Re: design

Shelby:

Oh, Boy!! The ideas you are stating about placement and shapes have been
around for decades. I first heard about this as a young--very
young--photographer, many years ago.

It is as basic as having pictures "face into" the page and using a diagonal
shape or placement to simulate dynamics or action.
For us graphic artist types, it is in the same category as "the sun rises in
the East".

But--Where do you find current documentation???

I would try searching for Photography tutorials or perhaps the desktop
publishing sites on the web. There are several devoted to graphics and page
layout.

A quick trip to your local community college Art Dept. (or even a library),
should put you in touch with any of several books that would "tell all"
under the torture of the nearest photo copier.

Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
www.temercraft.com/novels/
www.newsredding.com/
www.ramac-rc.org/


> A VP of our company made some suggestions about our site the other day and
I
> wanted to back up a reply to him with some outside evidence to bolster my
> position about the design of our site.
>
> We designed the site (because we're a very conservative company) with a
> straight structure on four sides but the center of the page where our sale
> products are located, are arranged in a circle.  He noted that these tend
to
> stick out (implying that this was negative as it didn't fit with the rest
of
> our site), however, this is precisely the point.  We intended for this
> circle of products to draw your attention on the main products and to
stand
> out from the straight edges of the rest of the page.
>
> Back in the days when I was getting my business degree, I recall a
marketing
> class which talked about shapes and their impact on consumer spending
(i.e.,
> a triangle calls attention but does not cause consumers to buy, the circle
> tends to cause people to choose this product).  This is often used by
> designers of product packaging in the hopes of getting purchasers to see
> their products amid the scads of others.  I was wondering if anyone knew
of
> a site with this type of information on it.  I would also be interested in
> any sites out there with information on designing with contrasts to draw
> attention to the focused item.
>
> Just saying it is fine, but if I can point to one or several
"informational"
> sites with this data on it, I'm sure my statements would be much stronger.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Shelby Cook
>

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