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Understanding the elements of design

Understanding the elements of design

From the course: Design Aesthetics for Web Experiences

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Understanding the elements of design

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- [Instructor] In design school, graphic ui, ux, and web designers often learn about the formal principles and elements of design. These are the fundamental building blocks of effective visual communication. These concepts can and should be used as guides in making important aesthetic decisions that can help you create more unique, compelling designs with more distinctive areas of interest. So what are the elements of design? Simply put, think of the elements of design as the basic components involved with creating any design. For comparison, you can think of the principles of design as the rules of design, which are always worth considering even if you end up not using them. The main difference between the principles and the elements is that the principles are rules you follow, and elements are things that will help you follow those rules for the best outcome. How many elements of design do we need to learn here? Well, there's some debate over how many elements there actually are…

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