Design Basics

Lauer, D. A., & Pentak, S. (2011). Design Basics.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2011

Link

https://www.cengage.com/c/design-basics-8e-lauer-pentak/9781111353988/

Cited from

art_aesthetics, cognitive_science

Cited by

13 citations across 13 artifacts.

Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.

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).

• 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).

• Figure-Ground

  • This sourceWadsworth Cengage Learning. Introductory design-elements/principles textbook. Bibliography-only (never cited in the body of this prime).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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