4th Edition
White Space Is Not Your Enemy A Beginner's Guide to Communicating Visually Through Graphic, Web & Multimedia Design
Chapter 1: What is Design
Chapter 2: Step Away from the Computer
Chapter 3: I Need to Design this Today (WET Layout)
Chapter 4: Layout Sins
Chapter 5: Mini Art School
Chapter 6: Layout
Chapter 7: Type
Chapter 8: Color Basics
Chapter 9: Adding Visual Appeal
Chapter 10: Infographics
Chapter 11: Storyboarding
Chapter 12: Designing for Social media
Chapter 13: Designing for the Web
Chapter 14: Conclusion
Glossary
Biography
Rebecca Hagen taught public relations and design courses at the University of South Florida. She is a 20-year practicing graphic designer and founder of Sky Lake Design Studio, a graphic design firm in Tampa, Florida.
A former advertising and public relations pro, Kim “Dr. G.” Golombisky is an award-winning teacher and scholar at the University of South Florida.
This go-to resource offers a seamless balance of design history, industry-specific terminology, and creative inspiration.
— Sarah Johnson, School of Communication & Media, Kennesaw State UniversityI always assign White Space when teaching visual design, as it gives my classes foundational principles and a shared design vocabulary.
— Lauren E. Cagle, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies, University of KentuckyWhite Space has been incredibly useful as I teach my Media Design classes, and our students consistently say it’s the best textbook they’ve ever had.
—Emily Kinsky, Department of Communication, West Texas A&M UniversityA great book that simplifies the concepts and illustrates them! A must book.
—Scott Farrand School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina






