Friday, November 11, 2011

Review Week 12

How can you, as the designer, use principles of design to help compose a page?
You can use the principles of design to help compose a page by making sure that the principles fit the topic of the design so that it makes the right thing bigger and more bold than the others.

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

  • Repetition- makes repetitive elements 
  • Proportion/scale- using the right size and scale in a design
  • Balance- distribution of heavy and light elements on a page
  • Emphasis- stressing a particular area on a design
  • Unity- wholeness of a composition
  • Variety- differences and diversity. What makes a work of art different
  • Rhythm- continuity or recurrences of a design
  • Contrast- occurs when two related elements are different