Critical Thinking - Task 1 - Think Hard

In this task, we are required as students to investigate the Anatomy of Typography. 

My Investigation:      Anatomy of Typography

Next Task - Develop A Set of Alphabets 

Develop a set of alphabets on a piece of paper or card without using any mark making (pen, pencils, ink, brush, marker etc). We are allowed to cut, die-cut or fold to create full set of alphabets. We may experiment by using light shadow or other colour paper/ card to make the typography more interesting. And include verbal analysis for the exercises.

Idealization:

In the process of developing my set of alphabets I used twine to create the word "LOVE" on cardboard. This process is another form of creating alphabets without using any mark making (pen, pencils, ink, brush, marker etc).

Final Work:

Verbal Analysis:

The word LOVE is derived from the very roots of the English language. Old English lufu is related to Old Frisian luve, Old High German luba, Gothic lubo. The Indo-European root is also behind Latin 'lubet' meaning it is pleasing and 'lubido' meaning desire. The word is recorded from the earliest English writings in the 8th century.

I choose to use the word "LOVE" because of the word significance and value it means to humans.

By my definition, therefore, LOVE is a flow of relativity: it is a continuous progression of something being relative to something else.

People from different times and cultures have referred to LOVE using a range of interpretation. In many tongues the meaning of the word LOVE is an abstract concept; among the others, “LOVE” is metaphorical.

Among the many types of theories that attempt to account for the existence of love are: psychological theories, the vast majority of which consider love to be very healthy behavior; evolutionary theories which hold that love is part of the process of natural selection; spiritual theories which may, for instance consider love to be a gift from a god; and theories that consider love to be an unexplained mystery, very much like a mystical experience.

In my experiment, I used twines to represent flows.

I used white twines to represent "Light" and the black card board as the base background to represent "Darkness." These two entities are relative and in harmony. Harmony is an offspring of "Love."  

The 'L ' represents “Life” the "ascending" and "descending" flow of love in life. Only in Life can we experience love.

The 'O' represents “Overall” the love that flows from God to all living things.

The 'V' represents “Virtue” the love that flows from human beings to God

The 'E' represents “Entity” the love of human beings for human beings.

Finally, I coined LOVE as a flow of relativity: a continuous progression of something being relative to something else.

REFERENCES CITED

Ron Dykes. 2001. Introduction to Type. [ONLINE] Available at: http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/type_basics/default.htm. [Accessed 29 November 14].

Wikimedia Foundation Inc. 2014. Love - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love. [Accessed 23 December 14].