The Designers Complete Index by Jim Krause (2003, Paperback)

As a Graphic Artist, I bought this set mainly for one book, and made a great purchase the whole way around. It's perfect for the begining designer, and a great reference for the professional.

The kit comes in the little plastic suitcase/briecase shown in the picture. It's perfect for carrying to and from work on a daily basis. It's good for the office, as many of my co-workers have borrowed one book or another several times, and a perfect reference for freelance work from home.

I can tell you I am constantly using the Color Index. I work on lots of graphic projects every day, and it's nice to have a "cheat sheet" of colors that look good together. With a detailed table of contents, it's very easy to find every color type you're looking for. From your Basic color combinations to your Natural colors, you will find it all in this book. Another great thing, the book gives you RGB and CMYK mixtures. Plus, for the web-designer, the book covers a whole section on Browser Safe colors complete with the hexadecimal number.

The Idea index, is just that. Its main purpose is to give you, the artist ideas on how to present different things. One of the things the book is constantly showing you are different ways to get the idea of a lightbulb across without being repetitive. It's interesting in the concepts it presents you with, with the hopes that it sparks a creative idea.

The Layout Index is perfect for a designer working with print materials. The book covers brochures, posters, web, flyers, advertising, newsletters, page layouts, and stationary. The book presents you with a ficticious client, objective, content, audience, and production parameters. Then it shows you multiple ways to come up with a solution. As in the case of making the brochures, it shows you how to fold them different ways to create unique solutions to the company's problems.

I would recommend the kit to anyone that's doing anytype of design based job.

Very happy with the shipment and item. we're now absolutely satisfied with book set ant the content of it.