Week Two - Design Elements & Principles (Colour Swatches) / Images & Colour Swatches For Chart

Design Elements and Principles

Activity 1

1. Go to your grid zone and find examples of design elements and principles and a series of components that are common in the Built Environment. Take photos of the examples from your site that visually represent the words below. Make sure you label them with the term you are documenting on the blog. 

Find and photograph an example of all of the following deliberately used Design Elements and Principles on your site:

Lines

Shapes (geometric or organic)

Direction (of lines)

Size/ Scale

Texture

Colour 

Balance

Proximity

Alignment Repetition or pattern Contrast

Space 

In your group find and photograph an example of at least 20 of these Built Environment specific words:

Threshold

Void

Structural Element 

Safety Element 

Public space 

Accessibility Access 

Pathway

Pedestrian Desire-Line 

Street Furniture

Edges in the Landscaping 

Raised Bed 

Tree Canopy

Green Space

Way Finding (Signage)

Public Art 

Water container

Lighting

Timber Decking

Cast Concrete

Electricity Power source

2. Data visualisation, download Adobe Capture for your phone and use it to create swatches from the images you captured in step 1. Upload a screen capture from the app of the “Swatches”, “Harmonies” and “Image”.

lines:

swatches -

harmonies -

 image -

shapes:

swatches -

 harmonies -

 image - 

direction:

swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

size/ scale:

swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

texture:

swatches -

 harmonies - 

 image - 

colour:

swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

balance:

swatches -

 harmonies -

 image - 

proximity:
swatches -

 harmonies -

image - 

Alignment Repetition or pattern Contrast:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

space:
swatches -

 harmonies -

image - 

threshold:

swatches -

 harmonies -

image -

void:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

structural element:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

safety element:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image - 

public space:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image 

accessibility access:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image 

pathway:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

pedestrian desire lines:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

street furniture;
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

edges in landscaping:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

 raised bed:
swatches:

harmonies -

 image - 

tree canopy:

swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

green space:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

way finding:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image - 

public art:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image - 

water container:
swathes -

 harmonies -

 image - 

lighting:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

timber decking:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image - 

cast concrete:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image -

electricity power source:
swatches -

 harmonies -

 image - 

Activity 2

1. In your groups come up with 3 words to describe each data set. (For data sets see moodle week 2) 
data sets:

• food on campus: variety, expensive, fast
• weather: temperature, variety, universal 
• faculties: innovative, adaptability, learning 
• students in BENV1010: design, innovators, communications
• transport: infrastructure, network, productivity

2. Download an evocatively coloured image from the internet that communicates each word. 
food on campus: 
variety 

expensive

fast


weather: 
temperature 

variety 

universal


faculties: 
innovative 

adaptability 

learning


students in BENV1010: 
design 

innovators 

communications


transport: 
infrastructure 

network 

productivity