shane Posted October 5, 2005 Report Share Posted October 5, 2005 Good news. The abstraction of design principles is a possibility and someone has already attempted to induce these principles from reality. From my limited research there is one woman who devoted her entire life to that particular undertaking. Her name is Rowena Reed Kostellow and her findings were recorded in a book titled Elements of Design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the Structure of Visual Relationships. Only time will tell if her principles are non-contradictory and essential, but from my quick perusal of this book (which has annoying small print throughout) the outlook is good. She is interested in visual relationships, specifically in 3D designs. Her initial breakdown of 3-d structures into dominant, subdominate, and subordinate elements brings three dimensional figures into a cognitive form through reduction, and then relates those volumes to positive and negative space. Anyone familiar with this or know of any further work in this specific field? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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