FORM AND STYLE IN THE VISUAL ARTS by Thomas Munro

Types of design can be classified in terms of the sense: visual, auditory and audiovisual.

A) VISUAL, STATIC, SURFACE DESIGN

1. Strip design

2. Bounded area design

3. Allover design

B) VISUAL, STATIC, SOLID DESIGN

1. Exterior design

2. Interior design

3. Exterior and interior design

4. Sculptural relief

C) VISUAL, MOBILE, TEMPORALLY DEVELOPED DESIGN

1. Mobile surface design

2. Mobile solid design

D) AUDITORY DESIGN

1. Musical design

2. Word-sound design

3. Verbal-musical design

E) AUDIOVISUAL DESIGN

1. Audiovisual surface design

2. Audiovisual solid design

F) TYPES OF DESIGN BASED ON SUGGESTIVE THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT