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20 Rules for Good DesignKick-ass styling tips
From Samara, Design Element: A Graphic Style Manual
Leonardo da Vinci
Concept of Flight Concept of Feminine Beauty
Fine Art
Coco Chanel sketch
Commercial Art
Web Interface Design!!
http://amusement-construction.com/
mini.htm
Example provided by
Luke!
“Form Carries Meaning.”Cubism 1908-11: instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint,
Braque and Picasso depicted their subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context.
Fine Art
The Bauhaus
The design innovations commonly associated with Walter Gropius and the Bauhaus - the radically simplified forms, the rationality and functionality
Graphic Art
Web Interface Design!!
http://www.ohhcrapp.net/Examples provided by
Aaron!
Good design + aesthetics assumes that the visual language of the piece -- its internal logic -- is resolved to address all its parts so they
reinforce, restate and reference each other.
Fine Art
Ad “Campaigns”
Integration and consistency in ad campaigns helps promote a consistent design message across media and across platforms.
Graphic Art
Web Interface Design!!
http://www.volkswagen.com/vwcms/international_portal/
virtualmaster/en.htmlExample provided by
Bree!
Graphic Art
Graphic Art
Web Interface Design!!
http://www.mtv.comExample-ish provided
byBen!
Focus the viewer’s attention on one important thing first and then lead them through the rest.
Fine Art
Emphasis
Emphasis is the idea that some things are more important than others. Must establish a focal point and a visual heirarchy.
Graphic Art
Know what colours might mean to your audience.
Fine Art
Logo design
Colour carries an abundance of psychological and emotional meaning.
Graphic Art
Malevich: The more stuff jammed into a given space, the harder it is to see what we’re supposed to be seeing.
Fine Art
Graphic Art
Hitchcock: Space calls attention to imminent narrative action.
Film Mise En Scene
Graphic Art
Web Interface Design!!
www.commarts.comExample provided
byAdam!
Type needs to relate compositionally to everything else in the design.
Web Interface Design??
http://www.indianpad.com/pics/230587/pictures-
made-of-text/Example-ish provided
byKyle!
Type must still transmit information.
Graphic Art
Web Interface Design??
or can be Web “Art.”
THISExample-ish provided
bySavanna!
Graphic design comes
with an agenda.
Create contrasts in density
and rhythm.
Give spaces
between things a pulse.
Create contrasts in density
and rhythm.
Give spaces
between things a pulse.
Web Interface Design??
ThisExample-ish provided by
Brianna!
Web Interface Design??
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-lighting-effects/
Example-ish provided bySavanna!
A great deal of the process of understanding visual material is the ability to distinguish the difference between things.
Designers need to perceive the visual presence — weight, texture, movement, angularity, transparency, contour.
Web Interface Design??
Example-ish provided by
Marissa!
Make what you need or
pay someone else to make
original artwork for
you.
Web Interface Design??
ThisExample-ish provided
byBrianna!
Design and style a project
around the meaning, not
the audience’s
expectations of current stylistic conceits.
Web Interface Design!!
h"p://www.future‐farm.com/Example
provided byAngela!
Designers have to work hard to give 2 dimensional surfaces the sense of movement.
Web Interface Design??
Example-ish provided by
Shannon!
Learn from the work of others but give it your own spin.
Web Interface Design!!
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videos/tvcommercial
Example provided byNathan!
Symmetrical presentations are often static and offer little movement.