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WHO IS JONNO COHEN?

GRAPHIC DESIGNER ILLUSTRATOR WEB DESIGNER

DESIGN FOR NON-DESIGNERS

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http://jonnocohen.com/non-designers

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PRINCIPLES

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Who is this for?

What do I want them to do?

How do I get them to do it?

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FOCAL POINT

Less is more

Cut through the clutter

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WHITE SPACE

ANC report admits party has failedJohannesburg - The ANC has conceded it has dismally failed to meet its own delivery targets for the five years up to this year on rooting out corruption, reducing unemployment, and narrowing the gap between the poor and the rich.

However, the ruling party said it made significant progress in improving education and healthcare, especially in the matric results and the reduction of HIV/Aids.

It had also exceeded its target in youth employment, education and training.

These are among the findings of party’s internal draft report on its implementation of government priorities between 2009 and this year.

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane presented the report at the ANC’s lekgotla on Friday, a few days before the party consolidates its nomination list for the election candidates.

The party had, in its 2009 election manifesto, identified the fight against crime and corruption, the creation of decent work, education, healthcare and rural development, food security and land reform as its five key priorities for the next five years. This year’s election manifesto has stuck to these priority areas.

Titled the “Close-out Report on the Implementation of Government Priorities for 2009-2014”, the 162-page document, seen by The Star, was presented to a workshop last month.

It is to be tabled before the cabinet lekgotla.

For all its intention to clamp down on corruption and face the fifth democratic elections with a cleaner image, the ANC appears to have an uphill battle in curbing this malady.

Of the 100 people with assets of R5 million obtained through corruption that the party had targeted to convict by this year, only 41 have been successfully convicted.

About 790 people are under investigation, while freezing orders with assets estimated to be valued at R1.3 billion have been obtained.

The ANC’s own rating has highlighted this crucial target as “not achieved”.

The report identified “slow reporting”, “identification of cases that meet the target criterion” of having R5m assets, and inadequate skilled investigators as among the problems hindering progress in cracking down on fraudsters.

Other impediments listed include unco-operative witnesses, criminal investigations being hampered by suspects who remain in office after being charged, and lack of finalisation of complex cases.

The report further shows the ANC’s target on employment is “not likely to be achieved”.

“Unemployment has not improved significantly since 2009 because the number of job-

ANC report admits party has failedJohannesburg - The ANC has conceded it has dismally failed to meet its own delivery targets for the five years up to this year on rooting out corruption, reducing unemployment, and narrowing the gap between the poor and the rich.

However, the ruling party said it made significant progress in improving education and healthcare, especially in the matric results and the reduction of HIV/Aids.

It had also exceeded its target in youth employment, education and training.

These are among the findings of party’s internal draft report on its implementation of government priorities between 2009 and this year.

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane presented the report at the ANC’s lekgotla on Friday, a few days before the party consolidates its nomination list for the election candidates.

The party had, in its 2009 election manifesto, identified the fight against crime and corruption, the creation of decent work, education, healthcare and rural development, food security and land reform as its five key priorities for the next five years. This year’s election manifesto has stuck to these priority areas.

Titled the “Close-out Report on the Implementation of Government Priorities for 2009-2014”, the 162-page document, seen by The Star, was presented to a workshop last month.

It is to be tabled before the cabinet lekgotla.

For all its intention to clamp down on corruption and face the fifth democratic elections with a cleaner image, the ANC appears to have an uphill battle in curbing this malady.

Of the 100 people with assets of R5 million obtained through corruption that the party had targeted to convict by this year, only 41 have been successfully convicted.

About 790 people are under investigation, while freezing orders with assets estimated to be valued at R1.3 billion have been obtained.

The ANC’s own rating has highlighted this crucial target as “not achieved”.

The report identified “slow reporting”, “identification of cases that meet the target criterion” of having R5m assets, and inadequate skilled investigators as among the problems hindering progress in cracking down on fraudsters.

ANC report admits party has failedJohannesburg - The ANC has conceded it has dismally failed to meet its own delivery targets for the five years up to this year on rooting out corruption, reducing unemployment, and narrowing the gap between the poor and the rich.

However, the ruling party said it made significant progress in improving education and healthcare, especially in the matric results and the reduction of HIV/Aids.

It had also exceeded its target in youth employment, education and training.

These are among the findings of party’s internal draft report on its implementation of government priorities between 2009 and this year.

