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Sharing with you several tips in composing design presentation

using combinations of Grids, Distance, Scale, Storyboard &
Minimalisticapproach.
1.OrganizingChaos:Gridasamethodtohighlightandfocus.

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Withoutcomposition,it'shardtoshow/focusorhighlightanydices.
PictureSource:Flickr.com/bilderfantasien

Presentationitemsworkssimilarlikeabunchofdicesstackstogether.Without

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a composition it seems like a mess of dices, stacks on top of each other.

Thereisabsolutelynowayoftellingtheaudiencewhichonetolookatfirst.
Gridsallowstheviewerstoviewallobjectsandaspecificobjectsatthesame
time.Withsomanyitemstobecomposedwithinapresentationboard,grids
(orIcalleditas'invinciblelines')couldbeusedtoorganizedalltheiteminside
thepresentationboard.

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Drawingsource:tsouk.yannis

These'grids'canbecreatedfreelynotbyafixedmargin.Irecommendusing
thedrawingitselftocreatetheguideforeach'invinciblelines'.Takenotethe
empty'white'spacesinbetweeneachelements.Usingcontrast,emptyspaces
within the board is a tool to highlights and compliments any items. It allows
objects that is in color to stand out even more without overwhelming the
drawings.
2.TheVisionFormulaUsingDistancesasaguide

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Distancesinbetweenyouraudienceandyourpresentedwork

Distancehaveaneffecttowardsthepresentationboard.Usingsizes/scale
ofthedrawings,youraudiencecanbeguidedtoseetheitemsthatyouwish
to highlights in terms of its importance. The distance from your audience
towards your presentation are usually 1.5 m to 3m (depends on the size of
thatspace/room/howmanysetsofdrawings).
Below is a suggestion which I called as 'Visual Formula' in terms of
determiningtypesofdrawingscalesinthecompositionboard.Thefurtherthe
drawings from the distance of your audience, the least importance of the
contentshouldbe.Thiswillallowsyoutoputthemost'eyecatching'imageor
drawingsthatbrieflyshowstheoverallideaofyourdesign.

TheVisionFormula:Typeofdrawing=Size=Distances

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Takenote,ifyoudecidedtoincludesmalltextsjustrememberonlyyouwho
areabletoreadthetextandnotyouraudiencefromadistance.Irecommend
tovisualizethistextsintodiagrams/sketchesifpossiblewithabriefkeywords
to represent it. It is best to keep the text at minimum in the presentation
board.
3a.Composingwithgrids

Turnsthedrawingintosymbolsforeasycomposing

Borrowing from graphic design techniques, turn each objects (sketches,

diagrams and drawing) into basic symbols to generate various sets of
compositionlayouts.

Examplesofcompositionwithgrids

Takenote:Onceagridhavebeendecided,itistobefollowedrigorously.Use
penciltogeneratethisgridwhichcaneasilybeerasedlateron.
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3b.Composingpresentationlikeastoryboard.

Source:WesJonesArchitect

Whenyoubegancomposing,organizeditbasedonseveralimportantpoints*.
Itcouldbe:inhowyouapproachedyourdesignidea,solutionsthatwastaken,
severalissueatsitetoberesolved,aspecificdesigntheorythatwasraised,
etc.
Allthesepointaretobearrangedinsequencesofprocesstowardsthedesign
solution.
*Itcouldvariesforeachdesignsanddesigners.
Thismethodallows:
Asaguideforyouduringpresentation.
Sometimesyouwillbeinterruptedduringpresentationbyquestionsfromyour
audience.Itsgoodtoknowwhatyouhavecoveredandlocatingthenextitems
tobepresented.Puttingtheseitemsaccordingtothesequencealsohelpsif
you are nervous (be sure to look your audience in the eyes during
presentationandalwayspointsbacktotheboardasyourvisualevidence).
Storytelling is an interesting way to keep your audience in tune with your
presentation.
Easyforyouraudienceto'read'yourpresentationboard(ifitisapinuponly
presentation).
Finally...Combinationofguide1+2+(3a+3b)=Impacts&Clarity

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Hopefully, the combination all these technique could guide you in enhancing
the presentation main content and creating the impact that you wish to
highlight.

&Onemorething,...Minimized&Maximized
Try to minimized (suggestively not more than 3) the used of colors and text.
The idea of presentation composition is not to have too much items in the
presentation board and maximizing the empty spaces to enhanced each
presenteditems.
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