Chapter 4 Summary

Chapter 4: Design Toolkit went over color, type styling, weight and scale, structure, grouping, graphic elements, imagery, and sound and motion.It spoke about the important of each of these when designing and gave good examples of how each can make impact. Each of these tools can help you differentiate information in an eye catching way. It also went over the importance of grid systems, something that has been talked about alot in all my classes the quarter. The chapter was basically about how design can help you direct and attract the readers eye, convey meaning, and help navigate through information

Site about color and designing for web:

http://www.cyberindian.com/web-designing/importance-of-color-in-web-design.php

About visual hierarchy:

http://blog.themeforest.net/tutorials/visual-hierarchy-in-web-design/

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