Design Essentials videos by Before & After
In collaboration with lynda.com, Before & After magazine has produced Design Essentials (that every graphic designer should know). The 12-segment DVD includes over an hour of ideas and tips “to turn your project from blah into bravo.”




Segments include:
- Welcome
- Know your story
- Keep it simple
- Have a focal point
- Get extreme
- Put white to work
- Get unblocked
- Set type boldly
- Use beautiful color
Here’s the introduction to Design Essentials, by John McWade.
Design Essentials is regularly priced at $49.95 and is discounted to $29.95 for subscribers of Before & After. You can pre-order the DVD here. For lynda.com subscribers, Design Essentials will be available in the lynda.com library February 27th.
This article was last modified on July 29, 2021
This article was first published on February 21, 2013
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