Questions+for+Part+1

Contrast

1. How has the designer increased the contrast in the text elements from version to version? In the colors? In the size of elements? The graphics? In the spatial relationships? 2. To which design elements has the designer added contrast from the first version to the second?

Repetition

3. Which elements are repeated throughout this design? 4. How does your eye move around the design--what’s the compositional scheme? Which elements are your eyes drawn to? 5. Which elements are repeated throughout this design? 6. How has the designer pushed consistency to turn it into part of the conscious graphic design?

Alignment

7. How does your eye move through them? How about the centered alignment of the red links below? 8. Is it easy to scan the list? How might the navigability be improved through the use of a stronger alignment? 9. Find two (or more) elements that are aligned on the design. 10. Describe the sense of organization achieved through unity in this page.

Proximity

11. What could the designer do to make the navigation bar easier to scan? 12. What elements are grouped together in close proximity? 13. How does the proximity of the elements help organize the information?