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Subject: Re: Balance Author: Kathy Keefe [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 17:16:42 02/12/02 Tue In reply to: Damian 's message, "Balance" on 14:29:59 02/03/02 Sun The balance articles were very interesting. They reminded me of magazine articles and demonstrations regarding interior design and interior decorating. Several of the concepts from the articles that made an impression on me were the following: 1. Good Balance provides unity- that all aspects of a web page, although they are created as different objects will all blend together as one web page. I believe a good example of this is the website for Visa Buxx: https://www.nc.visabuxx.com/ This web site has many objects and shapes and colors in it but you don’t see all of the different objects unless you really look. They all seem to blend together to form one web page with one concept- to sell you on the concept of providing a prepaid Visa card for your teenage children. 2.Another concept from the articles that intrigued me was that balance can be created with mass and values of colors. An example of this would be Amtrak web page at http://www.amtrak.com/ The graphic in the banner is surrounded by different shades of blue and text. The mass of the center graphic makes the page appear heavier in the middle of the page and the use of colors on the sides give a different value to those areas. 3.The last and final concept, that I learned, is that balance can be created symmetrically, asymmetrically, or in a radial fashion. The website http://www.ftd.com/ is an example of balance being created symmetrically. It appears to be balanced from side to side. The use of the rectangular text boxes on each side help to balance this site as well as the way the flower arrangements are arranged in the middle of the page. At the top, the banner is balanced on the right side by the links on the right side of the page. An example of a radial balance I believe would be on the web page http://www.amonre.com/ The banner at the top of the page achieves balance with a radial design, which is repeated by the water droplets in the center of the banner. The Chestnut Hill web site is another example of balance achieved through a radial design. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date Re: Balance Damian 17:10:40 02/21/02 Thu