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Four Design Principles

Four Design Principles. PowerPoint presentation developed by mw zoetewey Based on content from Robin Williams and John Tollett’s The Non-Designer’s Web Book (Peachpit Press, 1998). What are the four basic design principles?. 4 basic design principles:. Alignment Proximity. Repetition

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Four Design Principles

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  1. Four Design Principles PowerPoint presentation developed by mw zoeteweyBased on content from Robin Williams and John Tollett’s The Non-Designer’s Web Book(Peachpit Press, 1998)

  2. What are the four basic design principles?

  3. 4 basic design principles: • Alignment • Proximity • Repetition • Contrast

  4. Why bother? • Give you control over your document • Helps reader understand the purpose of your document

  5. What is alignment?

  6. This isn’t alignment. This isn’t alignment. This isn’t alignment.

  7. This is alignment. This is alignment. This is alignment. This is alignment. This is alignment.

  8. Alignment • Items on the page are lined up with each other, both horizontally and vertically • Avoid aligning elements arbitrarily – it will confuse people • There are three basic alignments: centered, left justified and right justified

  9. Don’t mix alignments Please. For the love of god. It looks lousy. And it’s confusing.

  10. What is proximity?

  11. This isn’t proximity. or alignment This isn’t proximity either.

  12. Proximity • Refers to the relationships that items develop when they are close together • When used well, organizes your information • Implies items are related (for example, the bullets on this list appear related because they are in close proximity to each other

  13. What is repetition?

  14. This is not repetition.

  15. Repetition • Refers to the idea that designers should repeat certain elements to tie the disparate parts of a document together • Makes it seem like the individual nodes (or slides) are all part of the same text

  16. What design elements has this slide show repeated?

  17. It has repeated: • Fonts • Colors • Placement • And more…

  18. What is contrast?

  19. This isn’t contrast. Nope. Not contrast either.

  20. Contrast • Establishes a hierarchy of information • Can be obtained by manipulating font (style and size), color, background designs, etc. • Establishes a focal point

  21. Where is the focal point on this page? • Is it this bullet? • How about this one? • Is it over here? • How about here?

  22. Which to use? • All the principles are interconnected • You will use all four at a time

  23. You may have good contrast But poor alignment, lack of proximity and repetition

  24. 4 basic design principles: • Alignment • Proximity • Repetition • Contrast

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