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By the end of the six-week semester, each student will complete a small website with a minimum of five pages. The site must contain at least one working example of each of the following: active links, images, tables or frames, sound or animation, rollovers, style sheets or css positioning (layers), and a mail to:.

Each of your websites will deal with a different principle of design. Each site must (not necessarily in this order): define the design priniciple; offer examples of the principle; and allow the user to test his/her understanding of the principle. The basic priniciples that you will work with include: balance, proportion, contrast, rhythm and unity. The design of your web site should reflect these principles as well.

The examples of the specific design prinicple may be a combination of your own artwork, scanned print images and web examples. Please remember to give credit to any artwork or text (definitions) that you copy from some other source. A simple credit line such as, "Source: XYZ Company" or "Source: Elements of Web Design, Darcy DiNucci", will be fine.

Aesthetic requirements Your site should exhibit: strong navigation, ease of use, and a consistent look and feel.

Technical requirements Your website must include an example of each of the following: active links, images, tables or frames, sound or animation, rollovers, style sheets or css positioning (layers), and a mail to: and a variety of internal and external links.

Optional: Extra elements that you may wish to add to your site if appropriate include image maps, forms, flash animations, and video.

         
  Rhode Island School of Design   Summer Studies '01
  Instructor: Laura E. Osterweis