Readings -- Wucius Wong, "Principles of Two-Dimensional Design" -- Sept 14th

Quotations from chapters one and two of Wucius Wong, Principles of Two-Dimensional Design, published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.

« A good design, in short, is the best possible visual expression of the essence of ' something, ' whether this be a message or a product [...] the designer should look for the best possible way this 'something' can be shaped, made, distributed, used, and related to the environment. »

« Design is practical. The designer is a practical man. »

The author considers four groups of elements of design, which together

« determine the ultimate appearance and contents of a design .»

Conceptual elements
Visual elements
Relational elements
Practical elements

In addition, the framal reference delimits a design and the picture plane is the support of a design.

« All the visual elements constitute whate we generally call ' form ', [...] The way form is created, constructed or organized along with other forms is often governed by a certain discipline which we call ' structure '. »

About form and structures in chapter 2 :

« The various kind of interrelationships should always be explored when forms are organized in a design. »

« Each kind of interrelationship produces differnet spatial effects »

Different forms interrelationships :
Overlapping
Penetration
Union
Substraction
Intersection
Coinciding