Sunday, June 26, 2011

NFrisch - EX12 - Basic Elements: Line

This picture of lights on a wall shows the visual power of the lines created by the design. Instead of the lighting fixture being designed with an interesting shape, the entire expression is communicated through the shapes created by the sequences of lines of light projecting out from each of the housings. Furthering this is the notion that each ray of light seen here is also made up of many lines radiating from one point, creating the visual appearance of a starburst. Similarly, if one were to view the patterns created by the light as a 3D representation, they might be able to see an array of wireframe cubes or a crystal lattice from the interior. Although lines are really one-dimensional things, having only a length but no width, these “lines” can be viewed as such in spite of their varying widths.

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