy. 17 pages, 8.1MB | Subscribers | Learn more

0704 | Design a CD/DVD package
Type, color, layout: How to get five pages looking and working alike. 35 pages, 21.6MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0703 | Gestalt theory: Proximity
One way the brain organizes visual patterns is by grouping elements on the basis of proximity, or nearness. 14 pages, 4.6MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0702 | Gestalt theory: Similarity
Our eyes can easily pick out and group similar objects regardless of their proximity. 14 pages, 3.9MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0701 | The typeface of 9/11
At the National September 11 Memorial, the typeface Optima dignifies the names of the dead. 14 pages, 4.6MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0700 | Gestalt theory: Isomorphism
We interpret visual objects based on our own experience and memories. 21 pages, 6.6MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0699 | Design Ideas 21
Natural Lines, Space After, Double Duty, Big Type, Type Blend. 15 pages, 6.8MB | Subscribers | Learn more

0698 | Gestalt theory: Continuation
. . . leads the eye along a path. 11 pages, 3MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0697 | Design a brochure of squares
Modular construction makes a brochure that’s great for many topics. 32 pages, 27.7MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0696 | How to design motion
Here are more than a dozen ways to create a sense of movement an a static page. 37 pages, 10.3MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0695 | Design a mini portfolio card
A grid organizes photos into a mini portfolio that doubles as a business card. 28 pages, 10.6MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0694 | Make desktop holiday cards
A small, easy-to-draw icon is the centerpiece of this simple design. 16 pages, 2.3MB | Subscribers | Learn more | Excerpt

0693 | Spa brochure makeover
Ten carefully selected stock images and crystal-clear type help a small facial spa present its story beautifully and inexpensively. 28 pages, 8.9MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0690 | Design Talk 19: Five Design Ideas
Clever Glyph, Simplified Chart, Updatable Signage, Story-Telling Image, Picture Chart. 15 pages, 1.8MB | Learn more

0689 | How to design big signs
The key to designing big is to think small. 25 pages, 5.1MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0688 | Design a photo magazine cover
How do you show off a great photo? Easy. Clear everything else off the page. 21 pages, 2.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0687 | Beauty in 3 panels
You won’t believe what you can do with a strip of images until you visit Factor Design. 31 pages, 6.6MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0686 | Design Talk 18: Five Design Ideas
Repeating Shape, Single-Object Card, Web Stickies, Photo Sequence, Beautiful Book Cover 13 pages, 2.6MB | Learn more

0685 | Create a series of cards
Stretch your art budget colorfully! A spin around the color wheel turns one graphic into a dozen. 43 pages, 12MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0684 | Design Talk 17: Five Design Ideas
Realistic Store, Dual Mailer, Budget Menu, Mirrored Card, Simplified Chart. 13 pages, 2MB | Learn more

0683 | Design a zig-zag brochure
Legal-size sheet with an angled edge makes a catchy, fun format. 21 pages, 9.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0682 | Design a card the easy way
A photo and one block of type are all it takes to make a beautiful card. 21 pages, 2.9MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0681 | Design a flier that sells
The key to an advertisement that sells is simple: Keep all eyes on the product. 24 pages, 3.6MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0680 | Design from a creative brief
Designer and client must work toward the same goal. Here’s how to do that. 24 pages, 1.9MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0679 | Draw great visual instructions
Have something to demonstrate or explain? Don’t say it; show it! 19 pages, 1.7MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0678 | Design a chalkboard Web banner
Handwriting on the board makes a powerful, simple statement. 19 pages, 4.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0677 | How to use that typeface
That font you love won’t work just anywhere; it has a style that needs to be complemented. Here’s how to work its strengths. 21 pages, 4.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0676 | Gestalt theory: Equilibrium
Our sense of balance affects everything we see. 12 pages, 1MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0675 | Design Talk 16: Five Design Ideas
Coin Cover, Many From One, Outie Innie, Accordion Program, Inside Action. 15 pages, 4.8MB | Learn more

0674 | Pix Trix 4: Focal points
Complex or ambiguous photo? Eight simple ways to put the reader’s eye where you want it. 18 pages, 3.2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0673 | Design Talk 15: Four Design Ideas
Label Envelope; Tall Image, Wide Page; No-Bleed Design; Warp Tool. 18 pages, 2.7MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0672 | Fun with words and pictures
Wired magazine’s table of contents is a toy box of visual techniques. 18 pages, 3.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0671 | Design like a lazy person
Design is easier if you put your image here and your type there. 19 pages, 1.9MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0670 | Design Talk 14: Five Design Ideas
Visual Oxymoron, Functional Beauty, Portfolio Card, Sneak Peak, Background Selection. 13 pages, 1.4MB | Learn more

