# Slides 4.7: Principles: Balance, Focal Point, Rhythm, Proportion Slide outline for Lesson 4.7. Day 1 has twelve slides; Day 2 has eight. [Sal: photos of the built rooms from Day 2 become review slides for the Design Vocabulary Check; take them before the tape comes off.] # Day 1 ## Slide 1: Principles of Design - Lesson 4.7, Day 1 - Yesterday: the ingredients (eight elements). Today: the recipe (six principles). - Tomorrow: the Focal Point Game Image: a room that "feels right," no labels. ## Slide 2: Do now - Picture a room where every piece of furniture is pushed against one wall and the other side is empty - Two words for how it would feel to stand in it - What would you move first? - Two minutes Notes: Collect the words on the board. That is a room with no balance. Hook the game for tomorrow. ## Slide 3: Balance - Visual weight spread so no side feels heavier - Symmetrical: matching pairs, mirrored (two lamps, two chairs) - Asymmetrical: different things, equal weight (a tall plant on one side, a wide low chest on the other) Image: two rooms side by side, one mirrored, one balanced with different pieces. Notes: Under the title: denge / equilíbrio / equilibrio. Same pattern on every principle slide. ## Slide 4: Visual weight - Heavy to the eye: dark, big, rough, bold - Light to the eye: pale, small, smooth, plain - A dark blue couch outweighs a pale yellow one of the same size Image: a dark leather recliner in one corner and three small light chairs in the other; the room tips. Notes: This is the sentence students write in the sort: what is heavy, what evens it out. ## Slide 5: Focal point and emphasis - The one thing your eye lands on first - A fireplace, a big window, a painting, a bold couch - A room with two stars has none Image: a living room where the eye goes straight to a fireplace with a painting over it. ## Slide 6: Rhythm - Repeat something so the eye moves - Three frames evenly spaced; a color that shows up three times; the same shape on a rug, a pillow, a lamp Image: a wall with three same-size frames evenly spaced over a couch, and a blue that repeats in a pillow and a vase. ## Slide 7: Proportion and scale - Size compared to the other things (proportion) and to the room (scale) - A tiny lamp beside a huge couch; a king bed in a room barely bigger than the bed - Too big is the common mistake Image: a king bed filling a small room so the door barely opens. ## Slide 8: Unity and contrast - Unity (harmony): everything looks like it belongs together, a shared color family or style - Contrast: one different thing on purpose, so the rest stands out (a dark shelf on a light wall) - Too much unity is boring. Too much contrast is a fight. Image: a cream room with one black shelf. ## Slide 9: The Principles Sort - Teams of three, eight layouts on the handout, Part 2 - For each: the principle it shows best; the balance type if it is balance; one sentence on the visual weight - Ten minutes Notes: Circulate. Students who need the quiz retake review meet you at the side table for the second five minutes. ## Slide 10: Build the checklist - 1. Is there one clear focal point? - 2. Does the room balance? Which kind? - 3. Is anything repeated so the eye moves? - 4. Is every piece the right size for the room and for each other? - 5. Does it look like one room, not five? - 6. Is there one thing that stands out on purpose? Notes: Students copy the six into Part 4 and add a seventh of their own. This is the judging sheet tomorrow. ## Slide 11: Argue it - Layout 2: the dark sectional and the small light chair. Balanced or not? - Layout 8: the king bed. Which principle is the problem? Notes: The sectional is asymmetrical only if the chair side gets more weight. The king bed is scale, not balance. ## Slide 12: Exit card - 3 principles you can define - 2 kinds of balance with an example each - 1 principle you want to see again tomorrow # Day 2 ## Slide 13: The Focal Point Game - Lesson 4.7, Day 2 - A room, a pile of furniture, a focal point, ten minutes - The whole class judges with the six questions Image: an envelope, a room outline on a grid, and a scattering of furniture cards. ## Slide 14: Do now - Name the two kinds of balance. Which one is matching pairs? - What is the focal point of this classroom? Why does your eye go there? - Two minutes Notes: One-minute debrief. This is the Objective 1 check. ## Slide 15: Rules - The focal point goes where the card says - Every card is used, or set aside with a written reason - The door has to open; a person has to walk from the door to the window without climbing - Ten minutes. Tape at eight. Hands off at ten. Notes: Define, brainstorm, choose, test. Say the four words. ## Slide 16: Build - Timer: 10:00 - Plan for one minute before you touch a card - Try three layouts before you tape - Walk the path with your finger Notes: Answer no questions about whether a layout is good. Call "tape" at eight, "hands off" at ten. ## Slide 17: Gallery - Carry your room to the gallery. Label it with the focal point and your team number. - Rotate to the next two rooms, five minutes each - Score all six questions yes or no - One specific fix: "Move the ___ to ___ so that ___" Notes: Rotate on the reset cue. ## Slide 18: Debrief - Read the two critiques your room got - Which fix would you take? Which would you argue with? - Which room was balanced and still boring? Which had a focal point and was still a mess? Notes: Three teams report. Hand vote on the two essential questions. ## Slide 19: Exit card - The principle your room did best - The principle your room did worst - The one fix you would make with two more minutes ## Slide 20: Tomorrow - Lesson 4.8: Color in the Home - We mix paint out of frosting. It is design, not food. - If you have a food allergy of any kind, tell me today, not tomorrow. Notes: This is the allergy check. Frosting and gel touch hands; no one eats anything. The tempera alternative exists for anyone who needs it.