Comments on: #Infographic: Put CRAP in Your Document Design

By: Tom Conroy

Tom Conroy — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 03:26:31 +0000

Hi Paul,

This is the first time I have heard of the CRAP method, but the Pattern section reminds me of how typefaces are designed to be easily readable. Good typefaces make reading very easy because their characters follow simple patterns. Serif fonts, for example, like Times New Roman have feet on the top and bottom of lowercase letters that act like grooves that guide the eye along the line of text. Pattern recognition, even down to the typeface, is a powerful tool for writers.

By: Hassan Alamir

Hassan Alamir — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 02:02:15 +0000

This is my first time I heard about the CRAP method but I usually prefer to my presentations or writing to be simple and organized because having too much stuff will distract the audiences. I enjoy watching the video where it explain each element very well.

By: Paul Stiles

Paul Stiles — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:24:57 +0000

When I have to do power point presentations the aspect I use the most in CRAP is repetition in the form of Patterns. People subconsciously love to follow patterns because it makes information easier to take into the brain. This is especially useful when you have to explain really complicated stuff that you discovered during a research project. keeping a simple pattern inside the information not only helps keep relevant information in nice little chunks, but also ques the brain to be more receptive. I sometimes put too much stuff on one slide though, so there is a balance to everything.

By: KC Cowan

KC Cowan — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 20:12:51 +0000

Whenever I had to do reports in high school, the part I struggled with most was setting up my presentations in an attractive way and making it look not cluttered. I always tried to follow the 6×6 rule for PowerPoint slides, but there was never a rule taught to us about setting up our papers. I think the most attractive part of graphics is the alignment, as it can make it look very crisp and clean, not messy and disorganized. Repetition also looks very good to me, especially when its a repetition of colors.

By: Nayonika Banerjee

Nayonika Banerjee — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:27:20 +0000

In high school I took a sculpture class and it used this method to help create visual appeal within our pieces. It wasn’t called the CRAP method, but looking back at the projects we did each of these words were used in one way or another. It’s very interesting to see that in whether it be writing or mixed media that visual appeal spans multiple mediums.

By: Tracy Duong

Tracy Duong — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:00:31 +0000

Although I’ve never heard of the CRAP method before, I feel like I’ve been using a version of this method in my writing. I like my writing to be visually appealing to a reader. With that being said, I like everything to be aligned with the use of bullet points and with the same formatting.

By: sofia ghezzi

sofia ghezzi — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 05:17:12 +0000

I have always found the design aspect of writings very interesting. particularly the fact that you can get a readers attention without them even knowing what they are going to be reading about, or on the other hand the fact that a reader can know what they are reading before they even see a word just by the layout of the page.