PART I. PRINCIPLES
1. What is Document Design?
Document Design as Information Design
The Document in Document Design
From Document to Design
Document Design as a Relationship
Levels of Design
Design & Emotion
Visual Design
2. Principles of Design
Design Objects & Their Characteristics
Six Principles of Design
Using Design Principles
3. Theories of Design
Visual Perception
Visual Culture
Visual Rhetoric
PART II. PROCESSES
4. The Whole Document
Three Perspectives on the Whole Document
Making Decisions about Medium
Making Decisions about Format
5. Pages
Three Perspectives on Pages
Viewing Pages
Creating Meaning with Page Design
Using Grids for Page Design
6. Type
Three Perspectives on Type
Looking at Type
Designing Documents with Type
Using Typographic Styles
Digital Type
Type on Screen
7. Graphics
Three Perspectives on Graphics
Graphics & Design Principles
Graphics & Ethics
Why Use Graphics?
Information Graphics
Promotion Graphics
Creating & Modifying Graphics
Incorporating Graphics into Documents
8. Color
Three Perspectives on Color
Color on Paper and Screens: RGB & CMYK
Designing with Color
Working with Color on Computers
9. Displaying and Collecting Data
Three Perspectives on Lists, Tables, & Forms
Lists
Tables
Forms
PART III. PRODUCTION
10. Projects
Project Management
Working with Design Teams
Models of Project Management
Planned Iterations: A Mixed Approach
11. Production
Printing Technologies
Paper
Ink
From Design to Document
Preparing Designs for the Press
Proofs