Good design creates good layouts, and in desktop publishing good layouts are everything.
Five of the principles in good design are - balance,
- unity,
- contrast,
- simplicity,
- and emphasis.
You will use these five principles as a guide for your assignment.
- Rooting through newspapers or magazines, you need to find ads that demonstrate the above five principles. Each ad should be a particularly good, or particularly bad example of one principle.
- You should explain in writing in about 100 to 200 word how the ad demonstrates the particular design principle.
- Color or black and white ads are equally acceptable though a mixture of both is ideal.
- A variety of ad subjects is best. Don't just do skateboarding ads or clothing ads.
Evaluation| Each different ad | 1 mark | | Thoughtful explanation for each ad | 2 marks |
With thanks to Todd Peters for the original assignment from which this is adapted. | 
