Design Standards Manuals: Their Meaning and Use for Federal Designers by Bruce Blackburn, 1977

Design Standards Manuals: Their meaning and use for federal designers by Bruce Blackburn, October 1977. Federal Design Library, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. 6 x 9.125, pp. 44 plus covers. U.S. Government Printing Office. “Good design saves time and money and enhances communication and understanding. And that is what a graphic standards manual helps to do. It is based on considerable research, analysis, surveying, interviewing, and validating—to tailor a visual communication system to an agency’s unique needs. It is also a “living” document that should be subject to change as conditions warrant.” The Federal Design Library was a series presenting information and ideas related to federal design. Later volumes published were Grids: Their meaning and use for federal designers by Massimo Vignelli (1978) and Photography for Graphic Designers by Norman Sanders (1979). This compact, practical booklet is based on a presentation made at the Second Studio Seminar* for Federal