OUGD404: Content Production - Subject Visuals

As it is my desire for publication 01 to be very much a visual exploration of the design principles, I wanted to create an A5 visual for each of the four subjects of the content - these are reminded below:

• Grids
• Figure and Ground
• Gestalt Theories 
• Kepes' Language of Vision

To follow are the visuals I have produced for each of the subject sectors and their relation to the content.

Grids

This simple square grid visual is aesthetically akin to many editorial grids in style. It cannot be recognised as anything other than a grid and there reflects the subject sector effectively.

Figure and Ground

Keeping it simple, the figure and ground visual is simply a large black circle sitting centrally in white ground. I did not believe there was any need to over-complicate this representation, which as is clearly provides an image representative of the circle taking on the role of the figure surrounded by white ground.

Gestalt Theories 

The Gestalt Theories subject visual representative is that of one of the gestalt principles, simplicity, which automatically and distinctly establishes what the theories are concerned with. This is a visual that is typically associated with the principles.

Kepes' Language of Vision

A balanced range of shapes including a square, circle and plus sign are to be the visual representative of Kepes' Language of Vision. They are featured in each of the exercises that explain the language, and therefore immediately foreshadow the content to come.