Where all paper sizes are derived from. Forms structure.Used in fine art paintings,publications, all sorts of things.
Apparently if your proportions of your body are truer, then you are deemed more attractive
Golden Section
The perfect balance . 1.62 is the golden number.
Basiccaluculations to finding the golden section
1.62 divided by page width
if the page is 56 cm divide by 1.62 = 34.56 (35)
now you have 21cm and 35cm.
For Next Week
Make A Custom Page Size. Take a size (1.4...) and make the perfect proportions of it by applying the golden section.
Fibernacci- Createown page size. On A4 - 1 by 1. blog work youve done today.
Fibonacci Sequence
The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ...
The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it.
The 2 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+1)
Similarly, the 3 is found by adding the two numbers before it (1+2),
And the 5 is (2+3),
and so on!
Example: the next number in the sequence above would be 21+34 = 55
Here is a longer list:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946, 17711, 28657, 46368, 75025, 121393, 196418, 317811, ...
The Golden Section
The golden ratio (
) is also called the golden section or golden mean.Other names include extreme and mean ratio, medial section, divine proportion, divine section, golden proportion, golden cut, golden number, and mean of Phidias. 
In mathmatics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The figure above illustrates the geometric relationship. Expressed algebraically:
) represents the golden ratio. Its value is:
This can be applied to The Golden Rectangle. It can be subdivided into squares and additional smaller Golden Rectangles, again a process that seemingly could go on indefinitely. In the figure below the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are all squares. In each square a quarter circle can be drawn in such a way that a spiral is created (see figure further below on this page). The spiral is called, surprisingly, the "Golden Spiral"!
The Golden Spiral
When use these numbers to make the widths of squares, a spiral is created...
For example 5 and 8 make 13, 8 and 13 make 21, and so on.
This Spiral can be applied to any art. using The Mona Lisa for example, you can see where this theory structures the painting. It is all to do with negative space and drawing the eyes to one area in a nice smooth motion...
Not just traditional art though, You can see here how the golden spiral has been applied to a popular social networking website, twitter. There is less negative space in the bigger areas but the same concept applies, there is more concentrated information to where your eyes are drawn.
Task
Our task is to take any size that is near to 1cm and create our own page sizes using the Golden Ratio. this will help in understanding this theory and putting it into practice within graphic design.
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