Did You Attend Design School?

Hawk shared a blog entry by Andy Rutledge with me. Andy’s blog called Design View has got numerous entries regarding design and the one Hawk passed to me was definetely worth highlighting.

Andy created a small multiple choice quiz testing the knowledge of design fundamentals and certain involving elements in website design. I think everyone who claims they’re a website designer or have attended design school should take the Andy Rutledge Design Test for a spin.

Some might disagree with his answers to the questions and you’re not alone, I too believe there might be somethings that can be debated on. Anyway, here’s a teaser of a question from the quiz.

14. The most powerful and communicative shape in art and design is the:

a. triangle

b. circle

c. square

d. rectangle

e. chunky wallet shape

*clock ticking away*

*times up*

Answers a triangle. Why?

As I explained to Hawk when he asked; “well, i dun think it was explained in design school for me.. but i think the logic in design for that is because it has a single pointed edge combined to create a center focus on the top..if u compared a star and the triangle.. the star gets more attention due to the many pointed edges pointing out..”

Do you think you’ve got a different opinion? Or maybe they explained it to you while in design school?

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