Chapter 1Form and Space
Seeing Form and Space
Categories of Form
Putting Stuff Into Space
Compositional Strategies
A Foundation for Meaning
I am convinced that abstract form, imagery, color, texture, and material convey meaning equal to or greater than words.
Katherine McCoy
Graphic designer and former director,Cranbrook School of Design
There is no longer agreement anywhere about art itself, and under these circumstances we must go back to the beginning, to concern ourselves with dots and lines and circles and all the rest of it.
Armin Hoffmann
Graphic designer and former director,Basel School of Design: 1946–1986
Form is stuff—including ...
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