Praise for Digital Foundations
"This ambitious book teaches visual thinking and software skills together. The text leads readers step-by-step through the process of creating dynamic images using a range of powerful applications. The engaging, experimental exercises take this project well beyond the typical software guide."
ELLEN LUPTON, co-author of Graphic Design: The New Basics
"This groundbreaking text applies the classical Modernist pedagogy of the Bauhaus to digital media. It's a must-have for every art student, design student, and new media maven."
MARK TRIBE, Brown University, Founder of Rhizome.org
"Everyone should use this book: it really combines design principles, software tutorials and Bauhaus history. And it's open source!"
TIFFANY HOLMES, Associate Professor Chair, Department of Art and Technology Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
"This book is an unprecedented bridge between how visual design was once taught and how it needs to be taught today. It decodes digital tools and culture while explaining fundamental visual design principles within a historical context."
CASEY REAS, Co-Founder of Processing.org
"This book is the perfect fusion of technical and formal instruction. It gives the lie to those who think you can learn to use the Adobe Suite of computer applications effectively without an art education, and opens the door to a more practical understanding of the importance of artistic practice in our culture."
LEE MONTGOMERY, Founder of Neighborhood Public Radio / New Media Educator
Digital Foundations
Intro to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite
By xtine burrough & Michael Mandiberg
Digital Foundations uses formal exercises of the Bauhaus to teach the Adobe Creative Suite. All students of digital design and production—whether learning in a classroom or on their own—need to understand the basic principles of design in order to implement them using current software. Far too often design is left out of books that teach software for the trade and academic markets. Consequently, the design software training exercise is often a lost opportunity for visual learning.
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