Practice Tips
A lot of deliberation were
settled with a visual
not with just plain assertions or examples.
Keywords
Elements: Points, Lines, Surfaces, Volumes (Geometric-Organic)
Structures: Visible-Invisible, Active or Inactive, Perceived Structures,
Relations: Dominant-Subdominant-Subordinate, Solid-Void, Scale-Proportions-Orientation
Core Principles: Gestalt, Simplicity, Unity, Contrast
More Visual Relations: Harmony, Conflicting, Balance, Similarity, Uniform Connectedness, Repetition, Symmetry, Asymmetry, Continuation, Closure, Proximity, Parallelism, Common Fate (Synchrony), Common Region, Focal Point (Emphasis),
Tips and Tricks: Addition- Subtraction-Transition, Abstraction, Unity (Inserting-Interlocking-Wraping), Functional Exposure, Transition(Diagonal cut, Push)
More Tips: Orientation, Continuity, Direction, Rotation, Static, Movement, Mirroring, Texture,
Psychological-related Tips: Affordance, Tension, Strain and Stress, Thematic Reference, Visual Cue, Closure, Visual Echo, Resonate, Self-expression,
Step II
design clinic
Prescription 1 - Addition
Before
After
Prescription 2 - Continuation and Visual Hierarchy
Before
After
Prescription 3 - Mating lines
Before
After
Step III
Form Development Practices
Principle of Aesthetics
Suggested Practices
Primitive Form Study
Ideation Basic
Primitive Form Study
Subtraction and Addition
Primitive Form Study
Shelled Case with Mating Lines
Surface Transition Practice
Transition
Organic Forms
Observations
Organic Forms
Abstraction
