Designers:

David Whitbread

David Whitbread runs his own design and publishing consultancy. For 37 years he was a designer and director of design, web, video, corporate communications and marketing for various Australian Government agencies, and Head of Design at the University of Canberra. He retired to self publish the third edition of his book The Design Manual. He was also art director and co-author of the Style Manual for Editors Designers and Printers 6th edition and expert adviser on the 7th online edition.

Project: The Design Manual

The Design Manual's third encyclopaedic edition is 647 pages of design goodness. With 345 illustrations and over 150 checklists. A resource for a career – covering the basics through to advanced concepts, from student to studio. You can dip into it when you need it.  Its innovation is to make a reference work as easy to read as a Jack Reacher novel.  It looks at design in all media, processes, techniques, at environmental impact, ethics, accessibility, beauty. With diverse opinions quoted.

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Designers and Project Team:
Author, designer and publisher: David Whitbread
Cover illustrator and part-title illustrator: Elizabeth Faul, Purple Zebra
Prepress: Michael McDermaid, Paradigm Print Media
Print management: Ben Aitchison, Paradigm Print Media
Editor: Kirsten McNeill, Apricot Zebra
Diagrams: Louise Dews
Photography: Andrew Sikorski, Art Atelier