Design Translation · 2010

Font Weight

Date
2010/10/08
Subject
Weight as expression
Material
Cardboard tubes
Light
A lit panel behind
A blank lit white panel in a dark room, reflected in the surface below

Series

A ring in front of a lit panel, shot again and again as it deepens into a tube.

A thin black ring standing on a dark reflective surface in front of a lit white panel
A thin black ring, slightly thicker, in front of the lit panel
A short ring with a visible inner edge in front of the lit panel
A short tube seen end on, its inner wall just visible, in front of the lit panel
A tube seen end on with a thicker dark outer edge in front of the lit panel
A deeper tube seen end on, the lit panel visible through its opening
A tube seen end on with a smaller bright opening and a larger dark outline
A longer tube seen end on, its bright opening smaller, with a reflection below
A long tube seen end on, filling more of the frame, with ridged inner walls
A long tube seen end on, nearly as wide as the lit panel, with a small bright opening
The longest tube seen end on, filling most of the frame, a bright spot at its far end

Studio

The setup and the sketch behind the photographs.

Cardboard tubes of rising length in a row on a table, with a white tube tallest, beside a glowing light panel on a chair
A pen sketch of tubes in rising lengths with columns of handwritten measurements

Closing

Exploring weight as expression.

2010/10/08

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