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Design Fundamentals We will be shifting from digital imaging to design fundamentals. I will refer to the Non-Designer's Design book (recommended reading). Also read chapter 3 from How to Design and Build the Coolest Website... by Nick Nettleton. Most design fundamentals are based on Gestalt psychology. One way to understand this is to imagine that you are baking a cake. The cake ingredients are arranged on a counter, but individual ingredients cannot begin to describe the cake. For example, an egg might be a cake ingredient. If we examine the egg, it tells us about the egg, but not how it will be used to create a cake. It is only when assembled that the ingredients form the completed product. The whole cannot be seen by looking only at the individual elements.Your challenge will be to explore not only how images and graphics are used in multimedia but also how they are assembled in the project. We will explore four design fundamentals used to creating layouts, esp. for interfaces or menus:
 This is both an example of repetition and proximity.Notice how the white space is used to create these principles in the image.  On the right is both an example of contrast and alignment.Again, notice how the white space is used. Your eye is drawn to the largest shape and then the others. These four basic concepts are supposed to be used together to create good design. You can see some good and not so good examples of design as it relates to interface (menus) and web page layouts at Cool Homes Pages. See if you can identify web sites that fit the criteria. This week's assignment is to create a 3 home page/DVD menu prototypes based upon your class project theme. The purpose is to incorporate the images and text you've been compiling and create 3 versions of a layout that covers the four basic design concepts (contrast, repetition, alignment, proximity). Post your images on your blogs by or before the next class. | |
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