A Creative Book Report of "The Non-Designer's Design Book" by Ashley G https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe en-us 2017-03-15 16:49:42 UTC 2017-03-17 01:27:33 UTC hello@padlet.com What the book teaches... ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160349284 The main ideas that are discussed in this book are basic principals of design that make creating an eye-catching page, and improving the design/layout of the page, easy and highly effective.]]> 2017-03-15 18:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160349284 The Four Main Principals of Design that are Explored ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160350713 1. Proximity
2. Alignment 
3. Repetition 
4. Contrast]]> 2017-03-15 18:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160350713 Principal #1: Proximity ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160374524 --The main takeaway for the principal of proximity is to place related elements on a page together.  
--Group them together in close proximity or each other, and create space between the different groups. These groupings of elements contain information that are similar to the other elements within the group, and the different groups contain different information than the other groups. 
--This is the rule of proximity: making a reader understand how elements and information on a page are related to each other my manipulating the space around the elements.  ]]> 2017-03-15 20:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160374524 Principal #2: Alignment ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160376088 --Do not put anything randomly on a page!
--The reader should be able to visually see a connection between everything on the page.  
--An important part of alignment is not to default to centre alignment.  The more professional designs are not centred. 
--Pick one alignment, called flush left, centred, or flush right, and remain consistent with that one alignment.  Do not mix and match alignments.
--Create something to align elements with, wether it be a line down the side of the page, top, or bottom of the page, etc. 

]]> 2017-03-15 20:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160376088 Principal #3: Repetition ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160379887 --Be sure to repeat at least one aspect of the design throughout the page
--The idea of repetition is "unity with variety", so repeat an aspect to create unity, but be creative with how you repeat it.  Take an element that is going to be repeated, and make it slightly different or creative to make the repeated element more interesting.  

]]> 2017-03-15 21:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160379887 Principal #4: Contrast ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160381174 --Be bold, be intentional
--If you want elements on a page to look different, make them distinctly different
--Choose what element of the page will be the focal point, and create contrast to make that that area of focus stand out
--Emphasize an interesting or unique element to make it stand out 
--Do not use common fonts!]]> 2017-03-15 21:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160381174 Examples of Good and Poor Use of Proximity (images copied directly from the text) ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160684890 2017-03-17 00:57:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160684890 No use of proximity ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160684957 2017-03-17 00:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160684957 Good use of proximity ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160684982 2017-03-17 00:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160684982 Examples of Good and Poor Use of Alignment (images copied directly from the text) ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160685597 2017-03-17 01:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160685597 Poor use of alignment ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160685865 2017-03-17 01:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160685865 Good use of alignment ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160685945 2017-03-17 01:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160685945 Examples of Two Options for the Use of Repetition ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160686912 2017-03-17 01:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160686912 #1 ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687034 2017-03-17 01:18:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687034 #2 ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687089 2017-03-17 01:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687089 Examples of Good and Poor Uses of Contrast ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687581 2017-03-17 01:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687581 ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687702 No use of contrast]]> 2017-03-17 01:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687702 Good use of contrast ashleygellatly99 https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687767 2017-03-17 01:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleygellatly99/oh6ohon5n1fe/wish/160687767