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This website lists repetition as being one of the 4 principles of good designs for websites. This shows how useful repetition can be when used in the creation of a website. It is a fundamental tool that should be used by designers when appropriate.

CHAPTER 4- I liked this website the best because it displayed all the ways you can create balance in a work. You can do it by value, color, shape, texture, etc. I also liked that it explained the horizontal axis.

Crucial elements in using emphasis to design

This site gives an overview of what Cloud computing actually means to the user. This was helpful to me because nowadays everyone uses cloud computing and it also helped go in a little more detail than chapter 4 of The Computer: A Very Short Introduction

BoD Chapter 4: I really like this site because it provides visual examples for all styles of balance.

Research plays a big role in te design process. Research who your audience is, research the market, research the company's goal and the purpose of the design.

CONTRAST. This website not only gives a short explanation of the concepts of design but it also gives examples from actual websites which portray the elements in use. Extremely helpful for visual learners. 

This is a blog site that discusses the four principles of good design including alignment. Each principle is discussed in depth and images are used to support the discussion.

Chapter 4: A thorough explanation of balance in web design, with examples, including types of balance other than just symmetrical and asymmetrical; such as radial, etc.

Not really useful for understanding the basics of flow, but elegantly descriptive explanation of the concept of flow.

breaks down different typefaces and suggest when each should be used

"Repetition works with pattern to make the artwork seem active. " This website offers a brief explanation of every element of design

This video consisted of many stats about how quickly new media has been evolving and expanding. I love this statistics format because it provides amazing facts that don't take much time for me to read and comprehend. This helped me to better understand where technology was, is, and where it's going. This also helped me understand some more facts about new media while keeping my full attention

BALANCE. This website expands more on how one can achieve balance in a layout, specifically with symmetrical and asymmetrical balancing. It also provides examples of each balancing act to highlight the methods described in the website.

Gives better examples on asymmetrical balance and also gives a more in depth definition of what this type of balance is.

A neat little video about radial balance. I liked it because it was very informal. 

Chapter 2 push #3 from Becca Bingham

Ch 4-BOD Balance This article talks about the concept of visual weight in a design, paying particular attention to the principle of color.

This video goes into the science behind how our eyes flow across a web page and how the lack of flow can make a company loose money from their website. Our eyes are sensitive to color and detail as well as motion and contrast.