Basic Design - Exercise 5

                 In the fifth assignment, we were given 11 square elements, 9 rectangle elements and 17 isosceles right triangles, but the dimensions of the elements were not given. They should be multiples of 4,5 cm.
                 This exercise was really different and difficult because the design were supposed to make use of the rhythm that we explored both verbally and graphically in the previous exercise. I had chosen a part of an opera by Mozart as an example of a complex rhythm. In the opera, The Magic Flute, the rhythm was created by dividing a time. I had tried to express five measures of this opera.

           In this exercise, I tried to use groups as a time period because the the principle of rhythm in music is described with 'time'. In this design, there are 2 different groups. The first one, which consists of 1 rectangle, 1 square and 3 triangles, indicates the time of a half note. I used the first group 5 times: four of them are big and the other is small. (The point that I expressed the rythm is changing the position and the dimension of the group to show variations in the notes: They occupy the same amount of musical time, but they are not the same. The second group indicates the combination of quarter notes and quarter rests. It is used 2 times.
        

           While connecting the groups, I followed the measures and put the groups together according to that order. To keep the groups and the rhythm perceivable, I avoided connections that prevented clarity of the design. These two points lead to lack of the stability and I was late to realize that. At first, my priority was stability but I couldn't show this rhythm with this rules in a stable way.          After the discussion, I have learnt that my design actually doesn't have 3 dimension. It looks like a circle, but the balance between the central space and the elements is not maintained. I also learnt that although the number of elements are given to us, other parts of a design, such as space, is not limited. Therefore, we should be careful arranging it: Freedom brings responsibility.
          

        

 

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Basic Design - Exercise 4

 

   

            In this exercise, we were given 5 planar elements of 9x9 cm, 7 rectangle elements of 9x13,5 cm, 4 isosceles right triangles with sides length 9 cm and 9 equilateral parallelograms with as 45 degree angle and a side of 9 cm.
            We had a new element: parallelogram, so I thought abought this element and its function at first .Then, I decided to use parallelograms to change the direction because it would be logical to benefit from the quality of the element.
            Because we have more elements, I used 3 different groups.The first group consists of 2 rectangles, 2 triangles and 2 parallelograms. I used this group 2 times.
            The second one consists of 1 rectangle, 1 square and 1 parallelogram. This group was not stable, so I needed to make strong connections to keep the balance. It is used 2 times.
         The last group has only 2 elements: 1 square and 1 parallelogram. I used this group to avoid keeping the design on a base. It was a good 'connector'.
         I divided most of the elements proportionally equal to keep stability. I cut some slits which didn't divide the edge of the element into two equal parts so that I could change the direction of the design by making strong connections. These connections were good for a stable design.
         I was not sure about the acute angle between two parallelograms and the number of the elements in the groups. After the discussion, I learnt that it was not a good idea to use only 2 elements in a group. I should have used more stable and well-organized groups.

 

                         

Basic Design - Exercise 3

     

     

         Third assignment..
         We were given 9 planar elements of 9x9 cm, 5rectangle           elements of 9x13,5 cm and 7 isosceles right triangles with sides length 9 cm.
         This was the first time  I thought about grouping, repetition and qualities of the elements. While creating the groups, I tried to use the same number of elements in each group. I thought about the alternatives where I can use the groups more than one.
         The first group consists of 3 squares, 1 rectangle and 1 triangle. This group is used 3 times and all these three are connected in such a way the direction of the triangle is other group it is connected.
         The second group consists of 1 rectangle and 4 triangles.
This group is used 2 times. These two groups are connected.
         While connecting the groups, I tried to divide each element equally to keep the design stable.
         In this assignment, I tried to take care about the new terms such as grouping, repetition and proportion. I thought this was what I should do, but I have learnt that I had mistakes such as connecting all the groups on the same base.