Week 14 Exercise: Representational, Abstract, Symbolic.

One of three levels, representational is what we see and recognize from environment and experience. In this image,  a tree-like form of book shelve express visual message from our basic information of "tree," which has many of bunches from the body of tree.  A tree can be identified through a general shape, linear, and its detailed characteristics.  Therefore, the designer of this book shelve express its tree-like bunches that can be functional. The idea of representational of tree form of book shelve operate its functional use of tree itself.

This is an example of non-objective abstraction.  I found this image as a abstraction of design tool. These abstracted the basic visual elements of design tools are also a process of abstraction which means it is important to understand of its visual message from the abstracted structure of tools in this image. Therefore, it communicates with the realistic, recognizable information that the viewers modify or recall their visual information they already have. These abstracted form of tools give a chance to the thinking of the designer and help in communicating.

  

This is an example of symbolism that I found the Louvre Museum in France. As soon as I see the museum, I recall the shape of pyramid. I believe it fits in one of the levels, symbolism because almost everyone who see this museum, they are going to recall the pyramid.  The architects built the pyramid at the entrance of the museum as a symbolism of the Louvre Museum. This triangle shape of pyramid can be simplified picture to a most reliable system of attached meaning of picturing of the museum itself because pyramid can reinforce visual message of the museum and it can communicates with the viewers in many ways.