:: What you need to know about graphic design

This is my response to the '10 things you should know about graphic design' brief so far. There's still a long way to go, but I prepared these page layouts for the recent presentation crits so that I could get a response to what I'm thinking so far, what people think to the idea, so helpful hints as to what I might improve etc. In general, just some useful criticism to push me in the right direction, as I feel at this stage, I've hit a brick wall.
My intentions are to create a hardback book designed for the layman, those people who don't specialize in the subject and therefore don't really understand it, what we do and how important it is.
The content is nearly complete, but there are a few spaces! Such as the copy and the images for some of the chapters.

I have designed this front cover, but haven't yet decided which colour I prefer, blue on white or white on blue.... But that's something I would like to bring up in the presentation crit. But other than that, I am really pleased with the way it has turned out.




The chapters, featured here, so far consist of...
1. Graphic Design is invisible
2. We're not Mac monkey's
3. You'd be lost or dead without us
4. We are perfectionists
5. It's not a new trend, it's been around forever
6. The client isn't always right, but they always win
7. Graphic Design rules our lives AND yours...
















I'm aiming to have about 36 pages...ish. But I'm still not 100% sure. So it's not going to be a very thick book, so the format of this book may yet need considering to fit with the content.
But hopefully, after this next presentation crit I should have a better idea of what direction I need to head in and how I might go about it! I just need some things clarifying before I move on any more.