4 Principles of Design, It’s all CRAP!
January 19th, 2010
In design, there are four fundamental principles that need to be followed. These four rules are as follows: Contrast Repetition Alignment Proximity If you browse to a website or pick up a magazine, you will notice that many successful designs follow these principles. Once you familiarize yourself with these principles, you will begin to notice them in other components from the table of contents in a book your reading or the flier you just picked up at the local coffee shop. Contrast and Repetition Contrast is the state of being strikingly different between two objects, colors or textures. In design, contrasting elements is how to make things stand out. You use opposite colors such as a dark colored background with a light colored text. By using opposite or contrasted colors, you... Continue Reading...
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