GDS Chapter 13

Question 1

What are gestural interactions?

Answer 1

Natural human movements that trigger interactive design experiences.

Question 2

What kind of designs should you make when creating interactive experiences?

Answer 2

Human-centered and user-first designs.

Question 3

What should you consider when dealing with the technical constraints of screens?

Answer 3

Design delivery

Size and screen resolution

Browser

Question 4

What are websites?

Answer 4

A collection of pages or files linked together on the web.

Question 5

What is content?

Answer 5

The body of information that is available to visitors on a website.

Question 6

What should content be?

Answer 6

Well-organized and easy to access.

Question 7

What should always be a priority in creating content?

Answer 7

Good writing.

Question 8

What is information architecture?

Answer 8

The organization of website content into hierarchical order.

Question 9

What will a well-designed website have?

Answer 9

A steam-lined visual layout

Consistent elements from page to page

The home page as the primary entrance to the site

Question 10

What does a stream-lined visual layout provide?

Answer 10

An immediate sense of location at all times.

Question 11

What are some functions of grids?

Answer 11

Unify

Determine basic anatomical structure

Create visual style

Allows easy changes to content

Question 12

Name two grid anatomies.

Answer 12

Multicolumn grid

Modular grid

Question 13

What does a multicolumn grid work well for?

Answer 13

Desktops and tablets

Question 14

What are some mobile design basics?

Answer 14

Use a grid

Typography

Define the graphic space

Think of spatial depth

Question 15

What are the primary elements in a wireframe?

Answer 15

Header, footer, sidebar, content area, and navigation.

Question 16

What are the secondary elements in a wireframe?

Answer 16

Search bars, images, and tabs

Question 17

What is motion design?

Answer 17

The broader category of simulated movement.

Question 18

What is a chronology?

Answer 18

The order of events.

Question 19

What is a frame?

Answer 19

A single static image.

Question 20

What are the three main phases when creating motion or animation solutions?

Answer 20

Pre-production -> Production -> Post-production

Question 21

What happens in pre-production?

Answer 21

Planning, storyboard

Question 22

What happens in production?

Answer 22

Creation, actual making of the motion piece

Question 23

What happens in post-production?

Answer 23

Usually includes editing, soundtracks, and corrections

Question 24

What does the storyboard function?

Answer 24

A sequential outline of the story in key frames in a specified sequence showing how the story plays out.

Question 25

What are spatial relationships?

Answer 25

The distance between the thing seen in relation to the viewer.

Question 26

What can create rhythmic relationships?

Answer 26

The duration of each shot.

Question 27

Some fundamentals when designing animation or motion graphics.

Answer 27

Tell a visual story based on a single design concept

Use color for unity, drama, and focal points

Contrast to create visual interest

Avoid flatness

Create visual beats

Question 28

What are the visual basics for screen-based media?

Answer 28

Proximity, contrast, repetition and alignment, and use of typography and sound