Introduction to design by Halo Design Academy

Design is a ubiquitous force, woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. From the architecture of our cities to the products on our shelves, design shapes our experiences and influences our interactions with the world. It's a powerful blend of creativity and problem-solving, where innovative ideas are transformed into tangible solutions.

At Halo Design Academy, we believe everyone deserves access to world-class design education. We bridge the gap by offering a carefully crafted syllabus to equip you with the skills and knowledge demanded by the industry at an affordable cost that empowers individuals from all backgrounds.

1. HALO
DESIGN
ACADEMY
Design of
Everyday
Objects
2023
Graphic & UI/UX Design School
Design. Not Decoration
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2. What's not
Design?
The moment you hear the word design what strikes your mind? Any decorative pattern or some fashion material, beautiful
architecture, or a concept automotive. If that is what you associate “design’ with then you are not completely right.
But that is not your mistake. That is what has been fed inti our mind since we were all young.
Whenever someone sees or describes a beautiful thing, they always used the word
“design” and we all mis-conceptualized design with beauty or good looking.
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3. Whereas the dictionary
meaning of design suggests
“to plan". When they say it
happened by design, they
mean that everything that
happened was pre-planned.
So, design does not
emphasize only on aesthetics
but also functionality.
Putting it in clearer and crisp words design
means building or planning something to serve
a purpose.
What
is design?
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4. Other Definitions
of design
Other definitions of design are creative solutions for problems and organize about how everything fits and
works together in harmony. Design is a practical approach to being ideas into shape or life. Design is a tangible
solution to make innovation suitable to real life scenarios.
Design is creativity deployed to achieve a specific purpose.
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5. Design of
daily objects
Pen caps often show resistance when closing due to a
combination of factors related to the pen's design and
function.
This is because when you overcome the resistance with
force you can understand that the pen is closed. If there
would have been no resistance while closing the pen
with its cover you cannot confirm whether you have
closed the pen.
Design
Reason
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6. Design of
daily objects Whenever you switch on a button pen you hear a sound "tik", and when you switch it of you
hear a sound "tak".
The sound tik the pen communicates the message that the pen is on even without you looking
at it. Similarly the sound tak is to convey that the pen is closed. The button is also longer when
the pen is o? and shorter when the pen is on to tell the user the state of the pen through his or
her touch sense.
Design
Reason
01
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7. Design of
daily objects
what design is, normal electrical switches or buttons in electrical
appliances. Why do these power buttons in electrical appliances
have a LED bulb in them that glows?
Because these LED bulbs glow only when the electrical
appliance is "on". So, this helps the electrical appliance is on or
o?.
Design
Reason
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8. Design of
daily objects
Why is the volume button in car store sets large and the volume
control is rotatory action?
So that the driver can easily grab control the volume even
without looking or searching for it while he is still driving and
concentrating/looking at the road.
Design Reason
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9. Design of
daily objects
Why does then even makes a beep once the baking or cooking is
done?
Design
It is to indicate the user that he baking/cooking is done while
he/she is doing other stu?s.
Reason
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10. Design of
daily objects
How many of you have wondered why is the handle of a teapot
placed exactly opposite to its spout?
Design
So that the user can easily life and pour tea into a cup whereas
placing the handle perpendicular or in the same direction as
the spout does not gives that much ease of use.
Reason
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11. What design mean?
Once an engineering student designed an automatic co?ee vending machine to sell co?ee
in train. But when it came to practical scenario the co?ee vending machine had a problem.
The co?ee filled in the cups overflowed and spilled due to the vibrations in the moving train.
Problem
So, in order to rectify this problem small springs absorbed and dissipated all the vibrations
caused by the moving train and now the co?ee in the cups did not get spilled. Basically,
those spring acted like shock – absorbers in vehicles.
Solution
Design is not how something looks
Design is how something works
Design is not decoration
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12. Di?erent
types
of design
Costume design Fashion design Game design
Graphic design Interaction design Industrial design
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13. Sound design Urban design UI-UX design
Web design Interior design Jewellery design
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Di?erent
types
of design

14. Landscape design Learning design Product design
Stage design Yacht design Architecture
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Di?erent
types
of design

15. Form and content
In design
Content is the message conveyed to the audience. Form
is how that message is placed or arranged in the given
space.
When it comes
to design
Both form and content should go hand in hand and an
equilibrium should be maintained between them.
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16. When form
is important?
Just imagine a song with great lyrics but bad music.
Would anybody listen to it? For sure no one would mind
it even.
But an opposite scenario of bad lyrics with good music,
still it will perform better than the previous case.
In the case the form takes more importance than the contents.
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17. When content
is important?
Now in this case let us compare between a badly designed book with bad contents.
Obviously the badly designed book with great contents will perform better on sales
than the other one because everyone will read the book for sure before buying it and
once, they get a positive impression about it they are going to buy it for sure.
In this case content takes the front seat ahead of forms
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18. When form
content used?
If a brochure must be designed for a real estate developer to help sell houses, then the contents
and the form of the brochure both should be great, because is to be placed among a few other
brochures in a real estate exhibition then it has to really stared out and attract the audience eyes
only then it will be picked.
After getting picked if the audience must be impressed and proceed further then great contents
only can do it. Nobody is going to get an apartment just because their brochure looks good.
In this case both forms and contents complement each other.
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19. Thank you
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