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane presented the report at the ANC’s lekgotla on Friday, a few days before the party consolidates its nomination list for the election candidates.

The party had, in its 2009 election manifesto, identified the fight against crime and corruption, the creation of decent work, education, healthcare and rural development, food security and land reform as its five key priorities for the next five years. This year’s election manifesto has stuck to these priority areas.

Titled the “Close-out Report on the Implementation of Government Priorities for 2009-2014”, the 162-page document, seen by The Star, was presented to a workshop last month.

It is to be tabled before the cabinet lekgotla.

For all its intention to clamp down on corruption and face the fifth democratic elections with a cleaner image, the ANC appears to have an uphill battle in curbing this malady.

Of the 100 people with assets of R5 million obtained through corruption that the party had

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ANC report admits party has failedJohannesburg - The ANC has conceded it has dismally failed to meet its own delivery targets for the five years up to this year on rooting out corruption, reducing unemployment, and narrowing the gap between the poor and the rich.

However, the ruling party said it made significant progress in improving education and healthcare, especially in the matric results and the reduction of HIV/Aids.

It had also exceeded its target in youth employment, education and training.

These are among the findings of party’s internal draft report on its implementation of government priorities between 2009 and this year.

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane presented the report at the ANC’s

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Johannesburg - The ANC has conceded it has dismally failed to meet its own delivery targets for the five years up to this year on rooting out corruption, reducing unemployment, and narrowing the gap between the poor and the rich.

However, the ruling party said it made significant progress in improving education and healthcare, especially in the matric results and the reduction of HIV/Aids.

It had also exceeded its target in youth employment, education and training.

These are among the findings of party’s internal draft report on its implementation of government priorities between 2009 and this year.

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane presented the report at the

Johannesburg - The ANC has conceded it has dismally failed to meet its own delivery targets for the five years up to this year on rooting out corruption, reducing unemployment, and narrowing the gap between the poor and the rich.

However, the ruling party said it made significant progress in improving education and healthcare, especially in the matric results and the reduction of HIV/Aids.

It had also exceeded its target in youth employment, education and training.

These are among the findings of party’s internal draft report on its implementation of government priorities between 2009 and this year.

Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane presented the report at the ANC’s lekgotla on

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COLOUR

WARM

COOL

Less is more

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TIPS AND TRICKS

Less is more

CAN ≠ SHOULD

1.618:1A0

A1A2

A3A4A4

Borrow shamelessly

Beware the default

Off the shelf is off your back

Use great photos

Cultivate your design taste

Content is king

Hire a designer

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TOOLS

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INSPIRATION

- pinterest.com

- behance.net

- creativebloq.com

- dribbble.com

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PHOTOS- iStockphoto.com

- Shutterstock.com

- flickr.com - Creative Commons

- Wikimedia Commons - all CC-licensed

- www.gratisography.com

- WeFunction Free photos

- http://nos.twnsnd.co

- http://unsplash.com

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ICONS- http://thenounproject.com

- http://iconmonstr.com

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FONTS- http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-

design-tips/best-free-fonts-for-

designers-1233380

- https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com

- http://www.fontsquirrel.com

- http://www.google.com/fonts

- http://www.dafont.com

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READYMADES- moo.com - Business cards

- squarespace.com - Websites

- WooThemes.com - Wordpress

themes

- http://www.powerpointstyles.com

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COLOUR- http://www.colourlovers.com

- https://kuler.adobe.com/

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SOFTWARE

- Pages

- Acorn

- Pixelmator

- Sketch

- Gimp

- Inkscape

MAC WINDOWS

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FURTHER READING

- The Elements of

Typographic Style

(Robert Bringhurst)

- Combining

Typefaces (Tim

Brown)

BOOKS ONLINE

- Mark Boulton's Five

Simple Steps Series

- A non-designer's guide

to typefaces and layout

- 19 top fonts in 19 top

combinations

- The secret law of page

harmony

THANK-YOU

http://jonnocohen.com/non-designers

Pencil icon by Tom J Hume from The Noun Project ‘Illustrate’ icon by Mayene de La Cruz from The Noun Project Book icon by Samuel Q. Green from The Noun Project Tools icon by Stefano Vetere from The Noun Project Messy desk photo by Peter Smithson http://www.flickr.com/photos/psmithson/ Clean desk photo by Jared Schmidt http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamjaredschmidt/ Cat icon by Martin LEBRETON from The Noun Project

Acknowledgements