Comments on: Book "The Non-Designer's Design Book"

by: Jeremy Schultz

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:45:46 +0000

I agree with Mark’s assessment of Robin Williams’s books being pretty dumbed down, but I also agree with Elisabetta. I would have gotten so much out of her books back when I was just starting my career and my only notion of “design” was the crappy collection of fonts and clip art at the local newspaper where I worked.

by: Elisabetta Bruno

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:48:21 +0000

Mark, I do agree that the Non-Designers Design book is definitely not for experienced designers, and that is also what she says at the beginning of her book. It’s definitely a start for those who are not designers yet. I didn’t read her other book you mentioned, so I can’t say anything about that.

by: Mark Weaver

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:20:14 +0000

Robin Williams’ books are targeted at desktop publishers at best, at worst they are written on a 4th grade level to appeal to the lowest common denominator in the design field. I read her “The Mac Is Not A Typewriter” and I found the section explaining the copying of file as “…a little magic man jumps out and moves the file where you want it” to be grade school level and not worthy of being called a design text.