This post is motivated by a conversation that Gina and I had about "quality" design. In our class, "quality" design is measured via the utilization of CARP (Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, and Proximity).
It is interesting that this seems strikingly similar to the 5 paragraph essay, which used to be a measure for "quality" academic writing, with its 5 paragraph structure, and within that structure TEA elements: Topic sentence, Example/Evidence, and Analysis; yet, somewhere down the line, the 5 paragraph essay was thought of as too limiting to serve greater purposes.
I wonder if the same will happen for design - will it be liberated from CARP? Or will design take an opposite turn and become more rigid since it is visual and visuals are taken in as a whole? Do rules for design negate the nature of design?
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As humans, I think we create steps and essential elements in order to measure ourselves and judge others. I think there will be rules, or are rules, for design, but yes, in some ways it does negate the nature of design. Yet, when measuring effectiveness, there are a number of things that make a design effective if the design was created for a purpose.
For example, if you have an artistic photo, it should be free of rules, right? But when you have a bill board there are certain criteria for making the message effective- clarity (visual and written), appeal, etc.
On the other hand, I do know a few photographers who take pictures for art and they require specific elements in their pieces because they study photography and know that there are important elements. Elements, that if excluded, make the artist an amateur.
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