WK 7: Visual Perception 2/ Feature Hierarchy

This image to me fits this project perfectly. It has a clear and simple message, but the way you process and intake this message shows how design can affect you. The color stands out to me first, the bright red drew my attention right away and made me want to get a closer look. I then saw shape and what the shapes represent. For example, the "dust" in the top of the time glass is shaped into little animals and then turned into dust looking shapes in the bottom to represent the species that are becoming extinct. The lines are very simple, yet very direct. I then saw spacial grouping because there is a lot of negative space in this image, but that "empty" space is doing too jobs: allowing the poster to be simple and sending the message of species going extinct leave empty, negative (pun intended) space.

http://www.youthedesigner.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/new-poster-designs-3.jpg

Top-Down Visual Processing

This image is an example of top-down visual processing and related to this week's topic because you discover more detail as you look at it longer. At first glance you see a big colorful circle, then you see that the colors are different flowers put together. When you break down the flower you see that they have faces and the petals are alternating between two colors, except for one flower. When you break down the face you see the shapes that make up the mouth and eyes, while noticing the ball is made out of soft material. Now, when you look at the whole picture again, you see it differently. The details aren't blurred by your mind because you've now analyzed it making it more familiar. When I looked at this picture I didn't notice the one flower that only has one color (pink) petals all the way around and now that I've spotted it, my eyes keep being drawn to that flower. 

M Any Design, http://www.manydesign.net/
( manydesign.jpg )

WK 5- Success and Failure

This image is an example of good/successful design. The image is not only clear and readable, it also gives you a sense of uplifting/positivity with the three warm colored arrows. The color choice and patterns give a warm soothing feeling (level rather than sharp), which is easy on the eyes.

This is an example of bad/failed design. Clearly two men are not going to want to get that close to go to the bathroom. If a man went into this bathroom and one of these was the only urinal open he would most likely wait for the next one. The coloring is so boring and reminds me of a hospital too. Who says you can't have color in a men's bathroom?