Scale deals with the absolute size, character and visual weight of an object or space compared to other objects in the same space

Scale deals with the absolute size, character and visual weight of an object or space compared to other objects in the same space.

• Scale deals with the absolute size, character and visual weight of an object or space compared to other objects in the same space.

• To achieve good scale, choose objects that are appropriate for human dimensions and the proper size for the space they occupy.
• Adult in a child's chair
• Make sure the following are in scale with the size of the room:
• Size and amount of Furniture and accessories
• Size of patterns
• Colors

Proportion is relative, describing the ratio of one part to another part or to the whole, or the ratio of one object to another.

• Proportion is relative, describing the ratio of one part to another part or to the whole, or the ratio of one object to another.

• The most effective proportions have an uneven ratio of 2:3, 3:5, or 5:8.
• Square (2x2) is the least pleasing shape. Rectangles (3x2, etc) are pleasing

An item or arrangement may be in proportion to itself, but furniture and accessories must be in scale to the room

• An item or arrangement may be in proportion to itself, but furniture and accessories must be in scale to the room

This chairs large scale diminishes everything around it.

• This chairs large scale diminishes everything around it.

Coffee table is over-scaled for the sofa.

• Coffee table is over-scaled for the sofa.

The large-scale motif and strong colors of this floral wallpaper overpower the petite powder room as well as the fixtures and furniture in it.

• The large-scale motif and strong colors of this floral wallpaper overpower the petite powder room as well as the fixtures and furniture in it.

This rug covers too much of the floor beyond the conversation area to define it as a discrete space.

• This rug covers too much of the floor beyond the conversation area to define it as a discrete space.

Too much space between objects makes the candlesticks and the too-small frame look lonely, the bare wall yawning above.

• Too much space between objects makes the candlesticks and the too-small frame look lonely, the bare wall yawning above.

There’s no breathing room in this are-to-sofa match.

• There’s no breathing room in this are-to-sofa match.

ASSIGNMENT 1 – Unrealistic Scale and Proportion

• ASSIGNMENT 1 – Unrealistic Scale and Proportion

• 1. Using magazine cutouts of people, furniture, and other objects, create two collages; one illustrating UNREALISTIC proportion, and one illustrating UNREALISTIC scale.

• 2. Each collage will be graded on neatness as well as correctness. Mount each collage on a separate sheet of black paper.

• 3. Each collage should be labeled according to the principle it illustrates.

• (pg. 60= unrealistic scale pg. and 61= unrealistic proportion)

• Do this for the next 15-20 min, then we’ll talk about the Golden Mean.

The Golden Mean – The most proportionately pleasing division of a line or form between 1/2 and 1/3.

• The Golden Mean – The most proportionately pleasing division of a line or form between 1/2 and 1/3.
• The like is dividing the form so that the smaller portion has the same ratio to the larger as the larger has to the whole (example: 2/3=.6 and 3/5=.6)
• This creates a series of ratios that progress by the sum of the two previous numbers (2:3, 3:5, 5:8, 8:13, 13:21).
• It can also be multiples of those ratios (2:3 or 4:6 or 6:9, etc).
• Square (2:2) is the least pleasing shape or ratio. Rectangles are more pleasing, especially with a ratio of 2:3.
• Devised by the Greeks.

The Golden Mean is found everywhere in good interiors and is often found in nature.

• The Golden Mean is found everywhere in good interiors and is often found in nature.

Assignment 2- Golden Ratio

• Assignment 2- Golden Ratio

• Use the golden mean ratios to answer fill in the missing measurements on the worksheet.

• (put worksheet on Pg.63 in your notebook)

• Assignment 3 – Good Scale and Proportion & use of Golden Mean

• Find an appropriate picture of scale and proportion and describe how the designer used these principles to create a pleasing design. Find the golden mean somewhere in the picture and mark where it is.

• (pg. 62 in notebook)

• Work on this for the rest of class