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So you want to learn graphic design. It's a natural choice. If you love design, it's a great time to be alive. If the 1920s were the Jazz Age, today is the Age of Design. Visual communication has us surrounded. You cannot walk around New York or L.A., London or Tokyo—any urban space, really—without encountering a welter of ingenuity and inspiration for your eyeballs. Head out of town, and even in the middle of the prairie, billboards scream for your attention.

Figure 0.1. This book was developed by the faculty of Sessions.edu, a New York–based online school of design.

Figure 0.2. The appliance of signs. Graphic design is everywhere ...

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