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5 Top Graphic Design Styles to Inspire Your Poster Art in 2022 | Blog | Domestika

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Explore examples of different graphic styles from the history of poster design, and how they are remixed in the trends of 2022

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Humans have been creating artistic designs since the Ice Age. They've evolved from simple cave paintings made from dirt, charcoal, and animal fat, to a variety of sophisticated graphic design styles that breathe life into advertisements, products, and websites, giving them a character of their own.

In this article, we explore 11 common graphic design styles that you might adopt for your company's branding, to help illustrate the character and values of your business.

Table of contents

1. Contemporary

2. Minimalist

3. Flat

4. Scandinavian

5. Retro

6. Psychedelic

7. Art Nouveau

8. Art Deco

9. New York

10. Grunge

11. Victorian

Why use a graphic design style for your business?

If you're starting a new business, or thinking about refining your company's branding, learning about the various graphic design styles can help you to pick a suitable aesthetic that can shape its personality and identity. Design is a powerful tool that can evoke strong emotions in people, so if you select a style that resonates with your target audience, they'll naturally gravitate towards it, and you may win their business.

For example, simplicity might be at the core of your product or service, in which case a minimalist design style may suit your branding. Or you may want to transport your customers back to the 60s and remind them of the liberating spirit of that era, in which case the retro style might be best for you. Design styles can represent values, so when you use them for your own business, the values are adopted by your branding, and you can attract the kinds of people you want to attract more easily. You'll also have a consistent and recognisable brand image that people quickly become familiar with.

11 types of graphic design styles

Here are some of the most common and popular types of graphic design styles to use for your business, with a mixture of old and new.

1. Contemporary graphic design style

Contemporary isn't a graphic design style per se, but encompasses current design trends, so is constantly changing. It includes a wide variety of line styles, shapes, and textures, from thick cartoonish styles as displayed in the left image above, or a "flatter" and more minimalist style that mixes a small handful of clearly-divided colours. The latter is a style that has been particularly popular in 2021.

If you'd like to learn about contemporary fonts for your branding, check out our article on the best fonts for websites.

2. Minimalist graphic design style

Minimalist graphic design is defined by its simplicity. It tends to use very few elements, a small number of colours, and a single texture style that is usually flat. When used in imagery, the few elements in a minimalist design style almost forces the viewer to pay attention to them, because they're encapsulated by white space and nothing else. When used in a website or product design, the style is intended to become almost non-descript, fading into the background so that the website's features and content take center-stage. For this reason, minimalist design is incredibly popular with web designers, because the site's content and features are the reason that the user is visiting in the first place, making the design more usable. This is especially important for homepage designs -the most popular page on your website.

Minimalism is a hugely influential design style, and you'll recognise its quality in some of the other styles explored below.

3. Flat graphic design style

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The flat graphic style was inspired by three others: the Swiss style, Bauhaus, and Modernism. It might also be considered a type of minimalist design, because it uses many of the same principles. Few colours are used, and if variations are used for a single colour, it's usually slightly darker to create a two-dimensional shadow effect, as seen in the images above. The colours that are chosen are usually nice and bright.

Lines are created by the elements themselves, without the use of black borders, and they're mostly straight with the exception of some curved edges. Typography is super-clean too, to match the design style.

Flat design has been made popular by Google, Apple, and Microsoft, who incorporated it into their software products, now used by billions of people across the world. The style works well for software because uncomplicated imagery has smaller file sizes which makes loading faster.

Another minimalist-inspired style, Scandinavian design is known from its stripped-down quality that makes every element seem important. Originally from the Nordic countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland, it was part of the populist design movement that advocated for a beautiful aesthetic that was affordable by the masses, as opposed to the ostentatious, expensive-looking Victorian style seen in royal British palaces.

Its colour palettes are small, shapes simple, and typography curvy without a serif in sight. You're also likely to see plenty of white space, to draw focus on the most important elements of the design, whether graphical or practical.

5. Retro graphic design styles

"Retro" graphic design refers to a broad range of design styles from the 1950s to 1970s. This includes Psychedelic, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Gothic, Baroque, the New York style, and 60s and 70s design, each with clearly distinct styles that would rarely be mistaken for each other. We explore some of these below.

Retro design styles can spark nostalgia, thrusting the viewer to an earlier period of their life where they might have felt a strong sense of belonging or meaning. This sentimentality can evoke a feel-good reaction, and work well in commercial uses like branding or advertising.

