Design Elements, 2nd Edition

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form and space

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CATEGORIES OF FORM

Each of These Things Is Unlike the Other

There are several kinds of basic form, and

each does something different. Rather,

the eye and the brain perceive each kind

of form as doing something different,

as having its own kind of identity. The

perception of these differences and how

they affect the form’s interaction with

space and other forms around it, of differ-

ing identities, is what constitutes their

perceived meaning. The context in

which a given form appears—the space or

ground ...