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Antiphonal Geometry: harmony and proportion in responsive web design

Antiphonal Geometry: harmony and proportion in responsive web design

An exploration of the connections between musical harmony and designing for the screen.

Script, audio and other resources: http://www.fullcreammilk.co.uk/speaking/rdo/

Owen Gregory

March 01, 2013
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  1. 
    
    armony & proportion in
    reonsive web design
    Owen G · eonsive Day Out · Brighton ·  Mar 

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  2. 
    
    armony & proportion in
    reonsive web design
    Owen G · eonsive Day Out · Brighton ·  Mar 

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  8. It’s impossible to perceive
    content and presentation
    separately. e two
    combine to create
    something more
    valuable: meaning.”
    What bugs me about “content out” · Cennydd B ·  November 

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  9. Creating layouts on the
    web has to be different
    because there are no
    edges. ere are no ‘pages’.
    We’ve made them up.”
    A Richer Canvas · Mar B ·  March 

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  10. N    
    feel the

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  11. e page is a piece of
    paper. It is also a visible
    and tangible proportion,
    silently sounding the
    thoroughbass of the book
    On it lies the text block,
    which must answer to the
    page. e two together –
    page and textblock –
    produce an antiphonal
    geometry.”
    e Elements of Typographic Style · obert B · 

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  21. Frames are part of the
    fundamental architecture
    of graphic design. Indeed,
    framing is one of the
    most persistent,
    unavoidable and infinitely
    variable acts performed
    by the graphic designer.”
    Graphic Design: e New Basics · Ellen L  Jennifer C P · 

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  22. Vitruvian Man
    Leonardo  V
    

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  23. Vitruvian Man
    Leonardo  V · 

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  24. Vitruvian Man
    Leonardo  V
    

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  25. Vitruvian Man
    Leonardo  V · 

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  26. e frame is a form
    which has as its
    traditional determination
    not that it stands out but
    that it disappears, buries
    itself, effaces itself, melts
    away at the moment it
    deploys its greatest
    energy.”
    La vérité en peinture · Jacques D · 

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  28. 2:3 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ,×,

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  29. 2:3 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ,×,

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  30. 2:3 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ,×,

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  31. 3:4 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ×
    ×
    4:3 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,

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  32. 3:4 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ×
    ×
    4:3 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,

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  33. 3:4 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ×
    ×
    4:3 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,

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  34. 3:4 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ×
    ×
    4:3 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,

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  35. 3:4 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ×
    ×
    4:3 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,

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  36. 3:4 (portrait)
    ×
    ×
    ×
    ×
    4:3 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,

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  37. 3:5 (portrait)
    ×
    ×,

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  38. 3:5 (portrait)
    ×
    ×,

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  39. 3:5 (portrait)
    ×
    ×,

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  40. 3:5 (portrait)
    ×
    ×,

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  41. 5:8 (portrait)
    ×,
    ,×,

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  42. 5:8 (portrait)
    ×,
    ,×,

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  43. 5:8 (portrait)
    ×,
    ,×,

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  44. 8:5 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,
    ,×,

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  45. 8:5 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,
    ,×,

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  46. 8:5 (landscape)
    ,×
    ,×,
    ,×,

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  47. 9:16 (portrait)
    ×,
    ×,

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  48. 9:16 (portrait)
    ×,
    ×,

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  49. 9:16 (portrait)
    ×,
    ×,

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  50. 16:9 (landscape)
    ,×,
    ,×,

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  51. 16:9 (landscape)
    ,×,
    ,×,

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  52. 16:9 (landscape)
    ,×,
    ,×,

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  53. 16
    9

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  54. φ

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  55. T   φ
    is for the

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  59.     C   (:)
     
     
     
     
    unison CC 1:1 1:1 100 100
    minor second CD̆ 15:16 1:1.067 93.75 106.667
    major second CD 8:9 1:1.125 88.889 112.5
    minor third CĔ 5:6 1:1.2 83.333 120
    major third CE 4:5 1:1.25 80 125
    perfect fourth CF 3:4 1:1.333 75 133.333
    augmented fourth or
    diminished fih
    CF̅/Ğ 1:√2 1:1.414 70.711 141.421
    perfect fih CG 2:3 1:1.5 66.667 150
    minor sixth CĂ 5:8 1:1.6 62.5 160
    major sixth CA 3:5 1:1.667 60 166.667
    minor seventh CB̆ 9:16 1:1.778 56.25 177.778
    major seventh CB 8:15 1:1.875 53.333 187.5
    octave CC^ 1:2 1:2 50 200





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  61. body { font: 100%/1.5 “Minion Pro”, Georgia, serif; }
    /* =2:3 = perfect fifth(C→G) */
    ting the ratio of fon
    e to line height in C

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  62. 16
    9
    ×px = : = minor seventh

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  63. body { font-size: 75%; } /* =12px = base size or tonic */
    h1 { font-size: 32px; font-size: 2.667rem; }
    /* =32px = 3:8 = major eleventh (C→F↑) */
    h2 { font-size: 24px; font-size: 2rem; }
    /* =24px = 1:2 = octave (C→C↑) */
    h3 { font-size: 20px; font-size: 1.667rem; }
    /* =20px = 3:5 = major sixth (C→A) */
    .caption, small { font-size: 9px; font-size: 0.75rem }
    /* =9px = 3:4 = perfect fourth (C→F) */

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  64. @media only screen and (device-aspect-ratio: 768/1024) { }
    @media only screen and (device-aspect-ratio: 600/800) { }
    @media only screen and (device-aspect-ratio: 480/640) { }
    @media only screen and (device-aspect-ratio: 3/4) { }

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  65. h1 { font-size: 8vh; }
    p { font-size: 5vw; }
    article { width: 80vw; }
    img { max-height: 25vh; }
    Viewport-percentage lengths

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  67.   

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