Thursday, March 31, 2011

the design process

 
  1. Define brief
  2. Define specifications
  3. What are resources in design?
  4. What is evaluation
  5. What are key stages
  6. Why is it important to do background research before starting a design project?




1) what is design :plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work"
2) difine brief :An architectural brief is, in its broadest sense, a requirement a client may have that an architect designs to meet, usually by creating a building to accommodate the requirement(s). A brief is a written document that might be anything from a single page to a multiple volume set of documents. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_(architecture)
3)define specifications :

  • specification - a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work




  • specification - naming explicitly




  • specification - (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention




  • specification - stipulation: a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
    wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn




  • 4) what are resources in design :Below is a collection of 100 great web resources to find inspiration and direction on your next project, whether it be online or in print

    Sunday, March 27, 2011

    good and bad fetures of power point

    • GOOD
    • room for miage
    • font is that right size
    • has an image
    • the right amount of bullet point
    • clear font style
    • easy to read
    • font colours contats

    • BAD
    • not to much info in such littel words
    • needs pictures
    • shouldnt be in paragraphs
    • to many bullet point
    • foint it too samll to read easily
    • use different fonts
    • cant read
    • different colours
    • different styles
    • different to read
    • bad colours
    • only use one style for your text
    • use same font
    • keep colours the same
    • use contrasting colours so you can read the witing
    • piture is to samll
    • image is to big you cant read the text
    • to many image hard to focus on one and the text
    • picture is covening the info