Composition can be thought of as the foundation of a house. The theory behind design composition is the second most important part of visual communication, the first begging the message that you’re attempting to convey.
Every kind of designer starts a new piece of work with a blank page, blank canvas, blank sheet. They then begin to build elements onto each other. The methods of how they place these elements is thecomposition. It is the entire process from where they start right the way through to what you end up with. Composition then is the mother ship, the wrapper that envelopes the entire work from beginning to end.
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