INFORMATION DESIGN

LONDON UNDERGROUND

Victorian Infographics

Design Principles Based on Gestalt Psychology:

equilibrium
simplicity/equilibrium/cohesion:
universal striving of organisms toward balance
closure
natural tendency to close gaps
organization/visual perception
curved line appears part of a circle, a straight line continues as a straight line
similarity
visual units resembling each other in shape, size, color, and direction will be seen as a group
proximity in visual perception
closest things unite into a group

FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27:

1.Post a total of 5 images, each of a very different version/design/iteration/interpretation of camouflage.

2.Post a total of 5 images of a functional object, like a teapot for example, each of a very different design/interpretation of the object, different interpretations of teapot for example. Make sure that the means of production span a broad range across your images, from artisan to industrial.

3. Post a few images from Yellow Submarine and discuss briefly what you find interesting in relation either to your own design ideas or in relation to the history of design.

4. There is not so much writing this week so read a lot: pp.68 - 132 in our textbooks - this will bring you from Art Nouveau in Britain, Scotland, Germany and Austria through Sachplakat and into the first world war. Spend time looking at the gorgeous plates in your textbooks.

for Mon Sept. 12

Art Nouveau in the USA, England, and Scotland - please read in your textbook pp. 49 - 76
Your blog post should be notes from the documentary Mr. Bing.