Animation and design · lesson 10 of 24 · free

Principles of design — Animation for kids

The principles of design tell you how to arrange the elements. Contrast: strong differences, like black text on yellow, make things stand out and easy to read. Alignment: lining things up along the same edge looks neat. Repetition: the same heading style, colours and icons on every page join a design together. Proximity: things that belong together sit close together. Balance: the visual weight is spread so the page feels steady. Hierarchy: the most important thing is the biggest and comes first.

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How to arrange it — “contrast, alignment, repetition, proximity, balance and hierarchy”

  1. Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again.
  2. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight.
  3. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.

Use it for: Checking any poster, slide, project file or class magazine page before you print or share it.

Worked example: 📐 Which design principle is this: “caption close to photo”? → proximity

  1. The caption belongs to the photo.
  2. Putting related things close together is proximity.

Check: A caption far from its photo would break proximity ✓

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