TY - BOOK AU - Porter.P.W. TI - Elements of Design Shape & Form SN - 0871920646 U1 - 745.4 PY - 1974/// PB - Davis Publications-USA KW - Design N2 - THE WORLD OF SHAPES AND FORMS Geometric shapes and forms, Freeform and organic shapes, Curved and angular shapes, Open and closed form, Positive and negative shapes. QUALITIES OF SHAPES Light and delicate versus heavy and solid, Smooth and textured shapes, Static and dynamic shapes, Transparent, translucent and opaque shapes, Soft and hard forms. THE MAGIC OF LIGHT Light patterns, Light and form, Shadow shapes and silhouettes. SHAPES AS DESIGN Seeing shapes as design, Interacting shapes, Reflec-tions, Composing your vision. SENSITIVE SHAPES Man-made and natural forms as aspects of beauty. ER -