Chapter Two. Planning Your Way to Design Success

What you’ll find:

  • Learn the importance of planning.

  • Discover the six criteria of effective design.

  • Learn how good design balances creativity and achieving objectives.

  • Learn how to work with Project Planning Worksheets.

  • Find out how printing options influence design decisions.

Planning is a necessity for effective and efficient design. Planning involves making decisions to achieve desired outcomes, based on available resources. A commitment to planning is, ultimately, more important than any preexisting “talent” or “creativity” you might—or might not—possess.

Planning eliminates subjectivity as a design criterion and replaces it with marketing effectiveness. Design success is not based on color, paper, ...

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