Monday, August 31, 2009

CED0530 Week Three

Reading Chapter Six of Presentation Zen has made me aware of how much design thought is really put into Reynolds' presentations. Nothing is done by accident. I spend some time reflecting on the use of the big four principles within my current presentations.

1. Contrast- I've tried to use contrast between the background color and font color but that's really as far as it went.
2. Repetition - I've used repetition through choosing a background template. I hadn't considered using a unifying element such as the red note and paperclip in the example presentation.
3. Alignment - I've used alignment with text, either centered or right justified. Easy but boring.
4. Proximity - I believe that I've used good proximity, but I definitely wasn't thinking consciencely about it at the time.

My presentations could stand to have a lot of improvement.

1 comment:

Sandy said...

After I finishing read Presentation Zen, I too realized that nothing on the slides was there accidentally and how much thought goes into each. I then thought to myself is this harder than it looks...could it be really this simple...how come this wasn't thought of before. I read your comments on the 4 principles and my experience is rather similar to yours. I then thought about my own presentation and how much improvement it needs. I am excited to complete this assignment to see the before and after. I think it could almost be comical.