KONTORASUTO
This haiku-inspired poster, 'Kontorasuto' (japanese for 'Contrast'), was crafted using a black permanent marker, a ruler and a plastic cup as a guide for my circles. The poster itself targets the design composition of "repetition". Applying series of circular shapes and three-dimensional triangular shapes excessively across the page. Significant uses of 'Negative/Positive' forms, and its interrelationships, is present in the poster (PowerPoint provided by Carla Amaral).
"From across the lake,
Past the black winter trees,
Faint sounds of a flute" (571)
This haiku, by Richard Wright, reveals the interactions of a human and nature. In this poster, I found that the idea of "Direction" resonated well with this haiku. As I read it, I felt like I was taken on a journey; being taken or guided by the storyteller through the "lake" and "Past the black winter trees" (Wright, 1998).
The theme I chose to follow from my chosen haiku, was "Direction". The poster reveals numerous forms and design compositions; contrast, geometric, layers, direction, area, weight and scale. These design components were combined to invent a unique embodiment of what, I thought, 'Direction' would look like. Triangular geometric shapes being presented as indication arrows, with lineal forms of movement from the series of circles.
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Faculty of Design, University of Auckland (2020). DES101 Week 2 Lecture slides [Powerpoint slides]. Retrieved from https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/45443/pages/week-2-lecture?module_item_id=809493
Wright, R., Wright, J., Hakutani, Y., Hakutani, Y., & Tener, R. L. (1998). Haiku: This Other World. In R. Wright, Haiku: This Other World (p. 571).