Blog that breaks down the important terms of this week's reading by Bolter and Grusin

A cool short on the history of typography.

This blog had many examples of elements of deign, including emphasis which was read about this week

This notes page took an explanation of Roland Barthes'  a step further and explained each category in more detail and gives where each specific one comes up in the image.

Every week it never fails, any site with more visual examples of the design element is the easiest and sometimes quickest way for to fully grasp the concept of it.

I thought this little blog was very useful for understanding rule of thirds as it applies to photography. I was already familiar with the rule from my photography class in high school and I find it is easier to understand in that context as opposed to the digital drawing arena. Basically, because I understand it in the photography context, it allows me to better understand it the way it has been presented in the text.

I wanted to find another site with a more in depth explanation and found one with totally new elements that can be used to improve layout and design. Most of these examples I have never heard of besides focal point and grid design, but you can never know too many new ways in order to improve your delivery, right?

I liked this site because it went into some detail about texture and gave some realistic familiar examples like Apple icons.

This video is an automated short of one of the parts of Brooke Gladstone's book, The Influencing Machine. It is identical to the scene in the book but the added audio and animation made me understand the meaning and feeling behind the scene much more.

This site goes into more detail about elements such as texture and the emotion seen in lines. This is a good tool for better being able to figure out emotions conveyed in lines that might not be as easy to see.

This site goes into more detail about elements such as texture and the emotion seen in lines. This is a good tool for better being able to figure out emotions conveyed in lines that might not be as easy to see.

This page goes into depth about space as discussed in Chapter 3 and has more images so it is easier for me to see the positive/negative space for example.

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