Design elements

Design elements are the basic units of any visual design which form its structure and convey visual messages.[1][2] Painter and design theorist Maitland E. Graves (1902–1978), who attempted to gestate the fundamental principles of aesthetic order in visual design,[3] in his book, The Art of Color and Design (1941), defined the elements of design as line, direction, shape, size, texture, value, and color, concluding that "these elements are the materials from which all designs are built."[4]

Elements of art and design
Color star containing primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
  1. ^ Lovett, John. "Design and Colour". Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  2. ^ Charlotte Jirousek. Art, Design, and Visual Thinking. An online, interactive textbook. Cornell.edu, 1995.
  3. ^ Martin, Jon Henry. An evaluation of Maitland Graves' principle of aesthetic order. Masters thesis, Concordia University, 1972.
  4. ^ Graves, Maitland, E. The art of color and design. 2d ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1951.