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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: April 2010
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Shows the results to extensive studies on color associations: Marketers and designers use these studies in helping develop products and messages that create associations with a variety of emotions. Sunday, April 11, 2010. In this last section of the semester, we will be exploring how graphic designers use of color in both technical and communicative ways. To designating one sports team from another,. 8212;and how ...
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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: Semester Review: Spring 2010
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Friday, May 14, 2010. Semester Review: Spring 2010. Here are the assignments and examples of the more successful outcomes from my students. Each project was preceded by several exercises and readings covering principles of visual organization, color, and meaning. Project 1: Book Cover. See full project description here. Grid Exercise: Lincoln Poster. Project 2: Creative Inspiration Poster. At least one paragraph), and examples of their work.
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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: September 2009
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Monday, September 28, 2009. Project 2: Title Sequence. Here are some links to title sequence examples:. Monday, September 21, 2009. In Homework 4 and Exercise 4 we will be learning and working with Balance. I will be putting up examples of the principles we are studying including:. 8212;floating or sinking, as well as relative importance of an object within a composition. Sunday, September 13, 2009. Designer: Muriel Cooper, 196. Principal, ...
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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: March 2010
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Monday, March 15, 2010. Results from Grid Exercise. Here are some student examples from our grid exercise. Monday, March 1, 2010. A typographic grid is a two-dimensional structure made up of a series of intersecting vertical and horizontal axes used to assist the designer in structuring content. Grids can be created mathematically, allowing equations and ratios to determine proportion. Mark Boulton's Tutorial on Designing the Grid. Results ...
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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: Color and Communication
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Shows the results to extensive studies on color associations: Marketers and designers use these studies in helping develop products and messages that create associations with a variety of emotions. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: October 2009
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Sunday, October 18, 2009. For this project you will be designing a poster and other promotional items for a lecture series. As a professional designer, I do quite a bit of this kind of work and I always relay on the fundamentals of visual organization to help me conceptualize, organize, and create alternative designs. The following are some posters and other pieces I have designed. See if you can pick out what principle(s) I'm using.
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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: November 2009
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Monday, November 30, 2009. Project 4: CD Package. The last project will require you to design a CD package that includes the disk, insert booklet, and jewel case cover. Below are some CD projects that I have designed. They use color, image, and typography to convey the emotion of the music, or a message that the artists wanted to communicate. Here are some designs for jazz CDs. This shows how the insert folds out. Tuesday, November 17, 2009.
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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: January 2010
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Balance, Symmetry and Asymmetry. The distribution of weight or force within a composition. The examples that demonstrate these principles were designed by Paul Rand. Considered to be the father of modern design. Check out his work at www.paul-rand.com. The inclination of shapes or forms to float. Within a composition. Also refers to the relative importance of a visual element in a design. Size - larger = heavier.
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John Bonadies Design Media and Principles: February 2010
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Design Media and Principles. A blog for my graphic design class. Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Value and Illusion of Space. Value refers to the relative. Lightness or darkness of a surface. Is an important qualification here because the lightness or darkness of a shape is largely determined by its surroundings. The amount of difference. In value from one shape to another. Tends to increase clarity and improve readability. Objects appear to diminish in size as they recede. When lines recede into space and ...
