Design Projects > Jagged Motion

Objective: The black pieces of this composition were created by first dividing a black field and arranging those pieces on a white field of twice the size of the original (creating equal areas of positive and negative space). The white areas of that composition (see my composition entitled "Line Shape Field") were then made black and the resulting pieces were used to create this composition. The goal was to create not only a balance between positive and negative space, but to also use design principles to give the piece a sense of dynamicism. Analysis: This project was an assignment for a foundation digital design course at DePaul University. I attempted to create a sense of radial movement and suggest broken pieces of a record spinning on a turntable. It was surprisingly difficult to arrange such oddly shaped pieces so that they didn't overlap and also to group them in any kind of meaningful way. I was hoping the positive and negative "stair-stepped" pieces would offset one another to create a sense of asymmetrical balance.