Consistency and Repetition
What if Stop signs came in pink squares, yellow circles, or green triangles, depending on the changing whims of a town and a few of its residents? Imagine the ensuing traffic jams and accidents. Repeating design elements and consistent use of type and graphics styles within a document shows a reader where to go and helps them navigate your designs and layouts safely. Explore the principles of repetition, consistency, and unity in page design.
Grids: Consistency and Unity
Use grids to unify design elements.
Use grids to unify design elements.
Provide Comfort for Readers With Repetition
Learn simple ways to employ repetition and why.
Learn simple ways to employ repetition and why.
Repetition - I Will Write on Walls
This composition illustrates the use of repetition of color, patterns, and words.
This composition illustrates the use of repetition of color, patterns, and words.
Repetition - 5 Things I Do Every Day
This composition illustrates the use of repeating elements to reinforce the content or meaning.
This composition illustrates the use of repeating elements to reinforce the content or meaning.
Repetition - Patterns in My Life
This composition illustrates the use of a grid, alignment, contrast, and white space as a way of reinforcing page-to-page consistency.
This composition illustrates the use of a grid, alignment, contrast, and white space as a way of reinforcing page-to-page consistency.
Repetition: It bears repeating
Multiply the effectiveness of your clip art, reinforce your message, and make a statement by repeating a single image multiple times. It's more than just an easy way to use clip art.
Multiply the effectiveness of your clip art, reinforce your message, and make a statement by repeating a single image multiple times. It's more than just an easy way to use clip art.
Repetition & Contrast
Encyclopedia of Educational Technology illustrates both of these principles of design.
Encyclopedia of Educational Technology illustrates both of these principles of design.