Design Basics¶
Lauer, D. A., & Pentak, S. (2011). Design Basics.
Cited by¶
13 citations across 13 artifacts.
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Primes¶
- Color Harmony
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Composition
- The visual or functional weight distribution achieving balance or intentional imbalance across the composition
This sourcePedagogical formalization of composition as a transferable toolkit — balance, emphasis/focal point, rhythm, rule of thirds, figure-ground — applicable across media; supports weight-distribution/balance (D36-003), symmetry-vs-asymmetry choice (D36-011), and cross-media transfer of compositional principles (re-sourced D36-015, see flag).
- The visual or functional weight distribution achieving balance or intentional imbalance across the composition
- Emphasis (Focal Point)
- The practice originated in painting and drawing (the use of light and shadow to direct attention, the centering or eccentric placement of focal figures) and has evolved into a foundational principle across visual design (photography and cinematography, graphic design, web design, user-interface design), information design (data visualization, cartography, document layout), and spatial design (architecture, landscape, exhibition design, retail design)
This sourceStandard art-fundamentals text whose Chapter 3, 'Emphasis and Focal Point' (with sections 'Ways to Achieve Emphasis', 'Degree of Emphasis', 'Absence of Focal Point'), grounds the claim that emphasis principles evolved across visual, information, and spatial design (D36-076); the clarity-vs-subtlety / degree-of-emphasis tension (D36-084); and — re-sourced from gibson-1979 — the use of compositional structures (directional line, visual movement, sight lines: 'If many elements point to one item our attention is directed there, and a focal point results') to guide perception toward the focal area (D36-080).
- The practice originated in painting and drawing (the use of light and shadow to direct attention, the centering or eccentric placement of focal figures) and has evolved into a foundational principle across visual design (photography and cinematography, graphic design, web design, user-interface design), information design (data visualization, cartography, document layout), and spatial design (architecture, landscape, exhibition design, retail design)
- Figure-Ground
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning. Introductory design-elements/principles textbook.
- Iconography
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Juxtaposition
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Movement (Visual Movement)
- The creation of a traced viewing trajectory specifying the path the eye follows through the composition
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- The creation of a traced viewing trajectory specifying the path the eye follows through the composition
- Negative Space
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Pattern (in Design)
- The creation of visual rhythm through regular or semi-regular repetition, establishing predictability and visual coherence
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- The creation of visual rhythm through regular or semi-regular repetition, establishing predictability and visual coherence
- Perspective
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Proportion and Scale
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Texture
- The specification of texture scale, frequency, and pattern (coarse-fine, sparse-dense, regular-irregular) appropriate to context and intent
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- The specification of texture scale, frequency, and pattern (coarse-fine, sparse-dense, regular-irregular) appropriate to context and intent
- Unity & Variety
- Unity & Variety originated in art education and aesthetic theory and has evolved into a foundational principle across visual design, organizational management, software and systems design, education and pedagogy, rhetoric and communication, music and temporal arts, and innovation strategy
This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Unity & Variety originated in art education and aesthetic theory and has evolved into a foundational principle across visual design, organizational management, software and systems design, education and pedagogy, rhetoric and communication, music and temporal arts, and innovation strategy
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