The example image on the left is from the Japanese World Exposition in 1970, and is an example of design trends that were popular in the 60s. Again, you can see shades of minimalism in this style, which uses just two colours. On the right is a more complex style that looks to be a combination of Art Deco, New York, and slight influences from Psychedelic.

6. Psychedelic style graphic design

Psychedelic design is another instantly recognisable style, characterised by its vivid colours and profusion of wavy lines. The principles of this design reflect the psychedelic movement of the 60s, driven in part by LSD-a newly popular, powerful drug that drastically altered people's perception of reality, particularly the way that objects were viewed, whose edges and lines would wiggle and warp as though shaken from both ends. Colours were also much brighter. Both of these visual effects have been captured in the psychedelic design style, which has become a metaphor for the LSD experience.

You can use our colour wheel charts to help select a palette for psychedelic designs (or any other design, for that matter).

7. Art Nouveau graphic design style

Art Nouveau is the first truly modern design style. Created in the 1890s, it's a result of Western artists trying to create a style they could call their own, which with the fast increase of global trading, could be promoted more easily. The style is identified by its lengthy organic lines, often used to animals, plants, and delicate objects, creating an ornamental and beautifully decorative effect. The typography used in this style follows similar principles, with a heavy use of natural-looking serifs, and looping shapes that complement the graphical elements.

Colours are kept to a minimum in Art Nouveau because printing was expensive in the early 1900s, so designs tended to use a single colour (commonly black) with subtle shading, as with the left example shown above.

8. Art Deco graphic design style

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If something has been designed with strong geometric shapes, bold colours, and plenty of symmetry, there's a good chance it's in the Art Deco style. This style is heavily influenced by Cubism-another style that used hard shapes to create a cube-like effect-and Futurism, which is famous for its monochromatic style that used materials like metal, plastic, and glass, which you can clearly see in the Metropolis image on the left.

Art Deco is a design style that can stop you in your tracks. It's almost forceful, demanding that you give it a look-a valuable trick in today's distracted world, when you want your website or advertisement to shine through. Its intense shapes, highly-contrasting colour schemes, and bold typography has made it one of the most recognisable design styles in history.

9. New York style graphic design

The New York design style emerged from a group of artists living in the city during the 50s and 60s. They created an informal group called The New York School, whose art was permeated with the idea of dance, poetry, and music, leading to an avant-garde design style that was free-flowing, bright, and highly-experimental. The typography on the right-posted is a good example of this, using colourful triangles to create an interesting effect, rather than just having plain text. Using this kind of design style in your website or branding may give you an interesting quirkiness that people are drawn to.

This design style also gave birth to abstract expressionism-an entirely abstract style with no attempt to create recognisable objects, made famous by Jackson Pollock.

10. Grunge graphic design style

The definition of grunge is "grime or dirt," and you can clearly see these reflected in the grunge design style. Typography is typically bold and roughly drawn, with letters dripping or splattered, as though drawn with a rebellious attitude. Shapes are torn, ripped, or crooked, giving it a rawness that may remind you of punk or rock. Colours are often minimal, and usually include one vivid primary colour that looks stark against the rest of the design.

If you're looking to appeal to people who thrive on anarchy, this is probably the design style to go for.

11. Victorian style graphic design

Victorian graphic design is an ornate, busy style that usually bursts with content, with shapes, borders, characters and letters filling the entire image. This reflects the style of Victorian Brits (especially royalty), who preferred everything to be opulent and gilded, and can still be seen in royal palaces today.

Victorian design tends to be symmetrical, and its typography quirky, with swirling, serif-laden letters that lend an eccentricity to the style. Colours are typically muted because of the lack of brightly-coloured ink. You may find yourself associating the style with posh royalty, which may appeal to people who value such things.

Graphic design styles defined

That's it! Every major graphic design style defined, with examples and descriptions of each. If you'd like to read more on this subject, check out our article on graphic design trends for 2022.

With an overview of the various graphic design styles, you should be able to select an appropriate style for your branding, that appeals strongly to your target audience. Add this information to a brand style guide and you'll be able to maintain strong, consistent branding for your customers.

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11 Graphic Design Styles For Your Design | When To Use + Images

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Humans have been creating artistic designs since the Ice Age. They've evolved from simple cave paintings made from dirt, charcoal, and animal fat, to a variety of sophisticated graphic design styles that breathe life into advertisements, products, and websites, giving them a character of their own.

