gds homework 2

1. How can mistakes help you learn?
2. Why is "design" so important to visual communication?
3. What is the best way to get creative compositions and ideas?
4. In your own words, define the word "design"?
5. Why is composition important in graphic design?
6. What happens when a design is too unified?
7. What happens when a composition lacks unity?
8. How many different ways are there to create unity?
9. How can one make compositions that are more memorable?
10. What does Gestalt psychology have to do with all of this?

1. Mistakes can help you learn by showing you your weak points. By knowing your weak points you can work to make them stronger.

2. "Design" is so important to visual communication due to the fact that it can help to get a point or idea across accurately.

3. The best way to get creative compositions and ideas is to make many rough sketches.

4. "Design" to me means to plan out ideas and arrange them into pleasing visual works.

5. Composition is important in graphic design due to the fact that it can help to get a point or idea across accurately.

6. When a design is too unified the design becomes uninteresting and boring.

7. When a composition lacks unity the composition becomes too chaotic.

8. There are six different ways to create unity

9. You can make a composition that is more memorable by combining some of the ways to create unity.

10. Gestalt psychology helps us to understand how the human mind interprets different compositions.