project 6.1: visual design principles and elements identification
description
Following the steps in the design process and applying visual design principles and elements are key ingredients leading to the overall effectiveness and tastefulness of a design.
As you learned in previous lessons, the design process is a very important step-by-step framework that needs to be followed and revisited during a person’s attempt at product design. Following this process by itself does not guarantee an awe-inspiring solution. Using the right blend of visual design principles and elements can greatly enhance your product’s functionality, appearance, feel, and overall effectiveness. Selecting this proper combination is a difficult skill to develop, but can be achieved by immersing yourself in the design process throughout the year, tackling problem after problem, and letting your imagination run wild.
When you look at a product that you really like, what, besides its function, do you like? Is it the color? Is it the form or shape of the case? Maybe it’s the rhythm in its appearance. Maybe it’s the product’s proportion. Then again, maybe it’s the formal balance of its design that grabs your attention. With some insight into the visual design principles and elements, you will be able to create products that capture the attention and imagination of the viewer. Artists, graphic designers, architects, and industrial designers make up only a handful of the professionals that utilize the vocabulary of visual design principles and elements on a daily basis.
As you learned in previous lessons, the design process is a very important step-by-step framework that needs to be followed and revisited during a person’s attempt at product design. Following this process by itself does not guarantee an awe-inspiring solution. Using the right blend of visual design principles and elements can greatly enhance your product’s functionality, appearance, feel, and overall effectiveness. Selecting this proper combination is a difficult skill to develop, but can be achieved by immersing yourself in the design process throughout the year, tackling problem after problem, and letting your imagination run wild.
When you look at a product that you really like, what, besides its function, do you like? Is it the color? Is it the form or shape of the case? Maybe it’s the rhythm in its appearance. Maybe it’s the product’s proportion. Then again, maybe it’s the formal balance of its design that grabs your attention. With some insight into the visual design principles and elements, you will be able to create products that capture the attention and imagination of the viewer. Artists, graphic designers, architects, and industrial designers make up only a handful of the professionals that utilize the vocabulary of visual design principles and elements on a daily basis.
conclusion
How are visual design principles and elements utilized in a design?
Design Principles and Elements are utilized in a design by
Identify a product that you feel is aesthetically pleasing. What is it about the product that you find appealing?
Pencils. The yellow is astounding.
Identify a product that you don’t like the appearance of and identify the visual design principles and elements that lead to this feeling.
Water bottles. The shape bothers me, and I don't like seeing the water.
Identify the visual design principles and elements that were not used appropriately in some of the products shown.
The cup has no color; the green on the roof doesn't look good with the grass. The texture makes the cup rough and not pleasant looking to hold.
Design Principles and Elements are utilized in a design by
Identify a product that you feel is aesthetically pleasing. What is it about the product that you find appealing?
Pencils. The yellow is astounding.
Identify a product that you don’t like the appearance of and identify the visual design principles and elements that lead to this feeling.
Water bottles. The shape bothers me, and I don't like seeing the water.
Identify the visual design principles and elements that were not used appropriately in some of the products shown.
The cup has no color; the green on the roof doesn't look good with the grass. The texture makes the cup rough and not pleasant looking to hold.