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When you're asked to give a design or image a 'vintage' look, what does that actually mean? 'Vintage' encompasses a whole range of styles, which span decades and design genres. In this quick guide I'll walk you through some of the most popular vintage design styles so you can recreate an old-fashioned look with more authenticity and attention to detail.

How to Identify a 'Vintage' Design Style

Everybody has an idea of what looks 'old', but when and where you were born can influence your perspective. The way you perceive something as appearing 'vintage' or 'old-fashioned' is conditioned by three factors- nostalgia, perception of age, and visual style.

1. Nostalgia

If you were born in the Eighties, this decade might have a more nostalgic quality for you as this is the decade when you were a child. If you were born in the Seventies, this era likewise might seem more nostalgic and positively emotional for you personally.

Many contemporary brands have realised the power of tapping into nostalgic marketing for their products. Giving a product, such as an item of clothing or advert, a stylistic reference to the target market's nostalgic decade is a surefire way to increase sales.

Note how lots of brands now targeting the millennial market are looking to the design styles of the Nineties to make their products appear more nostalgic. The theory goes, if you loved wearing a velvet choker circa 1995, you'll be more likely to buy into the trend again 20 years later.

2. Ageing

The second factor which helps you identify a 'vintage' design style is perception of age. Everything ages, and time has an influence on how things appear depending on how old they are.

Look at a shiny modern digital print and you'll probably place it as having being made recently. You might guess the age of a print with slightly more pixelation and a duller color as being of the 1950s or 1960s. A print with yellowing, curled or ripped edges, and serious signs of damage or decay looks even older-possibly 19th or early 20th Century.

When we recreate vintage design styles, we might try to replicate the look of these ageing processes to make the design appear more authentic.

3. Visual Style

Aside from nostalgic value and ageing being hallmarks of vintage design, you can also identify vintage styles from visual pointers. Even though you might not have lived through a particular decade, such as the 1920s, you'll still be able to recognize if something references the era by picking up on visual clues. We'll explore this side of vintage design in more detail below.

Your Essential Guide to Vintage Design Styles

This guide aims to show you how to identify specific vintage design styles, and I'll also share some tips on reproducing the style in your own work. Note that to keep a vintage design style looking relevant and fresh, designers will often mix elements of the vintage style with more modern design features. It's this vintage/modern balance that makes a style look 'vintage' and not outdated.

Victoriana

Victoriana is inspired by the decorative arts and design styles of the Victorian period. Because the Victorian period spanned 60 years, the Victoriana style is broad and the look can be achieved by referencing very diverse design styles. Graphic designers might interpret Victoriana now by using Circus-style typefaces, text-heavy layouts (to mimic the style of original Victorian posters, like the one pictured below) or military elements like medals and uniforms in their designs.

In many ways 'vintage' graphic design as we know it today is mostly influenced by Victoriana styling and has evolved into related styles, like Industrial, Steampunk (see below) and 'Hipster' styling.

This chalkboard poster template is a great example of modern Victoriana styling.

Ornate borders and ribbons, along with hand-drawn serif typefaces and a busy text-filled layout, take direct inspiration from styles that were popular in the 19th Century.

Shares traits with: Steampunk (see below), Industrial, 'Hipster', Military

Letterpress

Letterpress is one of the oldest printing techniques, using a method of relief printing to create an engraved color effect. The effect adds an appealing hand-done look to designs, which makes it a great pairing for vintage-style layouts.

Though letterpress is a print technique, its distinctive look has made it into a recognizable design style of its own. Designers enhance its vintage appeal with muted colors and old-style typefaces. Digitized letterpress effects can also replicate the look without the need for printing using the letterpress method. These Photoshop actions allow you to mimic the look on your computer without the need for a specialized printer.

This business card template uses metallic foil and delicate serif text to bring the letterpress style into more modern territory.

Steampunk & Retrofuturism

Steampunk is a relation of Victoriana, taking inspiration from 19th-Century industrialisation and technologies and merging this with sci-fi and post-apocalyptic cultural references.

Using steampunk elements in graphic design allows designers to give an off-beat, distinctive twist to vintage styles.

Cogs, metallic textures and rich colors help to bring a touch of steampunk to any design.

