Alexandros Kagrogakis

Dienstag, 16. September 2008

If two items are not exactly the same, then make them different. Really different.
Contrast draws our eyes to the page.
Never make things to similar, always make them very different.

I changed the color of all the subheadings. I made them orange so they are a bigger contrast.

Only use repetition on one-page things, not on multi-page documents because this doesn’t make it look too good.
Repeat some aspects of design throughout the entire piece. (Font, size, color of text, design element, thick line, space between objects, etc.)
This unifies and strengthens apiece together. Gives a visual interest.
Repetition can be thought of as "consistency".
Don't over exaggerate the repetition, it gets boring.
Start to repeat with Headlines and sub headlines.

I changed the alignment of my poster, to make the repetition spaces bigger, and better, and more.

Nothing should be placed on the page arbitrarily.
The visual connection of all elements is important.
An invisible connection should be made so the reader knows there is one, although the two objects don’t have to be right next to each other. Basically it should have unity.
Things shouldn’t be placed in the middle; they should be placed more left or right. When this is combined with approximately its great.
Make strong alignments, so a visual line can be seen. Repeat and repeat that line so it’s emphasized.
Find a strong line and use it.
When two shapes are next to each other try to put the two straight lines next to each other.
Avoid having more than one text alignment on the page.

I completely changed the whole alignment of the text in the whole advert.
The written text is now aligned to the pictures, and the title is aligned to the pictures on the right.
All of these things relate to each other now.

Group related items together, organize the material.
If they are close to each other, they become one unit.
You should be able to follow the order of reading logically through proximity.
Only three to five elements on one page, if more we should try to group some elements together.
Don't leave equal distance between elements unless they are subsets.
The things should not be placed in the middle or into any corners of the page.

I adjusted my ad by putting the text more to the left, and bold the most important things on it.
In addition, I changed the color to make everything easier to overlook.

Contrast - big differences in type, color, size, line thickness, shape, space, etc.
Repetition – repeat things because this shows unity
Alignment – everything should connect to another
Proximity – when items relate to each other, they should be grouped together so they look like one unit

Being creative is a high quality which is valued, but sometimes not really understood.
It is said that it is important to have a kind of flexibility of mind.
The ones that are creative are not scared to try something new, they can also be called risk takers.
Everyone should expand on the previous ideas because it means relating the modern things to the ones that are history.
A certain system should be followed.

A Comparison of Scientific Research method and Design Process models

	Research method	Design process
Preparation for research	Literature review	Study historic and contemporary examples, media
Information gathering. Goal: to limit variables and identify problem	Collection of preliminary field data	Experimentation with materials and visual ideas
Identification of problem and hypothesis	Information correlated; problem defined; educated guesses made; hypotheses stated; research design prepared	Design problem identified through visual analysis and recognition
Exposition of facts and interpretation	Research plan is carried out; results are analyzed, plan is modified as necessary based on results; experiments are replicated	Work is created in a series, with each work suggesting problems to explore in subsequent work
Presentation of results and findings	Publication of findings	Exhibition of work or production of design