Equilibrium elements for web designers

1. Mater of Arts in Communication Design
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Order & equilibrium

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"Equilibrium." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equilibrium>.
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10. Geometry of drawings…
"The Defense of Reorke's Drift" by Howard David Johnson
"Daniel in the Lion's Den" by Howard David Johnson
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11. "The Defense of Reorke's Drift" by Howard David Johnson
"Daniel in the Lion's Den" by Howard David Johnson
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13. Directions
• In the western culture reading is
left to right and top to bottom
• Directions have not the same
relevance!
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14. Equilibrium
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez June ( 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660)
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Saint John Climacus was a 7th-century Christian monk at the monastery on Mount Sinai.
The Ladder of Divine Ascent Monastery of St Catherine Sinai

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19. (c. 1170 – c. 1250)aka Fibonacci
Leonardo Pisano Bigollo
Phidias; c. (480 – 430 BC)
The golden
ratio
Fn-2 + Fn-1 = Fn
0 + 1 = 1;
1 + 1 = 2;
1 + 2 = 3;
2 + 3 = 5;
3+5=8
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21. Ars sine Scientia nihil est,
Jean Mignot 1389
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22. King Get, first dinasty (Louvre)
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30. Roberto Dadda
www.dadda.it
roberto@dadda.it
+39 338 775 22 03
Twitter, facebook, linkedin: robertodadda
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