If you have some artistic skills, Xara makes it easy to express your ideas on the page.

But when you need a drawing, text, a list, and other elements in a composition, it's no longer a drawing in Xara...it's a design.

Now, I think the phrase "design" is a lot like the term "logo"; we instinctively state that we know what it is, but often fail to get to the gist of it when someone asks you for your wares.

Daniel Higginbotham claims to have a 5-minute design primer at the link below, but it will take you longer than 5 minutes to pore through it. It's got, as we say, "good stuff" in it, the finer points of good composition from concept to execution:


° ° ° ° Take five minutes to ponder these design issues ° ° ° °

It's truly worth a look. I get questions relating to design issues almost daily, and I also find myself scratching my head over a "Good Design" almost as often.

There's some answers here, even if you're an Art Critic and not an artist.

My Best,

Gary