Elements and Principles of Design Look Book

The curtains and the windows creates vertical lines. Vertical lines creates the illusion of height in a room.

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The cupboards and the windows creates horizontal lines. Horizontal lines makes the room feel wider.

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The staircase adds curved lines to the space. This creates a more graceful and softer affect to a space.

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This space uses diagonal lines with the wood on the ceiling. These lines creates movement to the room.

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The coffee table is a 3D form in this area. This creates visual interest to the eye.

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The wall above the toilet is an example of a texture. This creates visual interest to a room.

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this room has good lighting because the light is coming from many different points, like from the windows and from the lights on the ceiling. The lighting opens up the room.

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This room has a strong use of pattern by putting wall paper on the wall. The pattern creates visual interest.

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This room uses scale correctly because of the big picture frame filling up the wall space. The purpose of having good scaling is because it fills up empty spaces.

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This space uses the correct proportion because there is a high counter and high stools. This is important because an object size should match other object sizes in order for a space to look right.

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This space has symmetrical balance because it looks the same on both sides. The purpose of this is to make a space feel more formal.

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This room has asymmetrical balance due to having different sized squares on both sides of the imaginary line. This creates balance and visual interest to the room.

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this room has radial balance because of the couches making a big circle. This adds depth and movement to the room.

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This photo shows repetition by having many archways going down the hall. What this does is it helps draw a person’s eye to a certain area.

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The archway creates transition to this space. This draws a person’s eye to one area to another and helps to create flow.

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This room has tradition due to the blue going from light to dark (ombré). This creates depth to a room.

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this room has a focal point because of the big, bright red painting. The purpose of it is to bring a persons attention to something and to create a wow factor.

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