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"Graphic design contains underlying principles that govern the most important aspects of great design. These principles create the acronym C.R.A.P. which stands for contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity." This link provides both good written examples and picture examples.

Designing through window of interpretation: proximity, continuity, repetition, close, figure and ground.

This is a copy of pages from a presentation that talks about the repitition element and other design elements that we have discussed in class. These pages are very informative and provides some good examples.

Goes into Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity when it comes to design.

Once you learn exactly why good design is CRAP, then you, too, will see vast improvements in your designs as well.

For anyone who has not used newbie if you can not figure out something digital check here first there are tons of user generate tutorials to help you out.

For beginning website design newbie is a great tool for any form of digital mediums.

It's not the Robin Williams you were thinking of I was disappointed too but the article is a great reflection of how CRAP design impacts the web.

I decided to share this so everyone could be as disappointed as I was when I found out it was not the Robin Williams I was thinking of. The article has plenty of relevant points though and is worth a read.

Hello everyone, many website owners make schoolboy errors, that makes their website, well, crap. These errors can cause an annoyance to a large percentage of visitors, and can actually drive traffic away. If you avoid all the reasons I have listed below, you are sure to have an outstanding annoying free website! << This source gives 20 tips on making your website CRAP!

This is a video where all the elements of C.R.A.P. are defined and explained in a funny and easy way.

This is a great tutorial on all the four basic design principals. The creator has made remember the principals of design easy by calling it the C.R.A.P design principals. C.R.A.P standis for contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity.

Chapter 6, Repetition: An analysis of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity with examples of each in the form of website design. This shows how they all work in harmony and how they impact the design element of a website.