Artist, graphic designer, & tech consultant in Charlottesville, VA

design principles

These are posts that emphasize John LeMasney’s understanding and appreciation of the tenets and principles of design.

Confirmation is necessary when you want to remind, warn, or make a user especially aware of the importance of a change or choice that they […]

20 of 365: Confirmation #design principle

2014-01-20 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / Illustration / insights / portfolio / professional activities / research interests / teaching / teaching experience / technology tagged Business / Design / emotion / John LeMasney / Programming by lemsy (updated 1597 days ago)

Comparison as a design principle takes into account the effect of illustration of differences in a controlled system. Comparison is most effective when it is […]

19 of 365: Comparison #design principle

2014-01-19 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / insights / portfolio / professional activities / research interests / teaching experience tagged Business / Design / emotion / John LeMasney / New Jersey / Pennsylvania / United States by lemsy (updated 1597 days ago)

Common fate is another of the gestalt principles, and states that objects that are closer to each other or grouped in some way comparative to […]

18 of 365: Common fate #design principle

2014-01-19 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / Illustration / insights / portfolio / research interests / teaching / teaching experience / technology tagged Design / emotion / Inkscape / John LeMasney / Social Sciences by lemsy (updated 1597 days ago)

Color is an incredibly rich and deep topic for design, but color theory has been established to make working with color as a designer easier. […]

17 of 365: Color #design principle

2014-01-18 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / Illustration / insights / portfolio / professional activities / research interests / teaching experience tagged Color / Design / emotion / John LeMasney / lemasney.com by lemsy (updated 1597 days ago)

Cognitive Dissonance occurs when a statement or idea causes conflict or discomfort because there is a motivating part and a demotivating part of the idea. […]

16 of 365: Cognitive Dissonance #design principle

2014-01-16 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / Illustration / insights / portfolio / professional experience / research interests / teaching experience tagged Design / John LeMasney / Social Sciences / United States by lemsy (updated 1597 days ago)

Closure is part of a set of design principles called the Gestalt principles of perception. Closure says that when we see a set of individual […]

15 of 365: Closure #design #principle

2014-01-15 in brand / consulting / curriculum vitae / design principles / Illustration / insights / portfolio / research interests / teaching experience tagged Design / Graphics / Inkscape / John LeMasney / lemasney.com / Social Sciences by lemsy (updated 1597 days ago)