Blog Exercise - Meaning 2

DAI 323 Visual Design Literacy
Blog Exercise - Meaning 2:  Interactions Between the 3 Levels of Meaning

Representational: 

-It’s the physical representation of a light bulb.

-It illuminates the area around it for the user

-This is the representational level where the abstract and symbol typically derive from.

Abstract: 

-It’s the form and shape of the object.

-A light bulb can come in various shapes and sizes and colors, allowing it to be pleasing to look at or create an emotional feel for the area.

-This is the abstract level, typically made by distilling the representational level and leads to the symbolic level.

Symbolic: 

-It’s a man made symbol that has been given meaning other than its actual function.

-It conveys the message of an idea to the viewer.

-This symbol is the result of a representational image distilled to the abstraction which led to this.