🎯 Learning Intention

I will learn what design is and practice using visual hierarchy and balance to make ideas clearer.

✅ Success Criteria

• [ ] I can define visual hierarchy and balance
• [ ] I can point to one example of each in real designs and explain my reasoning

🌍 Why this matters

Designers use the same principles in websites and 3D models. If you can see hierarchy and balance, you can make clearer, more professional work.

🔓 Warm-Up (Tech Journal • 5 min)

Prompt: Think about your favorite app/site. How do you know where to look or click first? (2–3 sentences)

📚 Vocabulary (post to board/slide)

• Design Principle — a rule that makes a design work
• Visual Hierarchy — arranging elements so the eye knows what’s most important
• Balance — how visual weight is distributed (symmetrical vs. asymmetrical)

🧭 Agenda (45–50 min)

1) Mini-Lesson: What is Design? (10 min)

• Show two pages: one messy, one clean

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