Hong Kong Design Book Club #66th May 2016

What I want is

A small book club

with design enthusiasts

who are also love reading

and enjoying life

Books we covered

Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Apr 2016

Books we will cover

Jun 2016 Jul 2016 Aug 2016 Sep 2016 Act 2016

The Non-Designer's Design BookBy Robin Williams

● Originally published in 1994● Introducing 4 design principles (C.R.A.P) and how

to design with color and font type● Could be tremendous help for non-designers

attempting to design/great review for trained designers

The book of this month

“Don’t be a wimp!”

“Once you can name something, you're conscious of it. You have power over it. You're in control. You own it.”

Quotes

http://www.ratz.com/robin/toc.html

Robin Williams

● Published many popular computer related books

● Studies William Shakespeare and also published a book about him

● Bake pies on Sunday, love dogs, collect hats, and has a mermaid tattoo

Design principles1. Contrast2. Repetition3. Alignment4. Proximity

http://www.moxhe.com.au/menuhttp://bit.ly/1BxUio5

Making use of contrast can help you create a design in which one item is clearly dominant. This helps the viewer “get” the point of your design quickly.

Design principles1. Contrast2. Repetition3. Alignment4. Proximity

https://obeygiant.com/http://bit.ly/1BxUio5

Repetition of certain design elements will bring a clear sense of unity, consistency, and cohesiveness.

Design principles1. Contrast2. Repetition3. Alignment4. Proximity

http://www.beoplay.com/landingpages/portraits#No1http://bit.ly/1BxUio5

The whole point of the alignment principle is that nothing in your design should look as if it were placed there randomly. Every element is connected visually via an invisible line.

Design principles1. Contrast2. Repetition3. Alignment4. Proximity

https://yourkarma.com/http://bit.ly/1T4e1uP

Designers can assist users by placing items that should be seen as grouped in close proximity, whilst separating items that should not be grouped.

Colors

http://bit.ly/1Speo0Q

Tint

Shade

http://www.mariecatribs.com/

Fonts

http://bit.ly/1Sp7WXO

http://theforecaster-interactive.com/

Questions

1. How can these principles affect your work/life?2. What is your biggest takeaway from the book?

Thank you

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