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Principles and Elements of Design
Design is everywhere in our daily lives and influences everything from products to environments. It can be defined as an activity that translates an idea into a blueprint for something useful. While design shapes many aspects of our world, good or conscious design is not always present. The document goes on to explain that design fundamentals include elements like shape, line, color, and principles for combining those elements such as proportion, balance, emphasis and movement. Students are asked to create visual examples of the elements and principles of design using various materials.
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Design is omnipresent in daily life, influencing everything from aesthetics to functionality. Good design is essential but often overlooked.
Learning about design starts with its fundamental elements, which include shape, space, line, texture, value, and colour.
Exploration of individual elements: shape, space, line, texture, value, and colour, each crucial in design.
Design principles guide the arrangement of elements, focusing on proportion, balance, rhythm, emphasis, variety, contrast, unity, and movement.
Examples showcase combinations of elements and principles, highlighting the importance of explaining design choices.Engagement in practical design application through physical creation of examples representing design elements and principles.
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- 2. A a definition?Design is everywhere. Its what drew you to the last sneakers you bought and it's what made texting possible.
- 3. Its made busesable to carry bikes and it made Hannah Montana RIDICULOUSLY famous.
- 4. Its driving wholebusiness cultures and making sure environments from hospitals to airports are easier to navigate.
- 5. “ Design couldbe viewed as an activity that translates an idea into a blueprint for something useful, whether it's a car, a building, a graphic, a service or a process.” Design Council From a concept or idea (left) to real thing (above)…
- 6. While design isa part of virtually all aspects of our daily life, good (or conscious) design isn’t. Just look around. You are in a cinder block school. What were the driving ideas behind the design of this school? Budget? Beauty? A nice relaxing natural place to learn in? See what I mean…… Mmm, friendly.
- 7. So DESIGN iseverywhere, in everything. But GOOD design is not.
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- 10. In terms oflearning about design. We are going to start with the basics first.
- 11. Elements & Principles of Design good design is all about this…
- 12. The Elements ofDesign: These 6 ingredients are used to create a design: 1.shape 2.space 3.line 4.texture 5.value 6.colour
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- 14. space (think ‘distancein & between things’)
- 15. line (think‘thinish mark made by something ’)
- 16. texture (think ‘thelook/feel of the surface ’)
- 17. value (think degreeof lightness or darkness)
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- 19. The Principles ofDesign The principles are how you decide to put all the elements together. You can make a zillion choices when doing this.
- 20. The Principles ofDesign: 1. proportion 2. balance (symmetry) 3. rhythm / pattern 4. emphasis (focal point) 5. variety 6. contrast 7. unity 8. movement
- 21. Examples: This imageuses the elements of shape, space, colour, value & texture. The principles used here are: repetition, variety of proportion, contrast (light vs. dark) , movement and rhythm.
- 22. The trick isto be able to explain how they (the principles are used). Ie: Here we have a pattern inifying the background, bright variety of colour across the foreground, a large central face is emphasized and there is a sense of repeated pattern by the three front figures (essentially the same pose).
- 23. You try talkingabout the principles … How are the elements put together?
- 24. What you needto do: You can do this either in the real, physical world or doing this in the cyber world. On the equivalent of a few white pieces of paper, make two sets of 14 decent size squares (minimum size 3x3inches. In the first set of boxes. Find a visual example of each of the (14) elements & principles of design. Title each one. In the second set, using only the black & red construction paper & newsprint I give you, create a smart, cool example of each of the (14) elements and principles of design. As you finish each one, I may show it to others as an example. DO A GOOD, BEAUTIFUL, SMART JOB (I said).
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- 27. shape - formspace – distance in and between line – thin, long mark made by something texture – look/feel value – degree of lightness, darkness, intensity colour proportion balance (symmetry) rhythm / pattern emphasis (focal point) variety contrast unity movement