Seminar- Canons of Page Construction

Cannons are systems of page construction, they can be helpful because they give order, however you can use them too heavily and they can take out the creativeness. 

How to do it:

The golden section of 100 cm:

100/1.618=61.80cm
100cm=61.80+38.20
the ratio of 61.80 to 38.20 is 1:1.1618

adding 
100x1.618=161.8cm
the ratio of 100cm to 161.8cm is 
1:1.618

I experimented with the golden section myself 

Golden ratio is: 1.61803398875

Here is the first golden ratio I did to work this out I did 

14x1.618=22.652

22.652/1.618=14

this makes the square

i then did

14/1.618=8.652

8.652/1.618=5.347

I kept dividing each number by the golden ratio, this giving me more and more squares. I think this could be very useful when designing if you wanted some order and construction in your design however I wouldn't want to use it all the time as it could get quite restricting. 

With these two I experimented with columns as I think this would be useful when designing my website.The top image I measured out a header and a site bar where buttons would go to link to other pages, this is how a standard website is laid out. 

I have done a quick digital mock up of the top drawing, it is very basic but I think this may be a good start for a simple website.

Above I experimented with columns again

Van de Graaf Canon 

Van de Graaf devised this construction to show how Gutenberg and others may have divided their page to achieve margins of one-ninth and two-ninths and a type area in the same proportions as the page. Below I have done a sketch of a Van de Graaf Canon, this may be used in book design  to divide a page in pleasing proportions.