The Fundamental Elements of Design

Human Thinking: Is it Rational or Creative? For a long time we have been taught to think in a specific way, and that is the rational way of thinking. Rational is a word that originated from the Latin rationalis. This way of thinking was, somehow, created mostly by Europeans, Rene Descartes being the most famous in the group, but actually this kind of thinking dates far back in the days when the Greeks gave birth to logic and coherent thoughts. Thinking Logically An example of a logical thought would be to say if A is B, and B is C, then C is A. The Brain Prefers Multi-dimensional Thinking Now, here’s the problem. With your brain let loose, you are actually dreaming. I always think of my brain as a Kubrick movie. Think in a Way that Suits You This makes a lot of people miserable, thinking they had acted on their emotions. However, you should think in a way that suits you and not force a different kind of thinking on yourself. How to Enhance Creative Thinking The question now is, how can you enhance this process of creative thinking?

Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Crafty (35 Pics) Click Here For More Amazing Ideas Composition and Design Principles ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everybody immediately responds to subject matter in art. A picture of a butterfly and a picture of a snake do not get the same response. In addition to subject matter*, the formal aspects of visual composition are like the grammar of a language. The use of design principles applied to the visual elements is like visual grammar. TEACHING TIP Art vocabulary can be taught along with every project. *Glossary: "Subject matter" is similar to "topic" or "content" when teaching art. Six Visual Elements (art elements) top of page We think of the elements as the basic visual material with which to make art. Some Design Principles or design rules (some creative artists purposely break rules) top of page This list is an example list. Balance is the consideration of visual weight and importance. Variety - You create variety when elements are changed. Motion. Sometimes it has to do with orientation. Depth.

A Conceit of Architects What do we call a gathering of Architects? When animals gather in groups, we refer to them by an array of elegant terms: a Flock of Birds, a Herd of Sheep, a Swarm of Bees, a Smack of Jellyfish, an Array of Hedgehogs, a Pack of Elephants, a Clan of Bears, a Troop of Chimpanzees, an Exultation of Lark, an Unkindness of Raven, a Murmuration of Starlings, a Building of Rooks, a Fling of Sandpipers, a Wreck of Seagulls, a Gulp of Swallows, a Mutation of Thrush, a Brace of Ducks, a Piteousness of Doves… Piteousness? damn, the birds get the really good ones… But, what do we call a collection of Architects? I think we need a name for it…. A Wandering of Architects A Happenstance of Architects A Coincidence of Architects A Cluster of Architects An Opposition of Architects A Diametric Opposition of Architects An Irony of Architects A Ludwig of Architects A Shrug of Architects An Ennui of Architects An Arrangement of Architects An Argument of Architects (via @anthonylingwood) A Hierarchy of Architects umm,

25 Helpful Tutorials for Lighting Effects in Photoshop Photoshop allows designers with unlimited possibilities when it comes to creative effects, including lighting effects. There are plenty of different ways to create lighting effects in Photoshop, and there are equally as many different possible uses for them. If you’re interested in learning more about how to create awesome lighting effects in your own work, here are 25 tutorials that can help. Looking for hosting? ARTSEDGE: Formal Visual Analysis: The Elements & Principles of Composition Overview In any work of art, all of these elements and principles will be present, but some will be more obvious than others. When engaging in formal analysis, students should select the elements they feel are most strongly represented in the piece they are analyzing. A good place to start formal analysis is to look at a work of art and take note of how your eye moves around the object. Formal analysis is an important technique for organizing visual information. The Elements The elements of formal analysis are building blocks that can be combined to create a larger structure. Line is the most basic building block of formal analysis. Value is the degree of light and dark in a design. Shapes are created when lines are combined to form a square, triangle, or circle. Forms are three-dimensional shapes with length, width, and depth. Space is the area between and around objects. Color differentiates and defines lines, shapes, forms, and space. The Principles

Disegno e Design - Design Lo spazio della Rotonda della Besana è sempre difficile per chiunque vi si misuri, l'architettura s'impone con forza. Questa mostra (la terza edizione dopo Roma e Shanghai) con il suo allestimento semplice, tradizionale vien da dire, con le pareti che reggono i disegni incorniciati, stretti l'uno all'altro, pochi oggetti poggiati su pedane bianche, qualche manifesto pubblicitario e ancor meno video, dialoga con lo spazio molto meglio di altre che hanno cercato di misurarsi con l'edificio e hanno preteso di annullarne la potenza. Questa modestia finisce, involontariamente, per interpretare persino il nuovo stile italiano: un po' il Presidente del Consiglio a tempo e un po' la crisi! Le pareti sono organizzate per temi, i principali del design italiano: dalla moda, all'arredo, dal cibo ai mezzi di trasporto alle invenzioni industriali. Fortunato Depero, Bottiglia Camparisoda, 2009 Campari Italia I disegni dei brevetti depositati, tutti in A4, poco hanno a che fare col design.

THE NOLA RUTH The Gestalt Principles The Gestalt Principles Gestalt is a psychology term which means "unified whole". It refers to theories of visual perception developed by German psychologists in the 1920s. These theories attempt to describe how people tend to organize visual elements into groups or unified wholes when certain principles are applied. Similarity Similarity occurs when objects look similar to one another. The example above (containing 11 distinct objects) appears as as single unit because all of the shapes have similarity. Unity occurs because the triangular shapes at the bottom of the eagle symbol look similar to the shapes that form the sunburst. When similarity occurs, an object can be emphasised if it is dissimilar to the others. The figure on the far right becomes a focal point because it is dissimilar to the other shapes. Continuation Continuation occurs when the eye is compelled to move through one object and continue to another object. Closure Examples Proximity Figure and Ground Figure

Instituto Art Déco Brasil, Rio de Janeiro This is the headquarters of the Instituto Art Déco Brasil near the Jardim Botânico in Rio de Janeiro. Gestalt Principles: Visual Perception And Design Cloud Computing: Architectural Limbo When abstraction becomes a distraction, cloud computing becomes a realm of architectural limbo… Cloud. It sounds so grand in NIST’s description; full of promises with respect to the ability to provision and manage resources without having to muck around in the trenches. Differing slightly from the original meaning, in colloquial speech, "limbo" is any status where a person or project is held up, and nothing can be done until another action happens.-- Wikipedia The problem is, unfortunately, at the root of all architectures – the network. ARCHITECTURE and the NETWORK Architecturally, from a “stack” point of view, the network always resides at the bottom. upper layers of the stack, but rather that it is the foundation upon which all other layers are ultimately laid. A strong foundation is critical to the resilience of the rest of the architecture. That is not to say that cloud computing environments have weak foundations. Note the use of the term “approximation”.