This document discusses the 7 basic elements of design: line, color, shape, space, texture, scale and size, and value. It provides details on each element, describing lines as the basic form with length and width used to draw attention, color as creating mood, shapes as outlined boundaries that add interest, space as allowing room for breathing and guiding the eye, texture as adding realism, scale and size as bringing contrast through dimension and relation to original form, and value as controlling contrast and the eye through light and dark.