Art & Design
See the world with a designer’s eye. This feed covers art and design — the movements, makers and ideas that shape culture and creativity.
Read Art & Design on PlaxWhat you'll discover
- Art movements and masters, in context
- Design thinking and the principles behind great work
- How creativity shapes the world around us
About Art & Design on Plax
Art and design cover painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, typography and the way things are made to be used and looked at. Stories draw on the open collections of museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and on writing about art and design.
Design is the art of directing attention. Our guide to visual hierarchy shows how size, contrast and space decide what you notice first, using a news card as its example.
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- Visual hierarchy: how designers direct your eye
Size, contrast, spacing and alignment decide what you notice first on a page or screen. A plain guide to visual hierarchy, with a news card as the example.
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