posted by: shirley
posted on: August 8th, 2009
August 8, 2009
I have been playing around with NOTAN a dark and light or positive and negative design principle. The word Notan is a Japanese word, but the idea has been around for thousands of years in China. Notan really is fascinating. This design idea came from a modified Notan. You can take a simple circle or any simple shape, cut through the shape a few times and turn it into something amazing. When you cut up the shape just separate it slightly to see the new design. I have taken a simple shape, put it into Photo-shop and stretched it into a different shape, then cut it. Below is a sample of what it can do.
Here is a book on the subject I find interesting.
Notan, The Dark-Light Principle of Design
by Dorr Bothwell and Marlys Mayfield
