Even though I spend a fair amount of time with InDesign, I wouldn’t call myself a designer. That doesn’t stop me from having a couple of things to say about design. In fact, on the internet you don’t need to know anything about a subject to have an opinion about it. So there you go….

Design basics

This section goes into more detail on some graphic design fundamentals. Currently the focus is on technical design basics but I hope to add artistic considerations as well at some point in time.

Design for troublefree output

I may not be a designer but I spend years tinkering with other people’s masterpieces, trying to output them on a proofer, an imagesetter or a CtP device. Here is a long list of things that a good designer takes care of so that his or her job gets printed the way a customer likes it.

Links, products & stuff

Links to other sites, newsgroups, mailing list and books worth reading.