Graphic Design Principles

Interface Design

Analytical Design

Design Primer

Principles of Design

In this presentation we see how simple principles of

Balance, Emphasis, Rhythm, and Unity

transfer from graphic print media to web design.

Balance

• Balance is an equal distribution of weight.

• Understanding balance involves the study of weight, position, and arrangement.

Shark bus doors, National Geographic Channel

http://www.tbshumorstudy.com/main.html

Emphasis

• Emphasis is the idea that some things are more important than others.

• Must establish a focal point and a visual heirarchy.

http://csauce.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/zu_trail_destruction_1.jpg

A Focal Point

• A Focal Point is the part of a design that is most emphasized.

• Supporting focal points are known as accents.

How to ... Focal Point

• Make it BRIGHTER • A DIFFERENT COLOUR • BIGGEST • A Colour if everything else is B/W • Make it Go a Different Direction, A Different Value, Give it Texture ...

IN THE WEB 2.0 WORLD, MAKE IT MOVE MAKE IT TALK.

http://whiteboard.ups.com/

How to ... Visual Hierarchy

• Where do you look first??

• Where do you look second??

• Where do you look third??

Rhythm

• Rhythm is a pattern created by repeating or varying elements.

• Think music where there is a sense of movement from one sound to another.

mtv

http://www.mtv.ca

Do these principles of RHYTHM apply to

Unity Develops from: Continuity, Grid, Alignment, Flow

New York Times Magazine (Hard Copy)

See how these principles of UNITY (Continuity, Grid, Alignment, Flow) apply to

http://www.nytimes.com

Interface DesignGillian Crampton Smith

From: Designing Interactionshttp://www.designinginteractions.com/interviews

Principles of

If I were to sum up interaction design in a sentence, I

would say that it’s about shaping our everyday life

through digital artifacts.

— Gillian Crampton Smith

Interaction Design

Three Stages of Technology Use1. The Enthusiast Stage. (Early Adopters)

Don’t care how easy or hard to use. Just want in.

2. The Professional Stage.People who have a vested interest in it being hard to use. The harder it is, the more valuable their skills.

3. The Consumer Stage.The current stage in the use of computer technology. Nonexperts who just want to pursue their everyday lives. “If it’s hard to use they won’t buy it.

From Usability to Sociability1. Interactive design systems must have implicit as well as

explicit meanings. The aesthetic qualities speak to people in a different way by reading meaning into artifacts.

2. We design for usability, utility, satisfaction, communicative qualities *and* we design for sociability.

3. The technologies we design should enhance a social web. To this IT systems need to support the social aspect of work and leisure.

Languages of Interaction Design

1. 1-D includes words, ie are the words in a menu the most accurate encapsulations of the action they denote?

2. 2-D representational metaphors include graphics and icons that are images symbolizing a larger idea.

3. 3- D are those of physical sculptural form.

4. 4-D. The fourth dimension is time. Animators have been developing a language that expresses plot, emotion, anticipation, and action

The Dimensions: 1-D, 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D

Analytical DesignEdward Tufte

Principles of

Probably the best statistical graphic ever drawn, this map

by Charles Joseph Minard portrays the losses suffered

by Napoleon's army in the Russian campaign of 1812.

Beginning at the Polish-Russian border, the thick band

shows the size of the army at each position. The path of

Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in the bitterly cold

winter is depicted by the dark lower band, which is tied

to temperature and time scales. — Edward Tufe

Analytical Design

From: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/posters

Tufte’s Principles

1. Comparisons, Contrast, Differences.

2. Causality and systematic structure.

3. Multivariate data, that is more than 1 or 2 variables.

4. Integration of words, numbers, images, diagrams.

5. Documentation of data sources, authors, sponsors, etc.

6. Quality and integrity of content.

For well-mapped analytic design, make sure you show:

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