print design

Surface decoration layout

Print design is the creation of visual materials intended for physical reproduction—books, magazines, posters, packaging, business cards.

It encompasses layout, typography, and image selection optimized for ink on paper rather than screens.

Print designers must account for color modes, bleed areas, and paper stock in ways digital designers don't: She moved from web work to print design when the magazine hired her.

Related

book covers · press · alignment · brochures · advertising · trim · posters · white space · negative space · kerning · visual hierarchy · vector graphics · registration marks · die cut · hierarchy · color theory · cover · paper

Categories
Opposites
medium/output format

print designdigital design

Computer-based visual creation

web design · interactive design · UX design · motion graphics · animation

dimensionality

print designproduct design

Shaping manufactured goods

industrial design · furniture design · installation art · architectural design · architecture

permanence/fixity

print designinteractive design

User-engaged creative practice

responsive design · real-time graphics · live visuals

Family

print, design, designer, printing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G