Design principles

<h2 id="balance">Balance</h2>
<h3>Types of balance in visual design</h3>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Symmetry/hpu7DK8p">Symmetry</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="hierarchydominanceemphasis">Hierarchy/Dominance/Emphasis</h2>
<p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Visual_hierarchy/2EIdEkRm">Visual hierarchy</a></p>
<h2 id="scaleproportion">Scale/proportion</h2>
<h2 id="scale-in-design">Scale in design</h2>
<p>Increasing an element's scale in a design piece increases its value in terms of hierarchy and makes it to be seen first compared to other elements while decreasing an element's scale reduces its value.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Composition_(visual_arts)/ts4RRPV8">Composition (visual arts)</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Gestalt_laws_of_grouping/Lq52y9Is">Gestalt laws of grouping</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Interior_design/xuPYsKB1">Interior design</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Landscape_design/AsBtWMG7">Landscape design</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pattern_language/U0Xbp7nx">Pattern language</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Elements_of_art/QtprDnM8">Elements of art</a></li>
<li>Principles of art</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Color_theory/bDWrmeqV">Color theory</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<ul><li>Kilmer, R., & Kilmer, W. O. (1992). Designing Interiors. Orland, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-03-032233-4.</li>
<li>Nielson, K. J., & Taylor, D. A. (2002). Interiors: An Introduction. New York: <a href="/facts/McGraw-Hill/oG8VpKJT">McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.</a>  <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-07-296520-9</li>
<li>Pile, J.F. (1995; fourth edition, 2007). Interior Design. New York: <a href="/facts/Harry_N._Abrams%2c_Inc./ldI3YBN7">Harry N. Abrams, Inc.</a>  <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-13-232103-7</li>
<li>Sully, Anthony (2012). <i>Interior Design: Theory and Process</i>. London: Bloomsbury. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1-4081-5202-7.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

<ul><li><a href="http://char.txa.cornell.edu/first.htm">Art, Design, and Visual Thinking</a>. An online, interactive textbook by Charlotte Jirousek at Cornell University.</li>
<li><a href="http://visual.ly/6-principles-design">The 6 Principles of Design</a></li></ul>

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