Retrofuturism is a related trend, not particular to Victorian references, which creates interpretations of the future from the perspective of an earlier era. This retrofuturistic rocket is an example of the style, using exaggerated 1960s references to create a machine with a distinctly retro look.

Gothic

The Gothic design style is based on decorative and architectural styles that were popular in the mid-to-late Medieval period. An extremely broad 'total' design style, its influence can be seen across architecture, art and decorative arts from this period.

In graphic design now, Gothic styles are characterized by medieval references in typefaces, aged textures, and simple colors that mimic the dark, natural atmosphere and textures of many Gothic-period buildings.

This Oropitem typeface is a nice example of the Gothic trend, borrowing old calligraphic elements to create a style that has a formal, dramatic quality.

Baroque

If you want to create more of an ornate, detailed look in your vintage designs, Baroque is the style to aspire to. A design style that was extremely popular in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Baroque is characterized by grand, exaggerated features like ornate gilding and detailed decorative elements using natural elements like shells and plants.

To replicate the style in your own work, look out for beautiful ornate typefaces and French-inspired frames and borders. It's a beautiful style for using on more formal items like wedding invitations.

Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau was a popular design style at the turn of the 20th Century. Inspired by curved and natural forms, the style is characterized by fluid borders with ornate details, pleasingly symmetrical layouts, and warm, optimistic colors.

Art Nouveau is still a go-to style for contemporary designers looking to inject romanticism and beauty into their work. Menus, invitations and posters will all benefit from a dose of Art Nouveau styling.

The quickest way to buy into the look is to look for ornamental frames and graphics, and delicate, curved typefaces.

Art Deco

Art Deco is a glamorous architectural and decorative style that reached its peak in the 1920s and 1930s. A very distinctive design style, Art Deco can be identified from its strong geometric and symmetrical forms, rich colors, and luxurious, often metallic, textures and finishes.

Compared to more classical styles that came before it, Art Deco looks intentionally more modern. This has ensured its lasting favor among designers who want to add a touch of luxury and geometric beauty to their work.

Art Deco manages to balance masculine and feminine qualities well, making it a great choice for people looking for something less floral and traditionally 'pretty' for their wedding stationery. These wedding invitations show just how minimal, glamorous and beautiful the Art Deco style can be.

Aside from wedding invitations, the Art Deco style works well across all sorts of media. Try using Art Deco typefaces on posters and packaging to make events and products feel more aspirational.

Shares traits with: Modernism, Art Nouveau (see above)

Bauhaus

Bauhaus is a niche design style inspired by an art school in Germany that was widely influential during the 1920s and 1930s. A founder of Modernism in Germany, the Bauhaus movement championed simple, minimal graphics and bold, poster-box colors.

The Bauhaus's favored palette of white, red, blue, yellow and black instantly conjures up the impression of an early Modernist style. Use the colors in combination to transport your designs to Pre-War Europe.

Shares traits with: Modernism, International Typographic Style (see below)

Mid-Century Modern & Pop Art

When you think of the term 'retro', you might well picture a 1950s design style in your head. 'Mid-Century Modern' is the term design historians use to describe this distinctive style, which was incredibly popular in the 1950s and 1960s across design and architecture.

Characterized by minimal, curvy shapes and muted colors, Mid-Century Modern is a friendly vintage style that adds a fun touch to any design.

More than Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern is much more of its time, and less contemporary in style a result. By using elements of the style, you will immediately make a design appear more 1950s, which coincidentally is a growing trend across product and graphic design right now.

Linked to Mid-Century Modern is the Pop Art style, which gives retro pop culture imagery a witty, and sometimes dark, twist.

In your own designs, you can reference the style using the graphic effects favored by Sixties pop artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, such as collage-style colors and pixel-dot effects.

Shares traits with: Kitsch, Modernism

International Typographic Style (or Swiss Style)

Also known as the Swiss Style, the International Typographic Style is a graphic design style that was first conceptualized in the 1920s in Europe, but became fully developed and popularized by a group of Swiss designers in the 1950s. The style marks another rung on the Modernism ladder, and you can identify it from its emphasis on minimal layouts, legibility, and sans serif fonts like Akzidenz Grotesk and Helvetica.

Today, designers still adore the Swiss Style for its clean, modern look. It applies incredibly well to more formal media, like reports, business stationery, and magazines.

Designers also lift the Swiss Style's favored color scheme of grey, red and white, to make a nod to the style in their work.

