1、字数：英文 3004 单词， 15932 字符；中文 5516 汉字 出处： Ahmed S S , Gurumoorthy B . Form and Colour Two Basic Elements of DesignJ. Research into Design for Communities,2017,2:893-902 外文文献 Form and Colour Two Basic Elements of Design Abstract There is no consensus among the designers and design educators on the numbe
2、r of design elements. For well over 100 years of formal design education, design students are trained to use varying number of elements in their pursuit of designing products. In the design literature, there are different sets of design elements mentioned for the purpose of designing products. This
3、inconsistency has often led to confusion among design students and designers about what really are the elements. This paper is an attempt to bring some clarity to this state of confusion. This also explains why there are varying number of elements used by designers and how one can expand the basic e
4、lements of design, Form and Colour, into varying number of elements for meeting their purpose. Results of this study will help designers to make use of the popular method of designing with more clarity and customize it to suit ones requirements. Keywords: Design elements, Design principles, Form, Co
5、lour 1.Introduction There is no consensus among the designers and design educators on the number of design elements. According to Lauer, who wrote a book on Design Basics, “no two designers will ever agree on the same list of design elements and principles or on which are which”. There has not been
6、any work on finding why there are many design elements and principles. So, this gap is partly being filled up through investigation on the design elements in this paper. Chapman, while describing the process of designing, stated that, “When artists plan their work, they must see and think about the elements and principles of design. The elements of design are: line, shape, color, texture, and value (light and dark). Artists also use ideas known as principles of design to plan their
