PRIMARY SOLIDS
Primary Solids, are the three dimensional forms that have been created from the combination of primary shapes which are circles, triangles and squares. These primary solids include, spheres, cubes, cylinders, cones, and pyramids.
I analyzed a lamp that is shaped as a pyramid. The base, which is the open area that the light comes through, is in the shape of a square. The faces, the purple covering, are that of four triangles which meet at the apex of each others.
DIMENSIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Dimensional Transformation occurs, when portions of an original primary solid are used or added to the exterior or parts of an original, to accomplish an abstracted visual.
I analyzed one of the most common, and simple of dimensional transformations, which is that found in the cylinder coffee table. The base which is the primary solid of a cylinder then has a glass top that is a slice of a cylinder.
SUBTRACTIVE FORMS
Subtractive Forms, as the name reveals are figures that are created when parts of a primary form or solid has been taken away.
In the Tetris-inspired chair, the initial shape was a cube, but to recreate shapes from the game, smaller cubes have been removed.
CLUSTERED FORMS
Clustered Forms are an example of Additive Forms. Much like the name reveals, it is when a shape or form is created when a series of other shapes are added in a random compacted order.
In the chair I analyzed, there are multiple, circle-shaped cushions that have been added to create a variety in how the chair can be used and constructed.
FCOG - CIRCLE & SQUARE
Formal Collisions of Geometry (FCOG) occurs when two forms that have different shapes are combined, with one defining its own space within the others or the creation of a completely new shape or figure.
The FCOG I analyzed above is that of circle and squares. The clock face which is a circle has penetrated through the rotated square's shape, which has created the difference of the clock and it's frame.
Good descriptions.
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