Learn how to create a poster influenced by the International Typographic Style in this new typography course.

Seventies

The Seventies have struggled with a poor design reputation for some time. Only recently have designers started looking to the decade for some fantastic inspiration.

Playing on the nostalgic qualities of the decade, designers are starting to use Seventies design traits to appeal to audiences who either lived through the decade or have parents who did.

The era may be remembered by some for unflattering fashion trends and dodgy wallpaper, but it also produced glamorous, iconic designs across interiors and graphic design.

Emulate the look with a warm color palette of oranges and browns, and mix photography in with vector graphics for a look that feels authentically Seventies. This flyer template plays up the nostalgic qualities of the era, mimicking the look of an old-school record sleeve.

This flyer gives a more contemporary twist to Seventies design elements, mixing a more modern layout with a grainy photo and Seventies-inspired colors.

Inspired by the Punk music scene of the late 1970s and 1980s, the Punk style is anarchic and attention-grabbing. This poster for a punk music gig displays some of the strongest features of the style, with neon colors, jumpy text baselines, and newspaper-print photography.

Graphic designers still turn to Punk for its in-your-face character. This movie poster for the recent film Filth shows how Punk has evolved to suit contemporary designs. Spot the newspaper textures, collage-style cut-outs, and off-kilter text.

If you want to grab someone's attention and hold it, Punk is a great vintage design style to reference. This makes it the perfect choice for flyers, like the one pictured below, posters and other advertising or marketing media.

It also has connections with the Motorbike/Heavy Metal design style, which takes Punk elements and incorporates them into tattoo-inspired logos and typefaces.

Grunge

One of the most recent of styles that can be considered 'vintage', Grunge, like Punk, is inspired by the music and fashion scene of the same name. Popular in the Nineties, the Grunge style is cool, angst-ridden, and laid-back. Graffiti, sombre colors and dirty textures have come to characterize the style for contemporary designers.

Grunge's main contribution to modern graphic design is the popular grunge textures, which add a grainy, aged look to any design. To achieve the grunge look in your own designs, a grunge texture is the best and easiest way to buy into the trend. Use it across flyers, posters and photos to give your designs an instant grungy look.

This flyer template picks out some of the strong stylistic traits of Grunge, such as papery textures, tinted photography and muted colors, and places them in the context of a more contemporary, grid-based layout.

Your Potted Guide to Vintage Design Styles

Here, we've whizzed through some of the best-known design styles that can be considered as 'vintage'. As we touched on at the beginning of this article, we can class a style as being 'vintage' by looking for all or some of these three qualities-nostalgia, perception of age, and visual style.

You can see this guide as an inspiration melting pot for your own vintage designs. Whether you want to accurately emulate a particular era or simply borrow elements from one or several styles to give a modern design a slightly retro edge, this guide will hopefully have you feeling more confident about identifying and mimicking particular vintage styles.

Have I missed a vintage style that you love? I'd love to hear your thoughts on your favorite vintage styles, and how you emulate them in your work. Leave your thoughts in the comments below!

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When you're asked to give a design or image a 'vintage' look, what does that actually mean? 'Vintage' encompasses a whole range of styles, which span decades and design genres. In this quick guide I'll walk you through some of the most popular vintage design styles so you can recreate an old-fashioned look with more authenticity and attention to detail.

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Graphic design layout refers to the way in which we arrange the elements on a page which makes up the content of a design. The aim of layout is both to convey the message correctly and to present information in a logical, coherent way making the important elements stand out. Investing into the best logo design can make the content easier to understand. Let's take the classic newspaper layout as an example. The justified columns of text are designed to be visually appealing, yet authoritative. The use of large headlines grabs the reader's attention, whilst the sub-headings allow you to see an obvious hierarchy of information, meaning you can easily get the gist of the news, without needing to read the whole piece. So when planning a graphic design layout, you should make sure that the layout looks authoritative and packed with information, or clean and structured. Today we are going to give master tips on everything you need to know about an effective graphic design layout.

1. Graphic Layout Meaning

Layout basically means the arrangement of predetermined items such as image, text and style on a page. It establishes the overall appearance and relationships between the graphic elements to achieve a smooth flow of message and eye movement for maximum effectiveness or impact. You just decide on placement, color, text, etc for items you already have. Graphic layout plays a very important role in creating and achieving a successful design that easily attracts potential customers, is user-friendly, easy to understand has a universal appeal.

