The Hong Kong Design Book Club held its sixth meeting on May 6, 2016, focusing on design principles from 'The Non-Designer's Design Book' by Robin Williams. The meeting discussed key design concepts like contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity, along with a quote emphasizing the power of naming and understanding design elements. Members are encouraged to reflect on how these principles can impact their work and provide their takeaways from the discussion.

1. Hong Kong Design Book Club #6
6th May 2016

2. What I want is
A small book club
with design enthusiasts
who are also love reading
and enjoying life

3. Books we covered
Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Apr 2016

4. Books we will cover
Jun 2016 Jul 2016 Aug 2016 Sep 2016 Act 2016

5. The Non-Designer's Design Book
By Robin Williams
● Originally published in 1994
● Introducing 4 design principles (C.R.A.P) and how
to design with color and font type
● Could be tremendous help for non-designers
attempting to design/great review for trained
designers
The book of this month

6. “Don’t be a wimp!”
“Once you can name something,
you're conscious of it. You have
power over it. You're in control. You
own it.”
Quotes

7. http://www.ratz.com/robin/toc.html
Robin Williams
● Published many
popular computer
related books
● Studies William
Shakespeare and
also published a
book about him
● Bake pies on
Sunday, love dogs,
collect hats, and
has a mermaid
tattoo

8. Design principles
1. Contrast
2. Repetition
3. Alignment
4. Proximity
http://www.moxhe.com.au/menu
http://bit.ly/1BxUio5
Making use of contrast
can help you create a
design in which one item
is clearly dominant. This
helps the viewer “get” the
point of your design
quickly.

9. Design principles
1. Contrast
2. Repetition
3. Alignment
4. Proximity
https://obeygiant.com/
http://bit.ly/1BxUio5
Repetition of certain
design elements will bring
a clear sense of unity,
consistency, and
cohesiveness.

10. Design principles
1. Contrast
2. Repetition
3. Alignment
4. Proximity
http://www.beoplay.
com/landingpages/portraits#N
o1
http://bit.ly/1BxUio5
The whole point of the
alignment principle is that
nothing in your design
should look as if it were
placed there randomly.
Every element is
connected visually via an
invisible line.

11. Design principles
1. Contrast
2. Repetition
3. Alignment
4. Proximity
https://yourkarma.com/
http://bit.ly/1T4e1uP
Designers can assist
users by placing items
that should be seen as
grouped in close
proximity, whilst
separating items that
should not be grouped.

12. Colors
http://bit.ly/1Speo0Q
Tint
Shade

13. http://www.mariecatribs.com/

14. Fonts
http://bit.ly/1Sp7WXO

15. http://theforecaster-interactive.com/

16. Questions
1. How can these principles affect your work/life?
2. What is your biggest takeaway from the book?

17. Thank you
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