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Courses Plus Student 3,896 PointsHas anyone collected the Vocabulary from the Design Foundations course?
I find my self only remembering the vocab until the next quiz.
Wietse Wierda
1,403 PointsI would love that
6 Answers
Robin Hood
2,382 PointsHere's my notes for this course up to this video
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0f3cc104stsri3i/Treehouse%20Design%20Foundations.pdf?dl=0
Angie Giblin
2,097 PointsWow! Great notes! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm not sure mine are put-together as well as yours. :-)
Endre Ujhelyi
7,614 PointsThis is awesome Robin. Thanks.
Abdelkarim Lyoussi
3,657 PointsAwesome work Robin...
Stein Rijs
4,265 PointsThank you for these notes Robin!
Tonnie Fanadez
UX Design Techdegree Graduate 22,796 PointsHi Robin, I am doing the UX TechDegree on Project nine and you saved me lots of minutes.
Paema Hare
22,705 PointsI made it view-able on Dropbox:
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/u73pzud0d8g90px/Design%20Foundations%20Terms.pdf?dl=0)
Andreas Fischer
8,256 PointsThanks a lot
Paema Hare
22,705 PointsThis is what I have done up as a list of Vocab. I think it has everything in it.
Design Foundations:
Architecture: Durability, Usability, Beauty Graphics System User-interface Symbolize Summarize Typeface Format: "Blank Page", Picture Plane & Frame. Elements: Point Line: Arc Length Thickness = weight Organic Symmetrical Rough Jagged Quality of Primary Visual Elements Shape: External Form, Appearance Size, Scale, Ratio of Scale Texture: Implied, Visual Colour: Tint Tone Shade Complimentary Value Tonal Key: High, Intermediate, Low Range: Low, High
The Ten Principles of Good Design: Less, but Better. 1. Innovative 2. Useful Product 3. Aesthetic 4. Understandable Product 5. Unobtrusive 6. Honest 7. Long-lasting 8. Thorough -- details 9. Environmentally Friendly 10. Little design as possible
Design: Simultaneous Contrast Optical Mixing Composition Structure : loose/organic, rigid/geometric Elements = positive figures -- Foreground, complete figure Empty space = background Figure Ground: equal inverse Techniques: Rule of Thirds, Rule of Odds, Rule of Space Contrast Balance: Symmetrical, Radial Emphasis: Intentional Focus, Focal Point, Isolation, Movement/Animation Movement: Implied, Rhythm Unity: Consistency Space: Ambiguous, Impossible, Atmospheric Perspective, Linear Perspective, 3D, White Space Grouping: Gestalt Principles: Touching, Overlapping, Transparency, Union, Subtraction, Intersection; Similarity, Continuity, Common Fate, Familiarity
Checklist: 1. Description 2. Analysis: Style, Elements, Principles of Design 3. Interpretation: Intent, Creator's Influence, your Feelings. 4. Judgement
Paema Hare
22,705 PointsIt didn't keep my formatting haha
Christopher Mayfield
19,928 PointsMuch thank you hahah Paema
Barbara Orts
10,584 PointsNotes are great! thanks Robin
nfs
35,526 PointsI loved both the notes. Thank you.
Viv Fouracre
9,062 PointsGreat notes, thanks
Christopher Mayfield
19,928 PointsChristopher Mayfield
19,928 PointsSomething I might do.