[H7063F-IPD1] Mid-Term Review

Which of the following is a 'basic' definition of design that we adopted in our first seminar?

• A plan to make a composition using a variety of shapes.

• A drawing showing the dimensions of a product.

• The arrangement of a series of elements in order to achieve an outcome.

• A composition including a series of shapes and colors.

All professional designers in any of the 'main' design disciplines start their education by doing the following:

• Studying oil and watercolor painting

• Practice making 2D/graphic designs

• Creating perspective drawings

• Building scale models of their ideas.

A graphic/two-dimensional design can be broken into three 'aspects,' or 'areas,' which are?

• Points, Lines, and Shapes

• Shapes, Color, and Value

• Triangles, Lines, Colors

• Elements, Attributes and Principles (Relationships)

What are the 'elements' in a two-dimensional (2D) design?

• Geometry, Dimension, Depth and Color

• Color, Balance, Rhythm and Contrast.

• Point, Line, Area.

• Size, Value, Balance, Contrast.

What are the attributes of 2D elements?

• Geometry, Dimension, Depth and Color

• Color, Value, Texture, Shape, Size.

• Balance, Rythm, Contrast.

• Point, Line, Shape.

Define in your own words what 'visual weight is:

Answer explanation

The perceived weight that a graphic element has, just as if the element was an object in the physical world.

Which of the following shapes has more 'visual weight'?

• Triangle

• Square

• Line

• Circle

Which attributes of a 2D element can make an element 'visually heavier'?

• All

• The color

• Texture

• The shape

Explain in your own words, how come a 2D design can be 'balanced' or not?

'Balance' in 2D designs is commonly classified in how many ways?

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Six