Tuesday, November 8, 2011

"Review Week 12''

How can you, as the designer, use principles of design to help compose a page?
We can use them to better organize the elements in our design and display our message more affectively.

What are the principles of design (define each in your own words)?

Repetition- repeating something throughout the whole document.

Proportion/scale- The relative size and scale of the various elements in the design

Balance- The distribution of heavy and light elements on a page.

Emphasis- The stressing of a particular area of focus.

Unity- The wholeness of composition.

Variety- Differences and Diversity.

Rhythm- Continuity, recurrence, or organized movement in space and time.

Contrast- Occurs when two related elements are different.

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