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IMD09117 and IMD09118 Web Design and Development Unit 5
Layout principles
Basic design principles
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Proximity
Alignment
Repetition
Contrast
Proximity
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Proximity
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Proximity
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alison varey 0131 455 2725
Napier University
10 colinton road edinburgh EH14 1DJ
Proximity
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Napier Universityalison varey
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0131 455 2725
Proximity
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Proximity
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Remember closeness implies a relationship
Group related items together
Organise the items on a page as this helps to create more white space
Proximity
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Be conscious of where your eye is going, where you start looking, the path you follow, where do you end up and what happens then
Use the squint test to see how many visual elements are on a page. If there are more than 3-5 items, can you group any of them?
Proximity Don’ts
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Creating relationships with elements that don’t belong together
Leaving equal amounts of white space between elements unless each group is part of a subset
Too many separate elements on a page
Proximity Don’ts
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Confusion over to what a headline/caption is referring to
Don’t stick things in the corners and in the middle
Alignment
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Nothing should be placed arbitrarily on the interface. Every item should have a visual connection with something else on the page.
Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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A new specialist photographic
resource featuring creative images of
DANCE, THEATRE, OPERA, MUSIC,
FILM AND PERSONALITIES.Colour – Black and
whiteAbstract –
Documentary
Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment
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Alignment leads to cohesion and invisible lines can make things that are not close appear to belong to the same thing.
Don’t centre everything. It is safe, comfortable, formal, ordinary, dull.
Make sure each item has some visual alignment with another item on the page.
Alignment
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Lack of alignment is probably the biggest cause of unpleasant-looking pages. Our eyes like to see order, it creates a calm, secure feeling.
If your alignments are strong, then you can break through the alignments consciously and it will look intentional.
Alignment
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Unity is an important concept in design. To make all the elements of the page appear to be unified, connected and interrelated, there needs to be some visual tie between the separate elements.
Alignment
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Summary
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The four basic design principles of proximity, alignment, repetition and contrast will help to design interfaces.
Group related items together since closeness implies a relationship. Do a squint test and be aware of the path a viewer’s eye takes.
Summary
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Ensure that every item has a visual connection with something else on the page, as this will create unity.
Invisible lines can make things that are not close appear to belong to the same thing.
You should consider both horizontal and vertical alignment.