Aesthetics

Floating Elements Can Enhance Aesthetic Designs

A common method of giving the aesthetic design of a web page a sense of depth is to make certain elements appear to be "floating" in front of the background by darkening identically shaped segments behind those elements. Elements such as photographs and text ...

The Golden Ratio Subconsciously Contributes to the Aesthetics of Web Design

The golden ratio, or the Greek letter Phi, is a mathematical ratio rounded off to 1.618. It frequently appears in nature in objects we find beautiful, such as flowers and shells. Leonardo da Vinci used the golden ratio when painting the Mona Lisa and The ...