Summary Of Class Notes

Design:

• A planned arrangement of visual elements

Design Principles:

• unity
• harmony
• simplicity
• emphasis
• focal point
• scale
• proportion
• balance
• rhythm

Design Elements:

• line
• shape/volume
• texture
• illusion of space
• illusion of time
• color
• visual space

Analysis:

• problem solving & communication

Perception:

• nature 
• art history
• culture

Experiment with materials!

3D Design:

• length
• breadth
• depth

Form in Space & Organization!

• up & down
• side / side
• close & far away

2D/3D:

• surface treatment
• serial planes
• interior relationships
• exterior relationships
• additive qualities
• subtractive qualities