Objective:
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of design by designing a flyer explaining what each principle means and visually demonstrating what each principle looks like, so they can better understand and recognize what each principle looks like when it is used effectively.
Links:
- Refer to the previous week’s posts for Chapters and Presentations
- Google Classroom
Topics Discussed:
- InDesign Page Layout
- Horizontal Width
- Vertical Width
- Margins and Columns
- Principles of Design (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment & Proximity)
Assignment:
- Create a new one-page 8.5″ x 11″ (Letter Size) document in InDesign with all the default settings.
- Use Images, Text and the Principles of Design (C.R.A.P.) that we studied over the past few days to design a page that lists all four principles, explains what each principle means, and visually demonstrates what each principle looks like.
- For each of the four principles (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity), create a new text box and write at least one complete sentence in your own words about what each principle means (as it pertains to design), then use images (or text) to demonstrate what each of the four principles looks like.
- Read through the Chapters and Presentations from our previous week’s lessons to review what Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity mean and look like, and create your own images and text on your InDesign document to demonstrate your own idea of what each principle looks like.
- Fit all four principles on the same page, and fill the page!
- Remember the Principles of Design (C.R.A.P.): Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, and Proximity, and let them guide all your decisions as you build this page! Remember to create a strong focal point, and a strong eyeflow using the principles!
- Save this assignment as “Your Name – CRAP Principles”.
- Export the document as a High Quality PDF using the Adobe PDF Presets option, and upload the finished .PDF file to the Assignment Post titled “Applying the Principles of C.R.A.P.” in our Google Classroom page by Friday, September 12th.
Assigned: September 10th, 2025
Teacher Pacing Due Date: September 12th, 2025