Science of Design

A presentation at From The Front - The Treasure of Frontend Island in September 2012 in Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy by Denys Mishunov

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SCIENCE of DESIGN Denys Mishunov • @mishunov

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DESIGN = communication "We are designers, not artists; the main difference being that we produce things that solve problems." Paul Boag

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Geometry Psychology DESIGN Neuroscience

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PROPORTION

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… Hippasus of Metapontum stood on the deck preparing to die. Around him stood the members of a cult, a secret brotherhood that he had betrayed. Hippasus had revealed a secret that was deadly to the Greek way of thinking, a secret that threatened to Charles Seife undermine the entire philosophy that the brotherhood had struggled to build. For “Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea” revealing that secret, the great Pythagoras himself sentenced Hippasus to death by drowning. To protect their number-philosophy, the cult would kill…

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Arrr you kidding me? Ippaso di Metaponto, filosofo 2 √ 1 1

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Pythagoras 6th century BC

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http://www.invisiblecity.co.uk/

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Perect Fifth

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screenshot of iPhone

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http://www.studioairport.nl/

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Golden section 3:4 Square root of 3 5:8 3:5 anything:anything

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Screens proportions HDTV, iMac, iPhone5 – 16:9 [0.56] Google Nexus One, Nexus S – 3:5 [0.6] MacBook Pro – 5:8 [0.625] iPhone – 2:3 [0.66] iPad, Kindle – 3:4 [0.75]

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"The page is a piece of paper. It is also a visible and tangible proportion, silently sounding the thoroughbass of the book. On it lies the textblock, which must answer to the page. The two together – page and textblock … Robert Bringhurst "The Elements of Typographical Style"

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… produce an antiphonal geometry. That geometry alone can bond the reader to the book. Or conversely, it can put the reader to sleep, or put the reader’s nerves on edge, or drive the reader away." Robert Bringhurst "The Elements of Typographical Style"

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Psychology Geometry DESIGN Neuroscience

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  • Photo © Laszlo Bardos http://www.cutoutfoldup.com/ Max Wertheimer Zoetrope

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GESTALT psychology

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PROXIMITY

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SIMILARITY in COLOR

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SIMILARITY in SIZE

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SIMILARITY in SHAPE

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Photo from http://kristoff.web.elte.hu/ANG102/ANG102.htm

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grabaperch.com

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“Physics is like Sex: sure it may have some practical results. But that's not why we do it.” Richard P.Feynman

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Geometry Psychology DESIGN Neuroscience

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COLOR Eye Visual Cortex

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CONTRAST

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CONTRAST Similarity Direction Color more

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arngren.net

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mailchimp.com

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"In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable" "Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth" Yoshida Kenko 1330 – 1332

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DON’T be afraid of new CHALLENGES

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“If we want better sites, better work, and betterinformed clients, the need to educate begins with us.” Jeffery Zeldman

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THANK YOU Typefaces “Give Me Glory” “Sketch Rockwell” by Kimberly Geswein by Lukas Bischoff Music “A Necessary End” by Saltillo “Star Wars: A New Hope (Main Theme)” by “City of Prague Philarmonic” (comp. John Williams) @mishunov · http://mishunov.me · CodePen