Tuesday, 5 April 2016

What's your definitive list of the elements and principles of design?

I'm giving an introductory workshop, and from my research to refresh my memory there really isn't a definitive list (can anyone direct me to who originally decided on these things?)

So, for curiousity's sake, how do you define the principles and elements of design?

Elements

  • Line
  • Shape/ Form
  • Colour/ Value
  • Space

(I left out texture as it can be distilled into shape/form)

Principles (this is where there's the least consensus - potentially interchangeable or very similar principles in the brackets)

  • Balance
  • Emphasis (/Dominance? Contrast?)
  • Movement
  • Rhythm (/pattern? repetition?)
  • Scale/ Porportion
  • Unity (/harmony?)


Great design resource

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