Appleman, Joshua
“Set: Fierce and Dynamic
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Visual Language (VOICE)
Contrast of Space 65-85% white space
Shape of Forms Rectangle 2 x 1″, Rectangle 4 x 1″, Rectangle 6 x 1″, Rectangle 8 x 1″
Orientation of Forms 30 degrees or 60 degrees
Size of Forms 4 sizes allowed
Placement of Form slightly off center
Space between Forms 1/8″
Overlap ground border often
Forms can overlap never
Other
Objective Rules (assignment rules)
#1 Forms must slide on one another
#2 Must have at least one 8×1″ form
#3 Beginning and end of form may not both go beyond border
#4 Same size forms may not be parallel and adjacent
(use at least 2) Forms must be either parellel or perpendicular
Interpretation of Visual Language
What did you interpret to apply your rules? Agressive movement and transition
Explain your process. The inspiration for this piece is traffic moving on a highway. There are lanes and confrontations but never overlap as I want to avoid accidents. This set has relatively less white space to represent congestion. The forms after go off the edge of the page to suggest that there is much more movement beyond what the eye can see.
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Appleman, Joshua
Set: Whimsical and Delicate
Visual Language (VOICE)
Contrast of Space 90% white space
Shape of Forms Square 1×1″, Rectangle 5 x 1″
Orientation of Forms Anything but 90 degrees
Size of Forms 2 sizes allowed
Placement of Form off center
Space between Forms varies
Overlap ground border one form
Forms can overlap sometimes
Other
Objective Rules (assignment rules)
#1 Forms must interact with one another
#2 Small forms must react to large form(s)
#3 only one form may go outside border
#4
(use at least 2)
Interpretation of Visual Language
What did you interpret to apply your rules? lighthearted interaction of parts
Explain your process. The inspiration for this was leaves whimsilcally falling off a tree. There is a large amount of whitespace and non right angles to reenforce the lightheartedness. The large pieces represent the tree or origin organism and the squares represent the leaves which are escaping. Forms are allowed to move outside the frame and overlap each other as a rejection of rigidity.
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Appleman, Joshua
Set: SAFE EFFICIENT
Visual Language (VOICE)
Contrast of Space 95% white space
Shape of Forms Square 1×1″, Rectangle 2 x 1″
Orientation of Forms 90 degrees
Size of Forms 2 sizes allowed
Placement of Form centroid at ground center
Space between Forms 1/8″ inches
Overlap ground border No
Forms can overlap No
Other
Objective Rules (assignment rules)
#1 Forms need to stay horizontal
#2 if the movement of a form goes off center, the other forms need to compensate and move to keep center of mass at center
#3 Small form can not be above large form
#4
(use at least 2)
Interpretation of Visual Language
What did you interpret to apply your rules? Simplicity above all else
Explain your process. For this set I tried to be as minimal as possible. I therefore chose to only work with the two smallest shapes. The objectives were accomplished with as simple of an interpretation as possible using the fewest number of pieces.