Kopimism project
Final poster: koskela kopimism poster Development materials: 8 initial ideas: koskela poster ideas 2nd of semi-final ideas: koskela posteridea2 Notes/ideas: poster...
Color
One of the most interesting parts of color, to me, is color symbolism. That some colors can mean completely opposite things, depending on where you are in the world. In the western world, white is the symbol of purity and marriage; in the eastern world it is the symbol of death. It’s especially important as a designer to be aware of these sorts of meanings behind colors if you’re working on a website that’s meant for...
Texture
I often feel like texture can really make or break a design I am working on. Or even a design I am viewing. Texture lends a great deal of depth and makes a viewer make a connection to something in their past to the design they are looking at now. Just by looking at the texture, and knowing how it must feel. You look at something with furry texture, for example, you know it is soft and cuddly. Same with smoothness or roughness....
Scale
I suppose one of the first things that comes to my mind when thinking about scale and using scale to establish heirarchy or to create an illusion, I think of how the Lord of the Rings movies had to be shot in “forced perspective” to create the illusion of people who were actually about the same size to be interacting as though they were very different in size. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMJj1ZmgxQE Understanding how...
Word as Image video
Very cool video for the typography nerds!
Rhythm & Balance
From page 29: Balance and rhythm work together to create works of design that pulse with life, achieving both stability and surprise. Such a simple statement, and a simple concept, yet can be so hard to execute. The importance of good balance and rhythm is one of those things you don’t notice (or at least I don’t) unless it’s really bad. A design can look nice as far as all the beautifully crafted elements, but if...