0669 | Callout ideas
Short quotes pulled from the text are fundamental storytelling tools. 26 pages, 7.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0668 | Picture your presentation
Photographs give your audience an emotional connection to your words. 21 pages, 4.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0667 | Lessons from a beautiful site
The University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences shows that beauty really is in the details. 19 pages, 3.2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0666 | Design a showroom-style presentation
Automobile magazine’s clever layout streams 10 cars across 18 pages. 12 pages, 1.7MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0665 | Design a pocket-size brochure
Eight small pages unfold into an informative, letter-size sheet. 13 pages, 2.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0664 | Design without rulers
Put away your ruler. Here’s how to design the way you see. 33 pages, 6.2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0663 | Picture your group
Have a dozen or more mug shots? A grid of squares gets that gang of yours looking good together. 15 pages, 4.1MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0662 | Design Talk 13: Five Design Ideas
Separate Fields, Organized Card, Massive Typeface, Sleeve-Style Cover, Home Page Greeting. 16 pages, 2.4MB | Learn more

0661 | Design a catalog of rectangles
Segway’s catalog motif is simple, handsome and versatile. 19 pages, 3.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0660 | How to set a text-only logotype
Key is to work with the natural pattern of your letters. Here’s how. 36 pages, 2.2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0659 | Design Talk 12: Five Design Ideas
Graph, Horizontal Scroll, Square Cover, Minimal Poster, Staggered Layout. 13 pages, 2.4MB | Learn more

0658 | Focus your presentation
Apple knows that a perfect presentation is made with the audience in mind. Here’s what we can learn from its brilliant iPhone site. 18 pages, 1.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0657 | Big, bold, beautiful
Southwest Airlines in-flight magazine shows how to design short, engaging stories. 24 pages, 3.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0656 | Design Talk 11: Five Design Ideas
Shadow Logo, Photo Callout, Color Contrast, One-Line Title, Mannequin Model. 15 pages, 3.2MB | Learn more

0655 | Design Talk 10: Five Postcard Ideas
Fresh Shapes; Big Image, Small Type; Front, Back; Centered, Design; Big Type, Small Image. 16 pages, 2.4MB | Learn more

0654 | Pix Trix 3: Scrapbook-style photos
Here are six easy ways to add depth and realism to your digital photos. 18 pages, 2.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0653 | A site of unusual clarity
A portfolio site shows that pure design is beautiful design. 12 pages, 1.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0652 | Design a panoramic booklet
A cross between a book and a magazine, this landscape format is unusually easy to lay out and great to read. 18 pages, 3.8MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0651 | Design a story-style brochure
Fold and unfold a single sheet into an appealing, narrative-like presentation. 16 pages, 3.6MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0650 | Design Talk 9: Five Design Ideas
A Site of Squares, Photo Name, Fun Lines, High-Style Multi-Caption, Picture-Frame Cover. 15 pages, 2.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0649 | How to design a small poster
To make a big impression at close range, use bold images and high contrasts. 15 pages, 2.1MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0648 | Small site, great format
This simple beauty is ideal for professionals and small enterprises. 15 pages, 1MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0647 | Design Talk 8: Five Design Ideas
Self Rollovers; Old Tabs, Modern Sheen; Optical Alignment; Baby Card; Empty Space. 13 pages, 2MB | Learn more

0646 | Our color wheel
Part science, part art, the color wheel is our tool for understanding which colors go with what. 19 pages, 3.7MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0645 | Design a beautiful Web header
Design an effective header the easy way. Just think in sections. 16 pages, 2.2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0644 | Tiny budget, evocative card
Turn a one-color business card into a visual statement. 18 pages, 3.6MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0643 | Design Talk 7: Five Design Ideas
Outside Inside, Product Callouts, Price Guide, Signature Logo, One-Photo Cover. 16 pages, 4.3MB | Learn more

0642 | Design a wrap-around brochure
Its narrow flap creates a point of interaction with the reader. 13 pages, 2.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0641 | Pix Trix 2: Web graphics
How to design great-looking ads in tiny spaces. 15 pages, 2.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0640 | Picture it twice
Use the same image twice differently to fill your space beautifully. 15 pages, 1.9MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0639 | Design a dual-purpose letterhead
This pre-perforated, legal-size sheet is part image, part function. 15 pages, 1.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0638 | Design Talk 6: Four Design Ideas
Quarter-Pie CD Format, Two List Ideas, Multi-Caption Photo, Modular Grid. 15 pages, 3.4MB | Learn more

