some 6x6'ers

These are just a few of the 6x6's I did.

There are 6 per style...

Dots!

Continuance

Closure

Proximity

Notes From Reading - August27

"Design is not just ornamentation"

Design - a visual language (has no obvious laws, unlike the english language/grammar) 

The process of design takes the visual appeal and the purpose/practical need of an object into consideration to effectively design something, whether it be a chair, a t-shirt, a poster, etc. 

All successful designs should be aesthetically pleasing as well as fully functional. 

"You cannot not      

                               communicate."

There are four elements:

1. Conceptual - not visible.
2. Visual - lines (shapes, size, color) - 
Form; the sum total of physical characteristics
3. Relational - the placement, direction, and position of the content within a design. The "structure." The spacing. The proximity.
4. Practical - representation, and meanings. 

All of these elements exist within a boundary which is referred to as a "frame of reference."

*Sometimes this "frame" can be an actual visible part of a design.

A piece shows closure when you see all the pieces of that design as a whole instead of individual/seperate pieces.

"The Whole

is greater than the sum of its parts."