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.
New Media: A very useful blog about new media and all aspects of it, including (but not limited to), those that Manovich discusses. The blog details the evolution of media and allows discussions about said subject.
This site is a blog where bloggers come to discuss issues about new media. The range of discussion includes anything from the real meaning of digital to the debate between the written word like newspapers versus the internet.
Discussion Board Etiquette: This video provides all of the essential guidelines of discussion board etiquette, such as the use of standard English grammar and spelling, the proper manner in which to disagree, the proper use of emoticons, and how to react to negativity.
"Many of the specific examples provided in Lev Manovich's discussion of new media's variability suffer from an imprecision that leaves unclear just how the Principle of Variability ought to be properly applied when thinking about new media objects" This article relates to the Manovich reading and variability.
This site gives step by step directions on how to draw the golden spiral, which I found to be the most changeling concept discussed this week. This site is really helpful if you wanted to use the Golden Spiral rule to give balance to an image.
This site gives step by step directions on how to draw the golden spiral, which I found to be the most changeling concept discussed this week. This site is really helpful if you wanted to use the Golden Spiral rule to give balance to an image.
Interesting historical and abstract uses of design in art. Accompanied by great commentary and discussion of what the particular emphasis of the piece signifies.
"in the age of social networks and Web 2.0, we become the agents of
our own undoing. And therefore, discussions about identity must be
fashioned with a subtler clay. At every juncture-morning, noon and
night-we redefine our own identities"
What is Repetition?
Associated with consistency, repetition refers to the repeating of elements on a page << discusses the definition of repetition and how to use it.
This is an article discussing the idea of remediation and the two concepts of remediation. It is an easy explanation of the excerpt from the book that we had to read.
A long pdf article that discusses a line design technique called hashing in geometrical shapes and transformations. It has lots of information on how hashing is used in the world for an important but different form of design.