Week 6 exercise-Syntactical Guidlines

Good Design

This is a picture of where the syntactical guidelines work for the targeted user. The wheels are symmetrical, which create balance for the user. The bicycle is functional and desirable to use. Even though there is balance, it is not boring to look at this bicycle with its variation of shapes involved. Such as, the lines that run diagonal, the chain wheel and the wheels and tires. The attraction and grouping is created with grouping a relationship between the two wheels. The wheels are the dominate element of this bicycle, the positive, and the frame of the bike is the passive negative element of the design.

Bad Design

Here is an example of where the syntactical guidelines were put to bad use. This bike could be functional, however it is not for the typical road biker. The chain wheel is extremely big. It creates a sense of imbalance because on the left there is two circle shapes and on the right there is only one. All the stress is put on the big chain wheel. This bicycle wouldn't be very fun to ride up a hill.