Web Development
DART 230
February 19
Today’s topic is Design Principles. Reading for today is Web Development & Design Foundations Chapter 7. The list we will cover is: Alignment, Proximity, Repetition, Contrast, Balance, Proportion, Harmony, Unity, Rhythm and Movement. And speaking of contrast, don't do THIS or for proximity/grouping avoid THIS. Here are some tips on good and bad design from a well-known designer named Robin Williams.
- Design principles site of the day from:
Other ways to think about design:
- For a searchable database of Cool Home Pages visit CoolHome Pages.com
- Design links from Web Design for Designers, such as from the Yale design group (page ahead to their discussion of grids).
- 5 Rules of Design (sort of) from Grantastic Design, which also has a good Design Glossary.
- Digital Web on design principles.
Don’t forget to look at the Resources page for sources of free graphics.
Plus here is the assignment for your Personal Web Page. Take a look and be thinking about a design for next class. Note that you will be linking 5 or 6 pages together with local, or relative URLs, as opposed to absolute URLs (see Felke-Morris pp. 72-79 on links).
- Site maintained by John Beatty