Ever wonder why a person decides to study design in the first place? Blame it on bedroom music collections. Album cover art has long served to foster more appreciation for typography and design. But whether conscious or not, the output of UK’s Peter Saville in particular has likely impressed most current designers at some point….
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What is it about a design that makes it good? It can be hard to put your finger on. Yet most of us seem to intuitively recognize it when we see it. A design that really works can actually be half science and half art. Certainly there are characteristics like proximity, alignment, repetition, contrast, emphasis,…