4th Edition

White Space Is Not Your Enemy A Beginner's Guide to Communicating Visually Through Graphic, Web & Multimedia Design

By Rebecca Hagen, Kim Golombisky Copyright 2025
304 Pages 244 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

304 Pages 244 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

304 Pages 244 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

DESIGNING a website or brochure without an art background? Then step away from the computer and read this engaging conversational introduction to visual communications first. Written for the beginner, White Space Is Not Your Enemy is a practical graphic design and layout guide that introduces the concepts and practices necessary for producing effective visual communication across a variety of... Read more

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 University

I 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 Kentucky

White 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 University

A great book that simplifies the concepts and illustrates them! A must book.
—Scott Farrand School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina