Vis Com Terms + Answers

Created by Orlando Lane

Good Design is...
1. Innovative 2. Useful 3. Aesthetic 4. Understandable 5. Honest 6. Long Lasting 7. Thorough to last detail 8. Environmentally Friendly 9. Little Design 10. Unobtrusive

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TermDefinition
Good Design is...1. Innovative 2. Useful 3. Aesthetic 4. Understandable 5. Honest 6. Long Lasting 7. Thorough to last detail 8. Environmentally Friendly 9. Little Design 10. Unobtrusive
(Methods, Media, Materials) Materials- Paper - Card - Textiles - Metal - Plastic - Glass - Touchscreen - Digitial Interface
(Methods, Media, Materials) Media- Pencil, Ink, Markers, Paint, Analogue film - Software, apps, online platforms (Graphic game or interaction design, web development, concept art, illustration, three dimensional modelling and rendering, photo editing and animation
(Methods, Media, Materials) Methods- Drawing - Collage - Printing - Photography - Model making - Prototyping
Gestalt Principles- Proximity - Continuity - Similarity - Closure - Common Fate - Figure Ground - Focal Point
Design Principles - Figure Ground - Balance - Contrast - Cropping - Heirarchy - Scale - Proportion - Pattern (Repitition and Alternation)
Design Elements - Point - Line - Shape - Form - Tone - Texture - Colour - Type
Fields of Design- Messages - Objects - Environments - Interactive Experiences
Human Centred Research- Field Observations - Co-Design - Surveys - Focus Groups - Co-Creation
Convergent Thinking Strategies - PMI - Brand Making - SWOT