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Catalogs, Menus, Product Lists

From Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide

List it all in a photo-filled catalog, taste-tempting menu, or sales-generating product list. Locate graphic design tips, tutorials, examples, and templates for designing catalogs and other types of product or service listings including menus and service or product price lists.

Role of Desktop Publishing in Creating Catalogs, Menus, Price Lists

Designing catalogs, menus, and price lists can mean repeat business for a designer.

Restaurant Menu Design

Restauranting Guide Lorri Mealey describes things every restaurant owner should consider when designing a menu including colors, sections, and how menu items are described.

How to Merge Data into a Catalog

Former Ecommerce Guide, Claire Condra describes how to prepare your data then details using Microsoft Publisher to create a catalog.

Adobe FrameMaker based catalog

View a profile of a company that used FrameMaker to take its product catalog to CD.

Breaking Creative Rules in Catalog Design

Catalog Age article explains the rules of catalog design then describes when and how to successfully break those rules. Covers size, layout, typography, and color.

Catalog Covers

Browse creative catalog covers from the U.S. General Services Administration.

Catalog Printing

Pick up some design, paper, and printing tips for catalogs at Printingforless.com.

Catalogs Templates

The free templates for InDesign, QuarkXPress, and PDF from The Paper Mill Store are for 8.5x11 and 5.5x8.5 catalogs.

Customer-oriented Sell Sheet

Make a property more attractive to the buyer while meeting the needs of the seller. Tips and templates from Chuck Green. [A specialized type of product list for realtors]

Elements of a Winning Catalog

Mart Gil Abareta describes three things a catalog needs.

Graphic Design Tips for Catalog Design

Mart Gil Abareta describes new uses for catalogs.

Managing the Production of a Catalog

Important planning steps in producing a catalog.

Menu Designs

Source of menu covers, wine list covers, and other related products to enhance your menu designs.

MenuPro

Competition or a tool you could use? They claim it "lets your create any type of menu - from elegant to casual and everything in between - without the expense of using a graphic designer."

Rules of Good Catalog Design

9 principles of good design for effective catalogs.

The MenuMaker

At this site you can design a menu using Microsoft restaurant menu templates.

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