2. Graphic Design Layout Rules

A layout is the heart of any design. No matter how skilled you are there are chances that you might find it hard to try to fit the elements onto the page because they just don't look or feel right. It is therefore extremely important to stick to these layout rules to create best logo designs. The number one rule in layout is to balance all your elements, so that the message is not distorted. You should always place your elements in the center of the page, keeping the margins on all edges. Rotational and reflection symmetry are further variations of the theme, and can add interest. Next you should always remember the rule of third. Use guides to divide your work area into an equal three-by-three grid. Place your key element where two of the axes meet to have a focal point. It's then simple to develop the rest of the layout quite effortlessly. Another important rule of layout is unity which states that by using unity you can create a cohesive layout. If your elements are of uniform sizes, aligned to grids, are of equal dimension a viewer will subconsciously create structure and order.

3. Graphic Design Layout Template

There are various design templates that you can use for creating a visually appealing layout. You can fully customize a page by just using HTML Code that does not use the theme. Liquid layout elements at will not show header, footer, or other carried over elements but can be great for creating unity. People generally use CSS property for creating liquid template. Another famous layout template people use is tables for layout creation which is quite intuitive. You can see them almost everywhere! You don't even need to use a separate CSS stylesheet when using this template. And, the best part about them is that they don't break. Flexbox is another layout template which is a short name for the CSS Flexible Box Layout Module. This is something new to Float template and the main idea behind the flexbox is to give a container the ability to alter its items length, width and order. You should use it if you want to fill the available space and make your layout stand out.

4. Design Layout Inspiration

The most inspirational things are often right in front of us and they often inspire us to create a unique and impressive layout. It might be the opening titles in the recent movie that you saw , a typography on a book cover, the design of a square inch, the colors of your favorite music album, etc. Imagine you're browsing through a bookstore, soaking up covers, getting awe-inspired by their colors, their typefaces, their layouts, little details. The variety is endless, and sometimes your eyes stick onto that master piece of art shining through the sheer mass. You just need to keep your eyes open and the best kind of design layout inspiration might indeed lie where you least expect it.

5. Graphic Design Layout Book

When it comes to seeking inspiration and getting into the depth of design layout, graphic designers are spoilt for choice. There is a wealth of books at our fingertips, all waiting to be explored and enjoyed, helping you improve and refine your design layout skill. A very popular layout design book in this category is Logo Modernism (Design) by Jens Muller where you can see the distillation of modernism in graphic design. This unprecedented publication brings together approximately 6,000 trademarks and can be the best present to help you create appealing layouts. You can also read The Layout Book by Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris which explains the hows, whys, and why nots of layout design. It has a selection of great layout designs and contains more than 300 illustrations in full color and black-and-white. You can also read other books such as Layout Workbook by Kristin Cullen, Layout Essentials by Beth Tondreau. All these books can instantly awaken your inspirational mind.

6. Print Layout Design Inspiration

In print design, layout is one of the most crucial aspects. Whether it's an artworks on your bookshelf, the Postage Stamps collection on Flickr, an influential mazagine, collage print design or whimsical pixel art, playful geometric designs and patterns, all of this is sure to squeeze your creative mind. Perhaps something extraordinary can also inspire you such as your own series of book covers made with HTML and CSS.

7. Graphic Design Layout Techniques

There are various techniques to make your design layout appealing. Focal Point and Accent is the most important among them because emphasis is achieved by position, rhythm, typeface weights and styles. The secondary emphasis points are called accent and help in framing the layout correctly. Another technique which can make your layout stand out is positive and negative shapes. In a successful positive/negative shape relationship negative shapes are interdependent, filling the whole space in the eyes of the viewer. Further you should also take care of the grid as it is a modular compositional structure made up of verticals and horizontals that segregates the format into columns. A grid gives a layout a unified look.

8. Graphic Design Layout Principles

There are a few graphic design principles which you must follow. Alignment of elements in the layout is the basic principle which makes your layout stand out, Further, you should use simple font face, images should be of high resolution and should be big enough to capture the viewers attention. Proximity is another important principle which makes your layout a unity. Contrast is also important as it creates variety in the layout.

If the elements of the layout are laid out well, and you follow all of these master tips about the layout design then you will surly create a great layout and will feel excited as your viewers eye will be led across the page. A layout is the first attraction for your readers and viewers, so make it effective and appealing today.

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