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Computer Graphic Design

Fall 2014 – 3 – Design Principles – Proximity

Objective: Students will identify and explain the Principles of Design, and effectively identify when these principles are (or are not) being used in a published work.
 
Link:
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Topics Discussed:

  • Principles of Design
  • Proximity
Assignment:

  1. Visit the Student Pickup Folder in the StudentsTempFiles server and open “3 – Design Principles”
  2. Read “2 – README – Proximity Chapter”.
  3. Create a new page in your existing Design Principles InDesign document, and using complete sentences, answer the questions in the “Design Principles 2013-14 – Proximity.pdf” document.

Assigned: September 4th, 2014
Due Date: September 10th, 2014
Computer Graphic Design

Fall 2014 – 3 – The Principles of Design

Today we are going to start learning about the Principles of Design. Specifically, we will be studying four major principles that will help everything you create look better and will help you to identify how to improve your own creations and the creations of others.
Objective:
Students will identify and explain the Principles of Design, and effectively identify when these principles are (or are not) being used in a published work.
 
Link:
  • none
Topics Discussed:

  • Principles of Design
  • Contrast
  • Repetition
  • Alignment
  • Proximity
Assignment:

  1. Visit the Student Pickup Folder on StudentsTempFiles and open “3 – Design Principles”
  2. Read “1 – README – The Joshua Tree Epiphany” silently while I read aloud in class.
  3. Read the rest of the document that introduces the principles of design.
  4. Create a new InDesign document with the default settings, and using complete sentences, answer the questions in the “Design Principles 2013-14 – The Joshua Epiphany.pdf” document.
Assigned: September 2nd, 2014
Due Date: September 2nd, 2014