0637 | Create Web page photo backgrounds
Make pages so real it’s like being there. 13 pages, 3.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0636 | Design below the line
Create a report that looks open and inviting. 15 pages, 2.2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0635 | Make a theme
Butterfly graphic brightens a gray brochure. 21 pages, 2.6MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0634 | Design Talk 5: Five Design Ideas
Low-Budget Layout, Photo Grid, Visual Hierarchy, Storytelling Object, Revealing Cover. 15 pages, 2.5MB | Learn more

0633 | Pix Trix 1: Cropping basics
How to crop photos for function and meaning. 16 pages, 2.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0632 | Design teeny-tiny brochures
As small as a business card, they’re classy and irresistibly cute. 18 pages, 2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0631 | Design simple presentations
Visual brevity will help a great talk. 15 pages, 1.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0630 | Design a multi-purpose flier
The single-sheet flier is a low-cost workhorse. This versatile model has many uses. 16 pages, 2.0MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0629 | Design Talk 4: Five Web Ideas
Two Media, One Look; Designed Space; Simple Mouse-Over; Color Hierarchy; Easy-to-Read Slide Show. 13 pages, 1.9MB | Learn more

0628 | A small newsletter that reads big
Half-size page is easy to design and creates a strong impression. 22 pages, 3.1MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0627 | Design your own Christmas cards
Desktop printers and an inexpensive photo library have made it easy to send beautiful, personal greetings! 16 pages, 2.6MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0626 | Design a step-up brochure
A compact brochure of loose cards is easy to customize. 16 pages, 3.8MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0625 | Build a picture path
A single row of photos carries your reader from here to there. 12 pages, 1.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0624 | Design first things first
Snap-together modules make this format easy but get the sequence right! 15 pages, 2.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0623 | Design Talk 3: Five Design Ideas
Graph; Modern Layout; Small Size, Big Impact; Focused Design; Personal Brochure. 15 pages, 3MB | Learn more

0622 | Unleash the action!
A still photo is real life on pause. Here’s how to restart the action. 16 pages, 5.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0621 | One-Line Design
Make expressive designs easily and quickly with just a line. 15 pages, 2.2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0620 | Design Talk 2: Five Design Ideas
Photo Identity, Powerful Cover, Simple Home Page, CD Calendar, Extended Image. 15 pages, 2.5MB | Learn more

0619 | Design Talk: Six Design Ideas
Storytelling Logo, Beautiful Card, Quick Flier, Great Note Pad, Expressive Typography, Simple Brochure. 15 pages, 2.3MB | Learn more

0618 | Design a flier that comes back
On a budget? Need a response? Design a flier tha’s its own return envelope! 16 pages, 2.1MB | Learn more | Excerptt

0617 | How to look real
How to transform a made-up design into an energetic expression of the real event. 18 pages, 2.9MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0616 | Design on a Centerline
An image, a typeface and one line are all you need to set a classy scene. 23 pages, 2.2MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0615 | Design a small chart
Visual simplicity transforms a kitchen gimmick into a useful tool. 19 pages, 2.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0614 | Distinctively Oriental
Menu captures the flavor of the Far East in a unique Oriental format. 31 pages, 7.7MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0613 | What typeface goes with that?
How to pick a typeface that complements a graphic. 21 pages, 5.1MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0612 | Open space
Your design should express who you are! Here's how an audio retailer changed his card to look like his high-end store. 22 pages, 3.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0611 | Design a $10 clock
Pop off the hands, pop in your design, and snap it together. 18 pages, 2.5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0610 | How to design small calendars
Eye-catching calendar designs for wallet and desktop. 28 pages, 4.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0609 | Simply borderless
How to design pages for desktop printers that can't print to the edge. 18 pages, 3.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0608 | Three documents, one look
How to turn letterhead, envelope and business card into a single visual presence. 16 pages, 800kb | Learn more | Excerpt

0607 | How to design a second page
You've designed a beautiful outside. How do you follow it up inside? Simply. 16 pages, 4.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0606 | Design easy cover patterns
Using this step-and-repeat technique, you can make artistic covers in no time! 18 pages, 3.9MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0605 | Swipe it!
Artistically erase part of an image, shaping it to fit a space. 15 pages, 3.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0604 | Simple, uniform, repetitive
We borrow a page from UPS to illustrate that consistency is key to a successful look. 10 pages, 2.6MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0603 | Many from one
Big photos have small photos inside! Here’s how to get several images from one original. 18 pages, 5MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0602 | Design a peekaboo brochure
Transform a plain sheet of paper into an engaging brochure by offsetting the folds. 16 pages, 4.4MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0601 | Squeeze play
How to fit a photo into a very skinny space. 13 pages, 3.3MB | Learn more | Excerpt

0600 | Design a label-style title
Words in a shape convey a pleasing blend of informality and permanence. 16 pages, 3.6MB | Learn more | Excerpt