THE SEVEN HABITS of Highly Effective Designers
The seven habiTsof Highly Effective Designers
Present a simple set of principles to follow for novice designers.
You have to know the rules before you can break them.
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Professor of Sociology at Boston CollegeWed. April 3rd, 12:30 - 1:30 pmRoom 10-401
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New Economy @ MIT
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what is graphic design?
“It is not how much information there is, but rather how effectively it is arranged.”
Edward R. Tufte
what is graphic design?
The art of communication, stylizing, and problem solving through type and image.
Generally highly functional and utility-driven. Composition is of high importance.
-typography and font-color palettes
-page layout and balance-manipulation of image
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the good, the bad, and the ugly
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Less is always more.
1
When in doubt, keep it simple.
The effective use of negative space is a hallmark of good design -- design the negative space just as you would the positive space. Ask yourself: “What elements can I remove or simplify and still retain my message?” Pare it down to the essentials.
For repetetive information, remember the “rule of small multiples.”
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Be hierarchical.
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Communicate the relative importance of data through variations in size, weight, and intensity. You should be able to squint and clearly understand a simple hierarchy of your composition.
Good design has CRAP.
It’s okay if you have a lot to fit. Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity: use these principles to allow your audience to easily follow the connections between your ideas.
3
Just two fonts.
4
Good design can be achieved with just one or two fonts. As a general rule, sans serif fonts work well for titles, headers, and electronic media. Serif fonts work well for body text in print media. The most useful fonts have many weights to choose from.
HELVETICAADOBE
CASLON PROFRANKLIN
GOTHIC
TITLEFONT SIZE 36
LEADING 36
SUBTITLEFONT SIZE 18
LEADING 18
BODY TEXTFONT SIZE 10
LEADING 12
CAPTION FONT SIZE 7LEADING 12
Co-Director of the Global Development And Environment Institute,Tufts UniversityWed. February 13th, 12:30 - 1:30 pmRoom 10-401
President and CEO of the New Economics InstituteWed. February 20th, 12:30 - 1:30 pmRoom 10-401
Professor of Ecological Economics at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaTues. March 5th, 12:30 - 1:30 pmRoom 10-401
Professor of Sociology at Boston CollegeWed. April 3rd, 12:30 - 1:30 pmRoom 10-401
Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of MarylandCo-founder of the Democracy CollaborativeTues. April 9th, 5 - 7 pmRoom 3-270
building the new economyspring 2013 speaker series
Neva goodwin 2.13A New Economics for the 21st century
state of the New Economy Movement
the economics of degrowth
rethinking consumption
THE NEXT economic TRANSFORMATION
bob massie 2.20
giorgos kallis 3.5
juliet schor 4.3
gar alperovitz 4.9
New Economy @ MIT
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with support from the New Economics Institute
Serif:
Adobe Caslon ProGeorgiaGaramond
Sans Serif:
HelveticaFranklin Gothic BookOpen Sans
Magic number twelve.
5
The human mind looks for natural proportions of 2, 3, and 4. As the least common denominator, 12 is an extremely useful number for column layout, and it’s also a good point size multiple for fonts (12pt, 24pt, 36pt, etc). A good rule of thumb is that a column of text should be about 60 characters wide for your eyes to easily follow.
Imitate. (But don’t copy.)
6
Beg, borrow - but don’t steal - ideas for beautiful graphics from experienced designers.
Be color conscious.
7
Like a well-written paragraph, each graphic should have a singular message. Use color to highlight differences.
Let’s see what you got.
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