Week 14 - Design Levels

Symbol

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The figure of 8 infinity symbol is known and recognized throughout the world.  It is an everlasting line that has no beginning and no end, it is used in mathematics and we like this symbol as it can represent everlasting life - which some people seem determined to achieve.  It is used in different cultures and in jewelry around the world.

Abstract

http://www.inminds.com/picasso-weeping-woman-1937.jpg

Picasso is well known for his abstract paintings and this is a very good example.  It is clearly a weeping woman, but the image of her is very abstract - this is not how she would look if a photograph had been taken of her.  The colors are very bright and garish and monotone, there is less detail than there would be in a photo and the features on her face are not proportional to each other and her hands.  Also you can see through her jagged tissue in mystified blue tones.  Yet although the painting of her is very abstract, we can still see the whole image as a weeping woman.

Representational

http://www.strangeharvest.com/juicy_gang.jpg

The Juicy Salif by Philippe Stark is a great example of representational design.  This weird looking lemon squeezer has a lemon shaped body with spider like legs looks like an alien or droid from star wars.  Grouped together they look like an evil army of futuristic like creatures that want to take over the world. The metallic finish of them also adds to this effect, and it is no wonder that they are not actually a very good lemon squeezer, however they are very popular and many people have them on their shelves, despite their lack of function, for their representational qualities.