Elements of Design is a design learning tool developed by IDC, IIT Bombay. It is an interactive web space where students and aspiring designers can learn about the basics of design. The tool’s Overview shows us the interrelation between the elements of design - point, line, plane and volume. The elements have features like - shape, size, position, orientation, texture and colour.

Together these form the Visual features. Understanding these well is helpful for studying and applying the principles of design. A designer has to use principles of design in combinations to make a piece which functions/communicates clearly and effectively. In our tool, we learn about principles of design through two categories, structural and relational. All principles related to construction of a design are included in structural principles.

This section includes concepts such as negative and positive space, figure and ground, alignment, proportion, symmetry, repetition, grids, illusion and framing. All principles that are relative i.e. need another element to be compared with are included in Relational Principles. This section includes concepts such as movement, depth, order, hierarchy, sequence, balance, unity, emphasis contrast and variety.

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