Square Problem

Classwork:

Use four, flat black squares of the same proportion (sizes are up to you,) create a graphic image to express the meaning of each of the following six words:

Order, Increase, Bold, Congested, Tension, and Playful

Make six preliminary sketches for each word, using two sheets of three drawn formats each. Then select the most effective solution and execute it on one sheet with a larger drawn format.

Analysis:

The intention of this problem is to develop a geometric idiom through the discovery of the various two-dimensional design principles needed to extend a limited graphic vocabulary. The necessary principles include: framal reference; touching; overlapping and cropping of forms; illusory space; contrast of elements in terms of size, direction, space, and position; and the dynamics of negative-positive relationships. (Wilde, Judith and Richard. Visual Literacy. Watson-Guptil Publications, 1991)

idiom - a style or artistic form of expression that is characteristic of an individual, period or movement (also, the syntactical, gramatical or structural form peculiar to a language.)