This site is intended to provide access to
relevant and stimulating design resources that are available on the
web. We shall update this site as new credible resources become
available. We request that you e-mail us with any sites that you feel
are worthy additions. Your feedback is critical to the success of
this site.
design 1. to prepare the preliminary sketch or the
plans for (a work to be executed), esp. to plan the form and
structure of: to design a new bridge. 2. to plan and fashion
artistically or skillfully. 3. to intend for a definite
purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students. 4. to
contrive or plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape.
5. to have as one's purpose. 6. Obs. to mark
out, as by a sign; indicate. 7. to make drawings, preliminary
sketches, or plans. 8. to plan and fashion the form and
structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc.
9. an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure
of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or
constructed. 10. organization or structure of formal elements
in a work of art; composition. 11. the combination of details
or features of a picture, building, etc.; the pattern or motif of
artistic work: the design on a bracelet. 12. the art of
designing: a school of design. 13. a plan or project: a design
for a new process. 14. a plot or intrigue, esp. a deceitful
one: His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him
(Webster's, p 539).
design, objet d'art [Fr], art object, art work,
artistic production, piece, work, study, composition; creation,
brainchild; virtue [excellence or merit in objects of art,
curios, and the like.], article or piece of virtue; plan, scheme,
method, program, device, contrivance, game, envisagement, conception,
enterprise, idea; organization, rationalization, systematization,
schematization; charting, mapping, graphing, blueprinting; planning,
calculation, figuring; planning function; long-range planning, master
plan, the picture or the big picture [both informal];
approach, attack; way, procedure (Chapman, pp 436,
501).
Audience -
addresses the use and theory of audience demographics
to promote more effective communications.
Layout -
provides information on good design practices and
links to additional reference sources.
Typography
- provides typographic terminology, sources for
typefaces, magazines, organizations, and type theory.
Image -
provides for direct acquisition of images and graphic
devices for both print and screen reproduction.
Color -
provides "html" codes for Web backgrounds and sources
that discuss color theory, for both print and screen.
Education
- lists schools and on-line educational resources
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