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Geometry of Design: Studies in Proportion and Composition
At last, a mathematical explanation of how art works presented in a manner we can all understand. Kimberly Elam takes the reader on a geometrical journey, lending insight and coherence to the design process by exploring the visual relationships that have foundations in mathematics as well as the essential qualities of life. Geometry of Design-the first book in our new Desi...more
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
August 1st 2001
by Princeton Architectural Press
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I'm obviously guessing at the date I finished this book. I remember taking it out of the library at University and hanging it on to it until they wouldn't let me renew anymore.
I loved the velum paper overlays of the geometry of well know pieces of art and design. I always love to know that what I'm doing, where I'm putting something in a composition is for a damn good reason, like a law of mathematics! It's obviously not always the case that I do everything to strict geometric rules, ...more
I loved the velum paper overlays of the geometry of well know pieces of art and design. I always love to know that what I'm doing, where I'm putting something in a composition is for a damn good reason, like a law of mathematics! It's obviously not always the case that I do everything to strict geometric rules, ...more
This is a short book on design and composition that focuses on a handful of popular ratios and geometrical constructions and then overlays those constructions on professional design work and architecture to reveal the geometric framework underpinning the works of art. The initial geometric portion of the book focuses on the golden rectangle and root rectangles, showing how they are constructed and subdivided. After this initial material, the book launches into a series of examples involving art...more
Bought this after taking it out of the library. Worth having as a reference, but honestly, this whole Golden Section debate is absurd. She justifies its use when the overlays don't even line up the way she describes. But a good exercise.
Fairly elementary but I like the translucent overlays. That's pretty cool.
fun and quick. great illustrations.
Excellent must have.
Yet another essential volume for a graphic designer's library. It's small, it's quick, it's priceless.
I generally dislike graphic design books. They tend to be written by knowledgeable folks who love reading their own incoherent words (coughRANDcough). Kimberly Elan's books--Grid Systems being another--are worth every penny you pay for them as far as I'm concerned.
I generally dislike graphic design books. They tend to be written by knowledgeable folks who love reading their own incoherent words (coughRANDcough). Kimberly Elan's books--Grid Systems being another--are worth every penny you pay for them as far as I'm concerned.
Another great from Princeton Architectural Press. Makes proportion in design dead simple, and doesn't expect visual people to learn via math equations. Just show me, and I'll get it. And I did.
The golden ratio in design - it does a great job of highlighting the use of the golden ratio as it has vellum pages illustrating the design proportions overlaying a photograph of the actual object.
A wide-ranging, lucid, and meticulously illustrated illumination of...um...Geometry in Design.
Really sweet illustrations of the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio.
fundamental!
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Kimberly Elam is a writer, educator and graphic designer. She currently chairs the Graphic + Interactive Communication Department at the Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, where she has developed an academic minor in the Business of Art and Design. Her previous design education positions include the Kansas City Art Institute, North Carolina State University and The Ohio State Univer...more
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