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White Graphics: The Power of White in Graphic Design Gail Deibler Ginke. 2003. Gloucester, MA: Rockport Publishers, Inc. [ISBN 1-56496-968-1. 192 pages, including index. $30.00 USD (softcover).]
Every graphic designer or editor who has been forced to explain to a client why there is nothing-text or image-on a part of a page should have Gail Deibler Finke's newest book. It demonstrates clearly and convincingly "the power of white in graphic design."
Using diverse examples, such as an annual report, a catalog and Weh site, a concert program, a poster, a menu, a shower invitation (for a baby and for a newly adopted cat!), and a wine label, author and designer Finke has done an admirable job of showing how white can be used to convey information and give impact to a message or an image.
White graphics: The power of white in graphic design is divided into three chapters. The first is called "White space"; the second is "White for impact"; and the third is 'White in three dimensions."
The introduction to the first chapter gives a highly abbreviated history of printed books and notes that "when you're printing on a piece of paper, it can be...