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October 03, 2007
Envisioning Information
The text we read about layering and separation I found very insightful in certain areas. I liked most the portion on mapping that talked about how negative spaces can be just as informative as the dense ones, and in many cases moreso, because they present themselves less complexly than highly dense areas. When I first started designing, it was hard for me to think of positive and negative space as notions that hold each other in their place, rather than colorscapes that merely sit atop a canvas. While I have never been very interested in maps or their mathematical significance, I do appreciate the story-telling aspect that they can convey, and I enjoyed how the reading brought some of these examples to light.
Posted by Hatti at October 3, 2007 10:11 PM