This 3D example by Victor Vasarely of 'Contemporary Design', utilizes the manipulation of scale and the representation of the letter 'X'.
This image utilizes the manipulation of scale because the viewer can clearly see that the image first started as a flat grid with evenly spaced and sized colorful squares. As the first image was being manipulated, the scaled squares have been pulled and stretched to create the 3D effect that Vasarely has designed.
This particular image by Vasarely utilizes the representation of the letter 'X', the twenty fourth letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet. The letter 'X' has many uses in today's society. Some examples of where you may find 'X' being used are: in mathematics, many languages, and computing codes. A visual example of where 'X' is used is on the 'International Maritime' Flags. These flags are used for boaters to fly when they are in trouble. There are may flags in many colours and each have their own meaning. In this image, the first stance has been manipulated in ways that has resulted in the final product to look like an 'X'.
These representations serve to 'add meaning' to the image because they have made the image into something different. Something that another designer may not have thought of attempting to make them work side by side. These two representations have added a different feeling to the image once the viewer has thought about them with more than a glance at the image.
Original Prints.com. (2005). Victor Vasarely (1906 - 1987). Available: http://www.originalprints.com/artistview.php?id=217. Last accessed October 5th 2011.
